As I Am
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Chords by: LazyDogPeachy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWy0xl3ikYw
Standard tune; 4/4; Key C
[Pre-Intro]
Am Em F G
Oooo, in another place and time
Am Em F
Oooo, I will be the vision in your mind.
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C
I wanted to be everything you wanted
C Am F
I wanted to be everything you needed
C
I wanted what I said to bring to you laughter
C F
I wanted what I did to make you smile.
[Pre-Chorus]
G C F
But in a perfect world there's no perfection
G C F
Cause in a world of dreams you're only dreaming
G C F G
I want it to be real, I just can't take it.
[Chorus 1]
C
As I am
Em
Take me as I am
Am Em
Now I'm only flesh and blood
F
Oh I wish that you could
G C
Love me as I am.
[Verse 2]
C
You thought you had me tucked inside your pocket
C Am F
You thought you had it under your control
C
You can put my smiling picture in a locket
C F
But you can't put a chain around my soul
[Pre-Chorus]
G C F
But in a perfect world there's no perfection
G C F
Cause in a world of dreams you're only dreaming
G C F G
Don't try to make me feel like I can't make it.
[Chorus 2]
C
As I am
Em
Take me as I am
Am Em
Now I'm doing the best I can
F
Try to understand and
G C
Take me as I am.
[Pre-Intro Reprise]
Am Em F G
Oooo, in another place and time
Am Em F
Oooo, I will be the vision in your mind.
[Interlude]
C G C F Bb
C G C F Bb
G
[Double Chorus]
C
As I am
Em
Take me as I am
Am Em
Now I'm only flesh and blood
F
Oh I wish that you could
G C
Love me as I am
Em
As I am
Am Em
Now I'm doing the best I can
F
Gotta understand and
G C
Take me as I am.