I Am What I Am chords by
Johnny Paycheck
Johnny Paycheck
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Key: B major•
Verse 1
B
B
2

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I can't sell my mama's
short on lovin' me.
I guess that's why she let me go so far.
E
E

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B
B
2

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E
E

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B
B
2

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E
E

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Mama tried to stop me short of stealin'.
B
B
2

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I guess that's why I had to steal that car.
She told me not to smoke it,
E
E

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but I did, and it took me far away
F#
F#
2

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And I turned out to be
B
B
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the only hell my mama ever raised
Well, I rode into Atlanta,
stolen taxin' almost out of gas
E
E

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I had to get some money
Lately, I'd learned how to get it fast
B
B
2

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Old Neon Lights was callin' me
E
E

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And somehow I just had to get downtown
F#
F#
2

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So I reached into the glove box
B
B
2

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Another liquor store went down
And I said, precious memories,
E
E

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take me back to the good old days
F#
F#
2

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Let me hear my mama singing,
a rock of ages clipped for me
B
B
2

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She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
E
E

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but I turned on to the devil's ways
F#
F#
2

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And I turned out to be,
B
B
2

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C
C

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the only hell my mama ever raised
Well, put them handcuffs on me
Lord, how I fought to resist
F
F

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But they just clamped them tighter
Till that metal bit into my wrists
C
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They took my belt and my billfold,
F
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my fingerprints and the profile of my face
G
G

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And then they locked away
C
C

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the only hill my mama ever raised
And I said, precious memory,
F
F

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G
G

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C
C

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take me back to the good old days
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
F
F

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but I turned on to the devil's ways
G
G

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And I turned out to be
C
C

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C#
C#
4

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the only hell my mama ever raised
She tried to turn me on to Jesus,
F#
F#
2

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but I turned on to the devil's ways
G#
G#
4

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And I turned out to be,
Outro 1
the only hell my mama ever raised
C#
C#
4

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