My Autobiography chords by
Janis Ian

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Key: Ab major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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I know you and I'll agree

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What this world needs is a lot

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more me

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Well, I have got the remedy

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Gonna write my autobiography

Verse 2

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I've led a fascinating life

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Had a husband and a wife

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But you will truly be amazed

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At just how humble I have stayed

Verse 3

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Enough about me,

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let's talk about you

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What do you think of me?

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You must feel such gratitude

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That you will get to read my autobiography

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Verse 4

My life doesn't have

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a very good plot

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Guess I'll have to lie a lot

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Should be easy to make things up

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There's no one left to call my bluff

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Verse 5

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lot of my old friends

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have passed on

The rest did drugs and their

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memory's gone

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So I'll write my own history

Verse 6

In my autobiography

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I'll say I slept with a Kennedy

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Don't remember which one

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They all looked the same to me

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Or they did when we got done

Verse 7

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Maybe they'll film it for TV

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I wonder who

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they'll cast as me

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Should be somebody I look like

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Sigourney Weaver'd be

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all right

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Gonna be hard to deal with fame

Verse 8

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Once the whole world knows

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my name

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But I'll stay humble and grateful

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To all the little

people like you

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A thousand pages more of

Verse 9

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me

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And all I've said and done

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It will be my legacy

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And that's just volume one

Of my autobiography

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of My Autobiography by Janis Ian is Ab major.

The primary chords used in My Autobiography are Ab, Db, Gb, Eb.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like Ab, Db, Gb, Eb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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