Key: F# major
Intro 1
F#
B
F#
B
C#
Verse 1
F#
E
B
Wish I was down on some blue bayou
F#
C#
With a bamboo cane stuck in the sand
F#
E
B
But the road I'm on, don't seem to go there
F#
C#
F#
So I just dream, keep on being the way I am
Verse 2
F#
E
B
Wish I enjoyed what makes my living
F#
C#
Did what I do with a willin' hand
F#
E
B
Some would run, but that ain't like me
C#
F#
and keep on bein' the way I am
Chorus 1
B
F#
The way I am, don't fit my shackles
C#
F#
The way I am, reality
E
B
I can almost see that bobber dancin'
F#
C#
F#
So I just dream, keep on being the way I am
B
F#
C#
F#
Chorus 2
B
F#
The way I am, don't fit my shackles
C#
F#
The way I am, reality
E
B
I can almost see that bobber dancin'
F#
C#
F#
But I just dream, keep on being the way I am
Outro 1
F#
B
F#
B
(I am)
[Repeat and fade]
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