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Indigo Girls
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Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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G

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Who are you
D
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when you are on your own
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All by yourself, coming home?
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Do you take off the clothes
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that you wore to work
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Peeling the paint from the wood?
Verse 2
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Do you dream in the dark of
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the roots and trees?
C
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The scars and all the uncovering.
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G

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Yeah, whenever that
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D

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Am
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shame tries to bury you
C
C

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I hope you will find your

way through.
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G

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Remember I am I am I am…
Em
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When the face
Verse 3
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on that moon
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G

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is just a deadpan
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For your rhyming, when it’s just denying
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G

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That we get to be what we wanna be…
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When the sun in the morn
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G

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ing is just a reason

To keep on sleeping,
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D

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when you’re just breaking even
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G

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Yeah we get to be what we wanna be.
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Verse 4

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G

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You’re more than the worst thing
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you’ve ever done.
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C

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You’re more than the worst

thing you’ve ever known.
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G

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Am
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I’ll tell you mine and you tell me yours,
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And we will know we are more.
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Remember
Verse 5
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when you feel you go astray,

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Who made the rules for us anyway?
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Yeah we get to be what we wanna be.
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Verse 6

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When the face on that moon
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is just a deadpan

For your rhyming,
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when it’s just denying,
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G

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Yeah we get to be what we wanna be.
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When the sun in the morn
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ing is just a reason

To keep on sleeping,
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when you’re just breaking even
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G

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Yeah we get to be what we wanna
Interlude 1

be.
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Verse 7
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Well all I know,
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Yeah all I know
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When I let go of all this
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D

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woe…
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You’ll be my valentine of sorts, I’ll be love’s echo
Verse 8


and reports.
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Together we’ll dance
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Am
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under that turning sky
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Like tumbling bats as the stars

arrive.
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And the face on that moon is gonna
Verse 9
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laugh and swoon
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And flightless birds will find

their groove
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’Cause we get to be what we
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Em
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wanna be
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Yeah we get to be what we wanna be.
Verse 10
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When the sun in the morn
G
G

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ing is just a reason

To keep on sleeping,
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when you’re just breaking even
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G

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Remember I am I am I am…
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Yeah we get to be what we
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D

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C
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wanna be.
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It’s good to be you and it’sgood to be me.

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • C

  • D

  • Am

  • Em

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of What we wanna be by Indigo girls is G major.

The primary chords used in What we wanna be are G, C, D, Am, Em.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, C, D, Am, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of What we wanna be is approximately 154 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of What we wanna be using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

Yes! Click the Print icon to generate a clean, one-page version of the chords and lyrics for What we wanna be. This is perfect for practicing offline or adding to a physical songbook.

Yes, we have integrated a Mini-Tuner directly on this page. Use it to quickly check your string pitch (Standard Tuning: E A D G B E) before you start playing along with Indigo girls.

Absolutely. Click the Save or Heart icon to add What we wanna be to your account. You can access all your saved songs under My Library at any time.

You can view the full chord sheet and lyrics for What we wanna be by Indigo girls on this page for free. We provide high-quality, verified chords to help you start playing immediately.