Just as I am (1985)    (video)

 

    C - Dm - G     - C - Dm - G     - Em - Am - F    - G - C

 

    G - F        Am                     Dm     - C - F 

1.          I’ve had a lot of big dreams,      

Am                            Dm              - C - F

    I’ve made a lot of bad moves,

         Am                             Dm         F              Bb     - C - F

    I know you could walk away, but you never do.

 

             Am                        Dm    - C - F

2. I’ve made a lot of cold hearts,       

           Am                                Dm     - C - F

    I’ve learned to smile and deceive,

                      Am              Dm             F              Bb

    I know I’m hard to be around, but you never leave.

E                      - F                        - E                                      F

    I’m not easy      to understand,      but you hold out your hand.

 

          G                C           Dm         G

And you say you love me, just as I am,

                      C               Dm                 G

you always treat me the best that you can !

                       Em          Am         Dm

You say you want me, need me, love me, baby,

               F    G           C

just as I am, just as I am.

 

   G - F         Am                      Dm      - C - F

3.         I’ve made a lot of heartaches,      

            Am                            Dm     - C - F

    I’ve found a lot of closed doors,

                         Am                Dm

    when all the others turn away,

      F                  Bb      C                   F     - G

    you love me more, you love me more.

E                      - F                        - E                                      F

    I’m not easy      to understand,      but you hold out your hand.

 

+  CHORUS     +  instrumental = CHORUS

 

    F

+       I want to love forever to keep our world together,

C                                            E    G

    and be the best that I can be, baby,

      F                                                 E

    everytime the world caves in on me.

 

  G                 C           Dm         G

You say you love me, just as I am,

                      C               Dm                 G

you always treat me the best that you can !

                       Em          Am         Dm

You say you want me, need me, love me, baby,

               F    G           C

just as I am, just as I am.

 

                      D           Em         A

You say you love me, just as I am,

                      D               Em                  A

you always treat me the best that you can !

                      F#m          Bm        Em

You say you want me, need me, love me, baby,

               G    A           D

just as I am, just as I am.

 

+  instrumental = CHORUS ….

 

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Air Supply)