I Am
Train
Chords
in parentheses are anticipated (played before the downbeat)
Strum: D U
UD D
UD
1 + 2
+ 3 + 4 +
INTRO: / Cadd9 - (G) - / x4
VERSE:
Cadd9 (G) Cadd9 (G)
I've never been on the railroad
Cadd9
(G) Cadd9 (G)
'cause many times as they've passed me
by
Fadd9 (C) Fadd9
(C)
never crashed in the desert, or seen a rodeo
/
Cadd9 - (G) - / x2
Cadd9 (G)
Cadd9 (G)
Don't know much about the world woes or
Vietnam
Cadd9 (G) Cadd9
(G)
I've yet to read about Uncle Tom
Fadd9 (C) Fadd9
(C)
Never climbed a real rock, or seen Colorado
/
Cadd9 - (G) - / x2
CHORUS:
Em7 (2)
Am I the son I think I am?
Cadd9 (2)
Am I the friend I think I have?
Em7 (2)
Am I the man I think I want to be?
Cadd9 (2, hold 2nd measure)
/
Cadd9 - (G) - / x4
Cadd9 (G) Cadd9
(G)
I
never had a day where money didn't get in my way
Cadd9 (G) Cadd9
(G)
I never listened to much else
Fadd9 (C) Fadd9 (C)
/ Cadd9 - (G) - / x2
And
I can't remember a warm December
Chorus
(Don't hold last measure of C)
BRIDGE:
D
(2)
I'm here for my sanity, sanity
C
(2)
I
am here for you
D
(2)
And I'm here for your fantasy, sanity
C
(2)
I
am here, I am...
Instrumental
Verse
CHORUS 2:
Em7 (2)
Am I the son I think I am?
Cadd9 (2)
Am I the father I think I am?
Em7 (2)
Am I the man I think I want to be?
Cadd9 (2, hold 2nd measure)
BRIDGE
2 (gently):
D
(2)
I'm here for my sanity, sanity
C
(2)
I
am here for you
D
(2)
whether
or not I'm walking in,
D
(2)
or
whether or not I'm walking out
C
(2)
I
am always here for you
D
(2)
I'm here for my sanity, sanity
C
(2)
I
am here for you
D
(2)
I'm here for your fantasy, sanity
C
(2)
I
am here, I am...
/
Cadd9 - (G) - / x3
End on Cadd9