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Just as I am

Air Supply

RockAdvanced for beginners12 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××○
Em○○○○
A×○○
F#mDiagram coming soon
Bm×
G○○○
C7×○
F#Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
E○○○
G#mDiagram coming soon
C#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro:D Em A (2x) 
      F#m Bm G A D  Em D G 
 
            Bm    Em        Em D G 
I've had a lot of big dreams 
            Bm     Em       Em D G 
I've made a lot of bad moves 
            Bm         Em 
I know you could walk away 
    Em/D      C7+ D  Em D G 
But you never do 
 
     Bm            Em        Em D G 
I've met a lot of cold hearts 
      Bm                     Em   Em D G 
I've learned to smile and deceive 
           Bm           Em 
I know I'm hard to be around 
    Em/D       C7+  C7+ Em F# 
But you never leave 
 
F#                G 
  I'm not easy to understand 
F#                       G 
  But you hold out your hand 
     A           D 
And you say you love me 
 Em       A 
Just as I am 
 G           D 
You always treat me 
    Em             A 
The best that you can 
 G          F#m       Bm 
You say you want me, need me 
 G 
Love me baby just as I am 
 A        D    Em D G 
just as I am 
 
            Bm     Em        Em D G 
I've made a lot of heartaches 
             Bm       Em         Em D G 
I've found a lot of closed doors 
             Bm            Em 
When all the others turn away 
Em/D        C7+ 
You love me more 
 D           G  A 
You love me more 
 
F#                G 
  I'm not easy to understand 
F#                       G 
  But you hold out your hand 
     A           D 
And you say you love me 
 Em       A 
Just as I am 
 G           D 
You always treat me 
    Em             A 
The best that you can 
 G           F#m      Bm 
You say you want me, need me 
 G 
Love me baby just as I am 
 A        D 
just as I am 
 
Guitar: D Em A (2x) 
        F#m Bm G A D 
 
D G 
   I want to love forever 
D G 
   To keep our world together 
D                         C#m5-/7 
 And be the best that I can be 
F# B4/7 
Ba_by 
Em            Em/D            C#m5-/7 
Everytime the world caves in on me 
 
     A           D 
And you say you love me 
 Em       A 
Just as I am 
 G           D 
You always treat me 
    Em             A 
The best that you can 
 G          F#m       Bm 
You say you want me, need me 
 G 
Love me baby just as I am 
 A        D 
just as I am 
 
     B           E 
And you say you love me 
F#m       B 
Just as I am 
 A           E 
You always treat me 
    F#m            B 
The best that you can 
 A          G#m      C#m 
You say you want me, need me 
 A 
Love me baby just as I am 
 B        E 
just as I am 
 
Guitar: E F#m B E F#m B 
        G#m C#m A B E

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Chord set

D · Em · A · F#m · Bm · G · C7 · F# · B · E · G#m · C#m

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.