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I Am

AWOLNATION

RockAdvanced for beginners3 chords

How to play it

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

BDiagram coming soon
E○○○
F#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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                    B 
These friends of mine will come and go 
      B                                 E F# 
I?m the first to leave and last to know 
      B         
I?ll be swimming in a face of flames 
      B                                 E F# 
For these friends of mine I?ve overpaid 
      E        F#     E          F# 
And I guess I wanted, I guess I wanted 
  E    F#          B 
I just want you to know 
 
  B                          E 
All of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
F# 
And I am, only looking up when my head?s down  
  B                          E 
All of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
F# 
And I am, only looking up when my head?s down  
 
B 
Veins are glistening 
B                            E F# 
So thanks a lot for listening 
E          F#       E       F#          
I guess I wanted, I guess I wanted 
E      F#           B 
I just want you to know 
 
  B                          E 
All of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
F# 
And I am, only looking up when my head?s down  
  B                          E 
All of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
F# 
And I am, only looking up when my head?s down 
 
E          F#       E       F#          
I guess I wanted, I guess I wanted 
E      F#           B 
I just want you to know 
 
E        B      F# 
Yeah! Yeah! Ooh someone left the lights on 
E        B      F# 
Yeah! Yeah! Ooh someone left the lights on 
E        B      F# 
Yeah! Yeah! Ooh someone left the lights on 
E        B      F# 
Yeah! Yeah! Ooh someone left the lights on  
 
  B                          E 
All of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
F# 
And I am, only looking up when my head?s down  
  B                          E 
All of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
  B                          E 
Maybe all of these things made me who I am 
F# 
And I am, only looking up when my head?s down 
 
E          F#       E       F#          
I guess I wanted, I guess I wanted 
E      F#           B 
I just want you to know 
 
B                    E 
Hypnotized from the day you were born 
B                    E 
Hypnotized from the day you were born 
 
B-E outro

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Chord set

B · E · F#

Practice tip

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