I Am What I Am

E                                            A
If I were an astronaut, I'd bring you back a moon rock
                      E                                B
You could put it on a bookshelf with all of your other what-nots
            E                          A
If I were a painter, I'd talk you into posin' nude
           E                      B                        E
Yeah, then you'd get paid to lay around all day and let me look at you

                E                                   A
Now if I were a hitman, I'd take you cruisin' in my unmarked van
             E                                    B
To kill some time, sippin' wine on the beach in a far-away land
            E                       A
If I were a preacher, I'd say a few extra prayers
             E                      B                              E
So you could sleep in on Sunday and still be squared away with the man upstairs


[Chorus]:
      A              E
But I am just what I am
      B            E
I was born a music man
     A                     E    A
So I do what I know how to do
           F#                          B                 E    A   E
I string a few chords together and I'd sing about lovin' you

                 E                                  A
Now If I were an architect, I'd take my handy-dandy pencil set
             E                                                 B
Design you a two-story log home with a split-level wrap-around sun deck
            E                                     A
If I were a lumberjack, I'd help you climb up the tallest tree
             E                       B                     E
Show you the little baby eagles that ordinary people never get to see


[Chorus]:
      A              E
But I am just what I am
      B            E
I was born a music man
     A                     E    A
So I do what I know how to do
           F#                          B                 E    A   E
I string a few chords together and I'd sing about lovin' you

[Chorus 2]:
      A              E
But I am just what I am
      B            E
I was born a music man
     A                     E    A
So I do what I know how to do
           F#                          B
I string a few chords together and I'd sing about lovin'
E         D#        C#
Spend all day just kissin' and cuddlin'
    F#                           B                E
And writin' these songs that are all about lovin' you