As I Am  by Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
Key: AmAm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Am   Em            F              G
Oooo,   in another place and time
Am   Em               F
Oooo,   I will be the vision in your mind.
Intro
C
Verse 1
C
  I wanted to be everything you wanted
C                               Am     F
  I wanted to be everything you needed
C
  I wanted what I said to bring to you laughter
C                                 F
  I wanted what I did to make you smile.
Pre-Chorus
G        C       F
But in a perfect world there's no perfection
G          C        F
Cause in a world of dreams you're only dreaming
G         C     F                       G
I want it to be real, I just can't take it.
Chorus 1
     C
As I am
           Em
Take me as I am
        Am             Em
Now I'm only flesh and blood
     F
Oh I wish that you could
G            C
Love me as I am.
Verse 2
C
  You thought you had me tucked inside your pocket
C                                      Am   F
  You thought you had it under your control
C
  You can put my smiling picture in a locket
C                                     F
  But you can't put a chain around my soul
Pre-Chorus
G        C       F
But in a perfect world there's no perfection
G          C        F
Cause in a world of dreams you're only dreaming
G            C       F                      G
Don't try to make me feel like I can't make it.
Chorus 2
     C
As I am
           Em
Take me as I am
        Am               Em
Now I'm doing the best I can
       F
Try to understand and
G            C
Take me as I am.
[Pre-Intro Reprise]
Am   Em            F              G
Oooo,   in another place and time
Am   Em               F
Oooo,   I will be the vision in your mind.
Interlude
C  G C  F  A#
C  G C  F  A#
G
[Double Chorus
     C
As I am
           Em
Take me as I am
        Am             Em
Now I'm only flesh and blood
     F
Oh I wish that you could
G            C
Love me as I am
     Em
As I am
        Am               Em
Now I'm doing the best I can
       F
Gotta  understand and
G            C
Take me as I am.