Intro: C, G, F, C

             C                     G
Whether I'm right or whether I'm wrong
            F                                   C
Whether I find a place in this world or never belong
           Am   G                F    C
I gotta be meeeee, I've gotta be meeeee
                Am  G   F
What else can I be but what I am
              C
I've gotta be me

           C                   G
I want to live, not merely survive
                 F                                     C
And I won't give up this dream of life that keeps me alive


           Am   G                F    C
I gotta be meeeee, I've gotta be meeeee
                Am  G   F
What else can I be but what I am
              C
I've gotta be me

C, G, Am, G 2x

        C      G              C
I say I, I, well yeah I gotta be me
 G                    C
Well yeah, I gotta be me
      G              Am     F
Well yeah i gottta be, I say, I gotta be...

C      G              C
I, I, well yeah I gotta be me
 G                    C
Well yeah, I gotta be me
      G            Am          F
Well yeah i gottta be, I gotta be...



              C    G                  Am    F
I've gotta be me, yeah, I've gotta be me
      C           G    Am    F
What else could I be, who I am
              C
I've gotta be me