Verse 1: 
          E 
        I've been obnoxious 
 
        I've been unconscious 
 
        I've been all kinds of things that are hard to spell 
                    A   
        I've been unruly 
 
        Speakin' truly 
 
        I've been so cool i couldn't hardly even stand myself 
 
 
Verse 2: 
                       E 
        I've been a monster 
 
        Without a sponsor 
 
        I've been Dr. Jekill and Mr. Hyde 
                     A 
        I've been a goner 
                       
        I've been a loner 
 
        And when my mixture was right 
                                    
        Hell,i'm a nice bunch of guys 

          B                                    A     E 
        I am what i am 'cause i ain't what i used to be 
          B                                           A      E 
        'Cause it is what it is but it ain't what it used to be  
 
 
Verse 3: 
                   E 
        I been a mover 
 
        I was a shaker 
 
        You had a girlfriend 
 
        I tried to snake her 
                       A 
        I've been mysterious 
 
        I've been delirious 
 
        I've been so weird it would have killed a normal man 
 
         
Verse 4: 
                   E  
        I wanted money 
 
        I wanted power 
 
        I want a monument 
 
        Kind of like the Eiffel Tower 
                    A                     
        I've been lost at sea 
                     
        I've been lost in space 
 
        And when i fall in love 
                               
        I fall all over the place 
 
 
Chorus. 
 
 
Verse 5: 
          A 
        And you can go on forever and make the same mystakes 
            B 
        Or you can stand up on your hind legs and change your fate 
           A  
        Go on and do until you finally see 
           B   
        What it is that you was that you don't want to be 
 
 
Verse 6: 
                    E 
        I was an outlaw 
 
        I was an in-law 
 
        I was a scapegoat 
 
        That was the last straw 
                     A 
        I hit the highway 
 
        Singin' my way 
                                 
        But it wound up sounding like you'll never walk alone 
 
         
Verse 7: 
                  E  
        I got a story 
 
        Reflected glory 
 
        Is the way that i've been seein' for most of my life 
                         A 
        I heard the laughter 
                      
        Up in the rafter 
                                       
        But i never ever thought that the joke was on me 
 
 
Chorus(x2).