Who Ive Always Been

[INTRO:]  Cadd9* G* A* D
          Cadd9* G* A* D


[VERSE 1:]

D                          Cadd9
You walk in here with your guitar 
man
G                           A
Your shining boots and your full on 
band
Caddd9                  D
A smile on your face, a knife in 
your hand


Cadd9* G* A* D

D                        Cadd9
Singing songs you've got memorized
         G           A
With whatever talent money buys
   Cadd9            D
So polished that it slips right 
through your hands


[PD-C HORUS:]

          Cadd9            G   
But don't worry yourself I ain't 
            D
your competition
      Cadd9                    
Don't flatter yourself that was 
 G          A
never my intention


[CHORUS:]

                   D
I wanna talk about what you are that
 I ain't
                 Cadd9
Let's talk about what you do that I 
can't
                 G                 
Let's talk about me and you and 
  A                  D
that empty room and who wins
                 D
Let's talk about what you did to get
 here
                 Cadd9
Let's talk about blood and sweat and
 tears
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                 G                 
Let's talk about what you want to 
      D
be and who I've always been


     Cadd9* G* A* D


[VERSE 2:]

  D                   Cadd9
I walk in here with a beat up case
    G                A
The same guitar I've always played
        D                  Cadd9
And the words I wrote down on a 
page,
           G                A
When I was 12 years old and small 
town raised

D                         Cadd9
You tell the crowd you're paying 
dues,
  G                   A
I tell them, "this is what I do"
         D             Cadd9
And it?s what i put my life into,
     G                     A
As I breathe the smoke and cheap 
perfume


[PD-C HORUS:]

        Cadd9           G     
And say life on musical road is 
        D
rough conditions
        Cadd9         G      
But the easy ride was never my 
    A
ambition


[CHORUS:]

                   D
I wanna talk about what you are that
 I ain't
                 Cadd9
Let's talk about what you do that I 
can't
                 G                 
Let's talk about me and you and 
  A                  D
that empty room and who wins
                 D
Let's talk about what you did to get
 here
                 Cadd9
Let's talk about blood and sweat and
 tears
                 G                 
Let's talk about what you want to 
      D
be and who I've always been


     D Cadd9 G A
     D Cadd9 G A


[BRIDGE:]

      D               Cadd9
Let's talk about your childhood days
             G                 A
You were the prom queen, I was on 
this stage
   D                         
So where's that crown gotten you 
Cadd9
these days?
          G                  A
When it's me and you and the same 
damn games


[CHORUS:]

   D
So what have you got that I ain't?
    Cadd9
And what can you do that I can't?
          G                A   
Let's put me and you in an empty 
                   D
room and see who wins
                 D
Let's talk about what you did to get
 here
                 Cadd9
Let's talk about blood and sweat and
 tears
                 G
Let's talk about who you want to be,
 girl
D
who I've always been