F7 Iʼve been obnoxious Iʼve been unconscious Iʼve been all kinds of things that are hard to spell A# Iʼve been unruly Speakinʼ truly Iʼve been so cool i couldnʼt hardly even stand myself F7 Iʼve been a monster Without a sponsor Iʼve been Dr. Jekill and Mr. Hyde A# Iʼve been a goner Iʼve been a loner And when my mixture was right Hell, iʼm a nice bunch of guys Chorus: C A# F7 I am what i am ʼcause i ainʼt what i used to be C A# F7 ʼCause it is what it is but it ainʼt what it used to be F7 I been a mover I was a shaker You had a girlfriend I tried to snake her A# Iʼve been mysterious Iʼve been delirious Iʼve been so weird it would have killed a normal man F7 I wanted money I wanted power I want a monument Kind of like the Eiffel Tower A# Iʼve been lost at sea Iʼve been lost in space And when i fall in love I fall all over the place Chorus. A# And you can go on forever and make the same mystakes C Or you can stand up on your hind legs and change your fate A# Go on and do until you finally see C What it is that you was that you donʼt want to be F7 I was an outlaw I was an in-law I was a scapegoat That was the last straw A# I hit the highway Singinʼ my way But it wound up sounding like youʼll never walk alone F7 I got a story Reflected glory Is the way that iʼve been seeinʼ 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.