D#7 Iʼve been obnoxious Iʼve been unconscious Iʼve been all kinds of things that are hard to spell G# Iʼve been unruly Speakinʼ truly Iʼve been so cool i couldnʼt hardly even stand myself D#7 Iʼve been a monster Without a sponsor Iʼve been Dr. Jekill and Mr. Hyde G# Iʼve been a goner Iʼve been a loner And when my mixture was right Hell, iʼm a nice bunch of guys Chorus: A# G# D#7 I am what i am ʼcause i ainʼt what i used to be A# G# D#7 ʼCause it is what it is but it ainʼt what it used to be D#7 I been a mover I was a shaker You had a girlfriend I tried to snake her G# Iʼve been mysterious Iʼve been delirious Iʼve been so weird it would have killed a normal man D#7 I wanted money I wanted power I want a monument Kind of like the Eiffel Tower G# Iʼve been lost at sea Iʼve been lost in space And when i fall in love I fall all over the place Chorus. G# And you can go on forever and make the same mystakes A# Or you can stand up on your hind legs and change your fate G# Go on and do until you finally see A# What it is that you was that you donʼt want to be D#7 I was an outlaw I was an in-law I was a scapegoat That was the last straw G# I hit the highway Singinʼ my way But it wound up sounding like youʼll never walk alone D#7 I got a story Reflected glory Is the way that iʼve been seeinʼ for most of my life G# I heard the laughter Up in the rafter But i never ever thought that the joke was on me Chorus.
