Who I Was ukulele

Who I Was

• Chorus

Chorus
Am       C
Ash and dust
      G                      F
Everything I care about enough
Am       C
Burning up (Yeah)
        G                          Fmaj7
Nothing left of who I thought I was

(And then just let it run) I was

Verse 1
   Am                                           C
I'm stuck in traffic, tryna find my way to a home that I've never known

On a GPS with no address
        G
So, I'll follow my heart, but my heart is scattered
                  F
Like my father's ashes in the back of the rental after I dropped his urn
Am
  Probably a metaphor for everything I've learned
C
  Like how the only love I'll have is gonna crash and burn
G
  Or how the poorest I've felt was after the most I've earned
F
 The biggest lie told is that no one should be concerned
Am
  There's gotta be another highway that don't lead to Hell
C
  A star to lead me through the darkest night like Christian Bale
G
  I hid from God for more than two decades of life
           F
And when I came back to the light, He didn't ask me if I'm Christian still
Am
  Just opened up His arms and embraced me like I'm His Son
 C
Erasin' all the archetypes of what people like me become
G
Since I was young, my personality split like serpent's tongue
F
  But all the poison in my body still ain't make me numb
Am
  I lost a best friend and felt all that
C
Cryin' on his open casket while I knelt on that
        G
I had a best man picked out for my wedding
                       F
But instead of getting married, I carried guilt and left all that
      Am
A vagabond that broke a bond for Boca Raton
         C
Who all along regretted he never kept all that
            G
I left everything behind but this engagement ring and a frozen heart
F
  I'm standin' in the fire to melt all that, yeah

Chorus
Am       C
Ash and dust
      G                      F
Everything I care about enough
Am       C
Burning up
        G                          F
Nothing left of who I thought I was
N.C.
I was

Interlude
Am C G F
        I, I, I was

Verse 2
Am
  Lash out
               C
Need to take a breath and calm down
            G
Try to regulate, don't know how
              F
Wasn't taught that in my house
           Am
Kids of my own, I step back
              C
Look at those smiles and feel sad
                G
Hope they don't wind up like dad
              F
Stuck in this loop like I am

I've—
Am
  Called you, never heard back
      C
After everything we've been through, the good and the bad
N.C.                    G
You're 'bout to throw it all away and overreact
         F
Because I overreacted, karma I guess
         C
My temper gets the best of me

A part of me that I wish I knew how to get rid of
                             G/B
It's the issue I have, my M.O
                                 N.C.
Say I need you and I love you to death
                     Am
Then turn around and go and treat you like you nothin' but trash
C
I know—
N.C.
I know I messed that part up, but

Outro: NF
  C                                G
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
        F
Yeah, I know
             Am
Sometimes, I

Lash out
               C
Need to take a breath and calm down
           G
Try to regulate, don't know how
              F
Wasn't taught that in my house
           Am
Kids of my own, I step back
              C
Look at those smiles and feel sad
                G
Hope they don't wind up like Dad
              F
Stuck in this loop like I am, I

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