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


Chorus:
          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