Tom: C
C G C F C
[Verse 1]
F C
How am I ever gonna be me
F C
How am I ever gonna be me, lord
F C
How am I ever gonna be me
G Am
If I'm not who I'm supposed to be
G Am
A mothers son, a fathers boy
G Am
A brothers friend, a sisters joy
G Am
An uncle cool, a cousin true
G Am
And who knows a father too
G Am
A shy recluse who once shut in
G Am
A patriot, a citizen
G Am
Why was I born a mystery
G C
How am I ever gonna be me
[Verse 2]
F C
How am I ever gonna do right
F C
How am I ever gonna do right lord
F C
How am I ever gonna do right
G Am
And do what's good in your sight
G Am
Sometimes my best is good enough
G Am
Sometimes I bluff that I am tough
G Am
I've turned my cheek instead of fight
G Am
And made them wrong when they were right
G Am
If you help those who help themselves
G Am
How comes the meek don't fare so well
G Am
And I have prayed with all my might
G C
How am I ever gonna do right
[Instrumental]
F C F C F Am G Am G Am G C
[Verse 3]
F C
How am I ever gonna be saved
F C
How am I ever gonna be saved, lord
F C
How am I ever gonna be saved
G Am
When I have lived a life depraved
G Am
I've worshipped money, murdered Cain
G Am
Used your name sometimes in vain
G Am
Worked on Sundays, rocked and rolled
G Am
Wanted bad enough I've stole
G Am
She came to me what was next door
G Am
It's not like we had met before
G Am
Oh tell me what else can I say
G C
How am I ever gonna be saved
[Verse 4]
F C
How am I ever gonna find peace
F C
How am I ever gonna find peace, lord
F C
How am I ever gonna find peace
G Am
Will it be on a golden street
G Am
With big parades and pretty girls
G Am
Cotton candy colored swirls
G Am
Waving fields of springtime sun
G Am
That wars been never waged upon
G Am
My lovers arms, my first release
G C
How am I ever gonna find peace
[Outro]
F C F C F C G Am
G Am G Am G Am G Am G Am G Am G Am G Am G C
