Dave Matthews Band - Why I Am

^G, ^C, ^C/H 2x ^GI grew from monkey into a man ^C, ^C/H, ^G, ^C, ^C/H Then I crushed ^Gfifteen million with a wave of my ^Chand ^C/H, ^G, ^C, ^C/H I grew ^Gdrunk on water turned into ^C, ^C/Hwine ^G, ^C, ^C/H 'Til I was ^Gslave and master at the same damn ^C, ^C/Htime

^GBut it's ^Cwhy ^C/H I ^Gam But it's ^Cwhy-yy ^C/HI-ii ^Gam That's ^Cwhy-yy-yy ^C/HI-ii-ii ^Gam Still here dancing with the Groogrux King ^C, ^C/H Emi, D, G, C, C/H

^FOut ^Emof my ^Dhead and ^Cinto the ^C/Hroom, ^Am“Hello”^G, ^C, ^C/H, ^G, ^C, ^{C/H G}The king of man, it makes no ^C, ^C/Hsense ^G, ^C, ^C/H Oh and I ^Gbow to the priest, while I worship the ^Cwitch ^C/H

^GBut it's ^Cwhy ^C/H I ^Gam The only one that made me smile But it's ^Cwhy-yy ^C/HI-ii ^Gam A stake in the woodpile That's ^Cwhy-yy-yy ^C/HI-ii-ii ^Gam Aww, still here dancing with the Groogrux King ^G, ^C, ^C/H Emi, D, G, C, C/H

^FOut ^Emof my ^Dhead and ^Cinto the ^C/Hroom, ^FSo ^Emwhen my ^Dghost takes ^Cme from ^C/Hyou ^FYou can’t ^Emremem^Dber the ^Cfool that I ^C/Ham ^AmDon’t ^Ccry baby, ^C/Hdon’t ^Gcry

^FIt’s the lose and the ^Amwin of the world ^CWrong and right, us and ^Gthem of the world ^FIt’s the you and the ^Amme of the world ^COnly one way ^Gout of the world

^FIt’s the lose and the ^Amwin of the world ^CWrong and right, us and ^Gthem of the world ^FIt’s the you and the ^Amme of the world ^COnly one way ^Gout of the world

^G, ^C, ^C/H 2x F, Emi, D, C, C/H, Ami

^GThat’s ^Cwhy ^C/H I ^Gam I'm unlikely to agree That’s ^Cwhy-yy ^C/HI-ii ^Gam I'm out of my monkey tree ^CWhy-yy-yy ^C/HI-ii-ii ^Gam Still here dancing with the Groogrux King ^C, ^C/H Will be ^Gdrinking big whiskey while we dance and sing ^C, ^C/H Where my ^Gstory ends is when I get with him ^C, ^C/H Heaven or hell, ^GI’m going there with the Groogrux King

That’s ^Cwhy ^C/H I ^Gam The color of your pretty eyes ^CWhy-yy ^C/HI-ii ^Gam A stake in the woodpile ^CWhy-yy-yy ^C/HI-ii-ii ^Gam Still here dancing with the Groogrux King ^C, ^C/H

^FOut ^Emof my ^Dhead and ^Cinto the ^C/Hroom, ^FSo ^Emwhen my ^Dghost takes ^Cme from ^C/Hyou ^FYou can’t ^Emremem^Dber the ^Cfool that I ^C/Ham ^AmDon’t ^Ccry baby, ^C/Hdon’t ^Gcry ^G