Who I Am Hates Who Ive Been Chords

"Who I Am Hates Who I've Been"
By: Relient K
 
Tabbed by: John McPherson - Baylor U.
           jmcpherson@dublindp.com
 
 
The chords used are largely inversions of A2, in which the D and G strings are pressed
down in the second fret.  Then you can slide up to the fourth fret for B2, and don't
bar-just use your forefinger to press second fret A string (bass B) and mute the
string.  Move your fingers up just like this to hit C#m (you don't have  to hit the B
string to get the minor-it's redundant).
The chord I reference as E is this same setup moved up to the forefinger in the 7th
fret and the others in the 9th, not muting the E-string.  Low E is just normal E in the
first/second fret.
 
Feel free to add anything to this or to change it, but I think it's pretty darned closen
to the studio recording they did, 'cause I listened to it about 50 times...  God Bless
 
 
[Intro Solo]
 
e|-0---4---2---0-------0---2-------|-----0-------0---2---4-------0---|
B|-----------------4-----------4---|-4-------4---------------4-------|
G|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
(Chords)
 
A2  B2  C#m  E  A2  B2  C#m  E  A2  B2
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
E
  I watched the proverbial sunrise
A2
  coming up over the Pacific and
C#m
  you might think I'm losing my mind,
B2
  but I will shy away from the specifics...
 
A2                            B2         C#m
  'cause I don't want you to know where I am
          A2                  B2
  'cause then you'll see my heart
          C#m
  in the saddest state it's ever been.
A2                    B2
  This is no place to try and live my life.
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
low E           E             B2             B/D#
  Stop right there. That's exactly where I lost it.
 
A2          C#m          B2
  See that line. Well I never should have crossed it.
 
low E           E            B2               B/D#
  Stop right there. Well I never should have said
 
                 A/G#        A2
  that it's the very moment that
 
     B2
  I wish that I could take back.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
E                                     B2  C#m
  I'm sorry for the person I became.
                                                   B2  E
  I'm sorry that it took so long for me to change.
                                                   B2 C#m
  I'm ready to try and never become that way again
                                      A2
  'cause who I am hates who I've been.
        B2                (Intro)
  Who I am hates who I've been.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
E
  I talk to absolutely no one.
A2
  Couldn't keep to myself enough.
            C#m
  And the things bottled inside have finally begun
       B2
  to create so much pressure that I'll soon blow up.
 
E
  I heard the reverberating footsteps
A2
  syncing up to the beating of my heart,
C#m                                B2
  and I was positive that unless I got myself together,
 
  I would watch me fall apart.
 
 
[Bridge]
 
      A2               B2       C#m
  And I can't let that happen again
          A2                 B2
  'cause then you'll see my heart
         C#m
  in the saddest state it's ever been.
 A                    B2
  This is no place to try and live my life.
 
 
[Pre-Chorus] (x2)
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 
C#m     A2                E
  Who I am hates who I've been
                                                B2/C       C#m
  and who I am won't take the second chance you gave me.
         A2                   E
  Who I am hates who I've been
                        B2
  'cause who I've been only ever made me...
 
 
[Outro]
 
E                                   B2  C#m
  So sorry for the person I became.
                                                  B2 E
  So sorry that it took so long for me to change.
                                                B2  C#m
  I'm ready to try and never become that way again
                                  A2
  'cause who I am hates who I've been.
          B2                  (intro)
  Who I am hates who I've been.
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