Jethro Tull: I Don't Want to Be Me
Album: Nightcap
Chords: Håkan Mattsson
Intro by Paco Jimenez

Capo on 5th fret.

Intro:
|Am ''Am/B | C ' C/G '| repeat 3 times      | F'''|''''|G A |
        Bm                    D
Got a grand house out in the country.
        Bm                  D
Marble pillars holding the door.
Em             G                D                    A
Empty bottles lining the wall from the night before.
       Bm                D
Got a Roller out in the garage.
          Bm                      D
But the wheels are stuck to the floor.
        Em          G                D                   A
Got no reason to go anywhere -- no friends call anymore.

                    Bm D                    Bm D
I don't want to be me,  I don't want to be me,
                     G Em             G              A
I know it's hard to see, but I don't want to be me.
 

         Bm                 D
Had me playing down at the palace.
          Bm                     D
I was declared the belle of the ball.
          Em                      G
Made the boys take my goods and chattels away --
          D                  A
now I'm staring at an empty hall.

                    Bm D                    Bm D
I don't want to be me,  I don't want to be me,
                     G Em             G              A
I know it's hard to see, but I don't want to be me.
 
 

Am               C      Am
Pardon me -- I'm on my way.
Am                 C   Am
Pardon me but I'm going.
Am             C      Am         F                     G Am
Taking on the simple life and I feel the grass roots growing.
Am                          C    Am
I'm going to ride the ragged road
Am                               C    Am
diamond spurs jangling into the sunset.
Am                    C    Am         F             G    Am
No circuits running overload -- Well maybe I'm not done yet.
 

             Bm                  D
Now there's nothing left in the cupboard
           Bm                    D
and three bears' been eating my soup.
    Em               G                   D      A
My life is one big critical mess if you take a look.
         Bm               D
And the butler's off in Ibiza --
      Bm                 D
on expense account gone berserk.
       Em                       G          D               A
But I can't check out of this crazy world without being a jerk.

                    Bm D                    Bm D
I don't want to be me,  I don't want to be me,
                     G Em             G              A
I know it's hard to see, but I don't want to be me.
 

Am               C      Am
Pardon me -- I'm on my way.
Am                 C Am
Pardon me but I'm going.
Am             C      Am         F                     G Am
Taking on the simple life and I feel the grass roots growing.
Am                            C   Am
I'm going to ride the ragged road
Am                               C  Am
diamond spurs jangling into the sunset.
Am                    C  Am           F             G    Am
No circuits running overload -- Well maybe I'm not done yet.
      F    G        D
Well maybe I'm not done yet.