How Am I Ever Gonna Be Me

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