What You Are Chords & Lyrics by Jewel
What You Are
guitar chords lyrics
Might not be 100% correct, but I tried
D - Em9
D
I'm driving around town
Em9
Kinda bored with the windows rolled down
D
See a girl on a bus stop bench
G
Dressed to draw attention
D
Hoping everyone will stare
Em9
If she don't stand out she thinks she'll disappear
D/C#
I wish I could hold her, tell her, show her
G A
What she wants is already there
D
A star is a star
Em9
It doesn't have to try to shine
D/C#
Water will fall
G
A bird just knows how to to fly
D
You don't have to tell a flower how to bloom
D/C#
Or light how to fill up a room
Em
You already are what you are and what you are
D - Em9 - D
Is beautiful
D
Heard a story the other day
Em9
Took place at the local VA
D
A father talking to his dying son
G
This was his conversation
D
It's not supposed to be like this
Em9
You can't go first I can't handle it
D/C#
The boy said Dad now don't you cry,
G A
Remember when I was a child what you used to tell me when I'd ask why?
D
(You'd say) Gravity is gravity
Em9
It doesn't try to pull you down
D/C#
Stone is stone
G
It can't help but hold its ground
D
The wind just blows, though you can't see
D/C#
It's everywhere like I'll always be
Em
You already are what you are
D - Em9 - D
And what you are is strong enough
Em
Look in the mirror
Bm
Now that's another story to tell
Em
I give love to others
A
But I give myself hell
Em
I have to tell myself
Bm
In every seed there's a perfect plan
Em9
Everything I hoped to be
G
I already am
D
A flower is a flower
Em9
It doesn't have to try to bloom
D/C#
And light is light
G
Just knows how to fill a room
D
And dark is dark
Em9
So the stars have a place to shine
D/C#
The tide goes out
G
So it can come back another time
D
Goodbye makes a love so sweet
D/C#
And love is love so it can teach us
Em
We already are what we are
D - Em9 - D
And what we are is beautiful
D
And strong enough
D
And good enough
D - Em9 - D
And bright enough
