I Am That I Am Chords & Tabs

by Peter Tosh

[Version Description]
Versions that are already there do not seem right to me, this is the way I play this song on acoustic guitar.

[Intro]
|C#m B A B | E         |
|C#m B A B | E         |
|C#m B A B | E         |
|C#m B A B | E         |

[Verse 1]
F#m            G#m       A                     B     
I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations
F#m         G#m                    B         
Neither are you here to live up to mine, yeah
F#m      G#m A                 B    
I don't owe    no one, no obligation
F#m             G#m                   B          
No I don't mean none, so everything is fine, fine

[Chorus]
        C#m        B   A     B    
I said I am that I am, I am, I am,
  E 
I am
        C#m        B   A     B    
I said I am that I am, I am, I am,
  E 
I am
        C#m        B   A     B    
I said I am that I am, I am, I am,
  E 
I am
        C#m        B   A     B    
I said I am that I am, I am, I am,
  E 
I am

[Verse 2]
F#m      G#m       A     B    
Don't underestimate my ability
F#m   G#m         B        
Don't definate my character
F#m      G#m  A        B    
Don't belittle  my authority
F#m           G#m            B     
It's time you recognized my quality

[Chorus]
        C#m        B   A     B    
I said I am that I am, I am, I am,
  E 
I am
        C#m        B   A     B    
I said I am that I am, I am, I am,
  E 
I am
        C#m        B   A     B    
I said I am that I am, I am, I am,
  E 
I am
        C#m        B   A     B    
I said I am that I am, I am, I am,
  E 
I am

[Verse 3]
F#m      G#m    A                B     
Learn to love      to love your brother
F#m   G#m         B       
Don't covet your neighbour
F#m           G#m   A                B    
Flee from the city     it's getting shitty
F#m   G#m            B   
It is full of out-a-quity

[Chorus]
        C#m        B   A     B    
I said I am that I am, I am, I am,
  E 
I am
        C#m        B   A     B    
I said I am that I am, I am, I am,
  E 
I am
        C#m        B   A     B    
I said I am that I am, I am, I am,
  E 
I am
        C#m        B   A     B    
I said I am that I am, I am, I am,
  E 
I am

[Outro]
        C#m        B        A     B          E 
I am the rock of ages, You cannot move I at all
         C#m     B             A      B         E  
I am the son of lightning, You cannot move I at all
 C#m     B    A           B          E
Son of Jacob,   Cannot be moved at all
        C#m     B          A     B          E 
I am the son of Moses, You can't move I at all
         C#m    B           A     B          E 
I am the son of David, You cannot move I at all
       C#m        B           A      B          E 
I am a firm ripe diamond, you cannot move I at all
           C#m        B        A      B          E 
You coulda shed more tear, you cannot move I at all
           C#m      B        A       B          E
you coulda full of evil, you cannot move I at all
          C#m      B             A     B          E 
you could try more nothing, you cannot move I at all
         C#m          B           A        B          E 
you can try a likkle something, that can't move I at all
            C#m       B     A        B          E 
And could a come with ism, you can't move I at all
          C#m        B      A         B          E 
And could come with skism, that can't move I at all