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I Am

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This version sounds better and is more complete.

Title:   I Am
Artist:  Train
Album:   Train

Standard tuning

Chord reference chart:
       E A D G B e
       -----------
C      x 3 2 0 1 3
Cadd9  x 3 2 0 3 3
G      3 2 0 0 0 3
G*     3 2 0 0 3 3
Fadd9  x x 3 2 1 3
Em7    0 2 2 0 3 3
D/F#   2 0 0 2 3 2

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Guitar 1 (acoustic):                                                  |
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Verse:                             |
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Rhythm:
  C           G
|-x-----x-x-x-x-------x---x-x-x-x-|
  1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .

C  G  x 4
Fadd 9 C   x 2
C  G  x 2

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Prechorus:                         |
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Em7  x 2
Cadd9  x 2

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Chorus:                            |
-----------------------------------'
D/F# D/F# Cadd9 Cadd9

Chorus 2:
|-------------------------------------------------3-----2---------|
|-------------------------------------------------3-----3---3-----|
|:------------------------------------------------0-----2---0----:|
|-------------------------------------------------------0---2-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------3-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4

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Guitar 2 (clean electric):                                            |
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Note: if only three strings are shown, they are the high G, B, and E.
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Verse:                             |
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Strum a G* at the beginning of each phrase.
During the Fadd9-C part (except on Verse 1) do this:

|-3-----3---------3-----3---------3---------------3---------------|
|-3-----3---------3-----3---------3-------------3-----------------|
|-2-----0---------2-----0---------0-------------------------------|
|-0-----2---------0-----2---------0-------------------------------|
|-------3---------------3---------2-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3-------------------------------|
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4

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Prechorus:                         |
-----------------------------------'
The timing varies on both the Prechorus and Chorus,
but these are the notes.

e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-7/9---9-----9-----9---9-----9---9-----9-----9-9---9\7---7---7---|
  1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------8-----8-----8-----8---8---8-----8-----8-------------------|
|-7/9-----------------------------------------------9-----9---9---|
  1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7/9---9-----9-----9---9-----9---9-----9-----9-9---9\7---7---7---|
  1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .

|------------------------------------------------------------------|*
|-------8-----8-------8---8/10--10-8-------------------------------|
|-7/9--------------------------------------------------------------|
  1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .    1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .

  * At the end of Prechorus 2 he plays this to lead into Chorus 1:
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------8-----8-------8---8---8/10-10----8-----8-----10----10------|
|-7/9--------------------------------------------------------------|
  1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .    1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .

  * At the end of Prechorus 3 he plays this:
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------8-----8-------8---8---8/10-10----8-----8-----8-----8-------|
|-7/9--------------------------------------------------------------|
  1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .    1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .

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Chorus:                            |
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Choruses 1 and 3 are the same, Chorus 2 is played softer and has
different lyrics.  It comes immediately before Chorus 3.

e-------10--10------10------------------10----------10------------|
B:8/10--------10----------10------8/10--------10----------10------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
  1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .
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|  first time through (also play as last part of Chorus 2):
|-------8---8-------8-------------------8-----------8-------------|
|-10\8--------8-----------8-------8-----------8-----------8------:|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
  1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .
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| -last time through:
|-------8---8---------------------8-------------------------------|
|-10\8--------8-------------------8-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------10------------------------------|
|---------------------------------10------------------------------|
|---------------------------------8-------------------------------|
  1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .   1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .

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