Standard tuning: E A D G B E

Chords used:(not sure about one of the names)

Am C B?? G F Em
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--1-- --1-- ----- --3-- --1-- -----
--2-- --0-- --4-- --0-- --2-- -----
--2-- --2-- --5-- --0-- --3-- --2--
--0-- --3-- --2-- --2-- ----- --2--
----- ----- ----- --3-- ----- --0--

Intro: Am, Cmaj, B??, 2x

Verse 1:

Am C B??
The shades go up
Am C B??
Mothers staring down
Am C B??
She don't know where he's been
Am C B??
Or how long he's been out

Prechorus:
She saF id 'Boy i'm tired of wAmaiting up while yF our out with your frAmiends'
He said 'F Mom im tryin and im lAmiving my life the best waG y that I canEm' 

Chorus:

AmCause i'm trying G to be somebody
C B??
I'm not trying to be somebody else
AmThis life is mine iG 'm living
C B??
Don't you know me? I wont ever let you down

Verse 2:

Am C B??
The day has come
Am C B??
The sun is moving on
Am C B??
She don't know where he'll go
Am C B??
Or when he's coming home

Prechorus:

She saidF 'Son take care, don'tAm let your dreams F get too far out of sAmight'
He said F 'I love you now, don'Amt worry about me you knowG i'll be finEme'

Chorus:

AmCause i'm trying G to be somebody
C B??
I'm not trying to be somebody else
AmThis life is mine iG 'm living
C B??
Don't you know me? I wont ever let you down
Am   Noooo     G     
C B??
I'm not trying to be somebody else
AmDon't you know meG ? I wont ever letC you
B??
I wont ever let you

Bridge:

C What they say
G What they know
AmWhat they thinG k wont ever bring me down
C This life is mine G and I am my own

AmI'm trying to bG e somebody
C B??
I'm not trying to be somebody else
AmThis life is minG e I lead
C B??
Don't you know me?

AmI'm trying tG o be somebody
C B??
I'm not trying to be somebody else
AmThis life isG mine i'm living
C B??
Don't you know me? I wont ever let you down
AmYeahhh      G     
C B??
I'm not trying to be somebody else
Am G C B??
Don't you know me? I wont ever let you down
AmI wont be nobG ody else
C B??
This life is mine and i am my own