I've Gotta Be Me(Chords)

	        C                                Dm                             
Whether I'm right or whether I'm wrong 
          G7                                    C 
Whether I find a place in this world or never belong 
              F   G7           F     G7 
I've gotta be me,  I've gotta be me 
                F    C         Dm      G7 
What else can I be, but what I am 
           C                   Dm 
I want to live,  not merely survive 
          G7                                       C 
And won't give up this dream of life that keeps me alive 
              F    G7           F     G7 
I've gotta be me,  I've gotta be me 
                  F        Dm     C 
The dream that I see makes what I am 
                E7                   Am 
That far away prize, a world of success 
               Dm        G7       C 
Is waiting for me, if I heed the call 
                Am                     Bm 
I won't settle down, won't settle for less 
            Am                                  Dm     G7    
As long as there's a chance  that I can have it all 
	         C                        Dm 
I'll go it alone,  that's how it must be 
             G7                                         C 
I can't be right for somebody else if I'm not right for me 
                F    G7             F      G7 
I've gotta be free,  I've gotta be free 
           F               Am         G7      C      A7 
Daring to try to do it or die, I've gotta be me 
             C#                      D#m 
I'll go it alone, that's how it must be 
            G#7                                        C# 
I can't be right for somebody else if I'm not right for me 
               F#    G#7             F#        G#7 
I've gotta be free,   I've gotta be free 
           F#             A#m        F#7     C# 
Daring to try to do it or die, I've gotta be me
 
Instrumental finish F#7 C# F#7 C# F#7 C#
	        

Written by Walter Marks