Standard tuning.....
the chords are barred..
Ab 4-6-6-5-4-4-|
Eb x-6-8-8-8-8-|
Bb 6-8-8-7-6-6-|
Cm x-3-5-5-4-3-|
(note...singing comes in on the 5th time of the verse)
[Verse]
e|----------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------|X12
d|----------------------------------|
a|-1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--11-3---------|
e|----------------------------------|
I don't need to be anything other
Than a prison guard's son
I don't need to be anything other
Than a specialist's son
I don't have to be anyone other
Than the birth of two souls in one
Part of where I'm going, is knowing where I'm coming from
[Chorus]
Ab Eb
I don't want to be
Bb Cm
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
Ab Eb
All I have to do
Bb Cm
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
Ab Eb
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Bb
Wondering what I've got to do
Cm
Or who I'm supposed to be
Ab Eb Bb Cm
I don't want to be anything other than me
[Verse]
e|----------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------|X12
d|----------------------------------|
a|-1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--11-3---------|
e|----------------------------------|
I'm surrounded by liars everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by imposters everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by identity crisis everywhere I turn
Am I the only one who noticed?
I can't be the only one who's learned
[Chorus]
Ab Eb
I don't want to be
Bb Cm
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
Ab Eb
All I have to do
Bb Cm
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
Ab Eb
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Bb
Wondering what I've got to do
Cm
Or who I'm supposed to be
Ab Eb Bb Cm
I don't want to be anything other than me
[Bridge]
Gm
Can I have everyone's attention please?
C-Gm
If you're not like this and that, you're gonna have to leave
C-Bb-F
I came from the mountain
C-Bb-F
The crust of creation
C-Bb-F C-Bb-F
My whole situtaion-made from clay to stone
Eb F
And now I'm telling everybody
[Chorus] (played very lightly - louder at the end)
Ab Eb
I don't want to be
Bb Cm
Anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
Ab Eb
All I have to do
Bb Cm
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
Ab Eb
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Bb
Wondering what I've got to do
Cm
Or who I'm supposed to be
Ab Eb Bb Cm
I don't want to be anything other than me
Ab Eb Bb Cm
I don't want to be
Ab Eb Bb Cm
I don't want to be
Ab Eb Bb Cm
I don't want to be
Ab Eb Bb Cm
anything other than
[Outro]
e|----------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------|
g|----------------------------------|X4
d|----------------------------------|
a|-1-3--1-3--1-3--1-3--11-3---------|
e|----------------------------------|
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/gavin_degraw/i_dont_want_to_be_chords_141284