"Who I Am Hates Who I've Been"
By: Relient K
Tabbed by: John McPherson - Baylor U.
jmcpherson@dublindp.com
The chords used are largely inversions of A2, in which the D and G strings are pressed
down in the second fret. Then you can slide up to the fourth fret for B2, and don't
bar-just use your forefinger to press second fret A string (bass B) and mute the
string. Move your fingers up just like this to hit C#m (you don't have to hit the B
string to get the minor-it's redundant).
The chord I reference as E is this same setup moved up to the forefinger in the 7th
fret and the others in the 9th, not muting the E-string. Low E is just normal E in the
first/second fret.
Feel free to add anything to this or to change it, but I think it's pretty darned closen
to the studio recording they did, 'cause I listened to it about 50 times... God Bless
Intro:
Solo: (actual notes on strings-not chords)
B(x2)
Then: & | & | &
Chords:
(Verse 1)
I watched the proverbial sunrise
coming up over the Pacific and
you might think I'm losing my mind,
but I will shy away from the specifics...
'cause I don't want you to know where I am
'cause then you'll see my heart
in the saddest state it's ever been.
This is no place to try and live my life.
[Pre-Chorus]
lowE E B2 B/D#
Stop right there. That's exactly where I lost it.
See that line. Well I never should have crossed it.
lowE E B2 B/D#
Stop right there. Well I never should have said
that it's the very moment that
I wish that I could take back.
[Chorus]
I'm sorry for the person I became.
I'm sorry that it took so long for me to change.
I'm ready to try and never become that way again
'cause who I am hates who I've been.
B2 (Intro)
Who I am hates who I've been.
(Verse 2)
I talk to absolutely no one.
Couldn't keep to myself enough.
And the things bottled inside have finally begun
to create so much pressure that I'll soon blow up.
I heard the reverberating footsteps
sinking up to the beating of my heart,
and I was positive that unless I got myself together,
I would watch me fall apart.
And I can't let that happen again
'cause then you'll see my heart
in the saddest state it's ever been.
This is no place to try and live my life.
[Pre-Chorus x2]
[Chorus]
Who I am hates who I've been
and who I am won't take the second chance you gave me.
Who I am hates who I've been
'cause who I've been only ever made me...
So sorry for the person I became.
So sorry that it took so long for me to change.
I'm ready to try and never become that way again
'cause who I am hates who I've been.
B2 (intro)
Who I am hates who I've been.