Intro: Db Eb Verse 1: Ab There are shouters and murmurers Db Loan sharks and burglars Fm Eb Db Who's good or bad, who's to say? Ab Some are lost, some are searchers Db Some are givers, some are earners Fm Eb Gb But why did they all end up that way? Fm Eb Is it nature at play or is it nurture? Db Ab Is the teacher to blame or is the learner? Fm Eb Gb Db I'm all at sea, I'm no authority on anything but me Ab Db Ab Db I couldn't tell you why I am who I've become Ab Db But I can tell you the parts that make me up Fm Eb And you can calculate the sum Ab Db Gb Db Ab I'll impart to you what I believe to be the recipe for me Interlude: Ab Bb Cm Db Verse 2: Ab Water Ab First things first You need a great deal of water to make me Db Sixty liters is roughly what you need Fm Eb It accounts for sixty-five percent of my being Ab And cells Gb My body's composed of trillions and trillions of cells Db Performing an assortment of missions Fm Eb And it's important to mention that they house my dna Ab Which makes me myself Chorus: Ab There's an ebb and a flow Ab I grow then I see changes Gb There are rewrites, losses, gains and rearrangements Db It's all much more uncertain than I thought it would be Fm Ab Who knew there'd be so many ways to be me Verse 3: Ab Stories, audience or presenter Gb Add scores of stories over a time Db a slew of silly videos I shared online Fm Eb And journals full of narratives I wrote at age nine Ab Gb And still I continue to write because I have more dreams to fulfill Db Tales I hoped to tell when I was younger Fm Eb Ideas that I haven't made yet but I will Ab I'll find my way with my will Interlude: Bb Ab Db Chorus: Ab There's an ebb and a flow Ab I grow then I make changes Gb There are rewrites, losses, gains and rearrangements Db I'm so much more uncertain than I thought I would be Fm Eb Who knew there'd be so many ways to be me Bridge: Ab Eggs Ab You may laugh and that's great Gb Your smiles are what make my day Ab My self-worth's fragile like an egg Bbm When it breaks it's tough to put together again Ab And salt Ab a pinch of salt in my wounds Gb When my friends have had enough of me Db It doesn't help that I'm lacking subtlety Cm Db C When I drop hints that I crave their company Fm Alone it's hard to console myself Eb When I feel so alone Db I feel like I disappear Db If I don't shout "I'm here!" Eb If I don't make my presence known Db And if people see me here Eb And find my face unclear Fm Bb Can I help them to see me better? Db Eb I know I can't foresee the weather Fm Bb So will they accept me now or ever? Db Who knows Dbm I hope so Db But I'm good enough Eb Fm Bb Whatever I face I can rest assured that better days await Db Eb The path to happiness isn't a race Fm Gb I'll let my heart beat at its own pace Bridge 2: Ab Sunshine Ab Happy and bright Gb It nurtures the earth with its light Db Its beaming smile helps buds to flower Fm Eb I'll take a dash of that for when friends feel sour Ab And rainbows a light shines through Gb And every hue is on display Db Save a pinch of that for a rainy day Fm Eb And use it when the storm clouds go away Chorus: Ab There's an ebb and a flow Ab I grow so I make changes Gb There are rewrites, losses, gains and rearrangements Db I'm so much more uncertain than I thought I would be Fm Eb But I can see there's no wrong way to be me Db Eb Ab Now I see there's no wrong way to be me Outro: Gb Fm Db Ab And I know putting this recipe to paper is unwise Gb Fm Db Ab All of the ingredients are changing all the time Gb Fm Db Ab I know putting this recipe to paper is unwise Gb Fm Db Ab All of the ingredients are changing all the time Gb Fm Db Ab Changing all the time, they're changing all the time Gb Fm Ab Changing all the time, I'm changing all the time
