Standard (EADGBE)

 I am what I am

 I can't help myself

 And if you don't like it

 Get with somebody else

 I'll never change my ways

 It's not a phase

This is how it is and this is how it's gonna stay

Because

 I am what I am I know what I'm not

 I'm not the type of guy

 That doesn't know how good he's got it

 Ad I won't back down

 Won't come around

Saying that I changed cause

 That's now how it's going down

 And I know (I know, I know)

 Wherever I go (I go, I go)

 I know where I stand

 I am what I am

 Hey! Hey!

I am what I am

 Hey! Hey!

I am what I am

What can I say?

 I'm gonna be this way

 Right up until my dying day

 Because that's how it goes head to my toes

 And if it doesn't show well I just had to let you know

Because

 I am what I am

 And nobody else

 And if you've got a problem

 Better take it somewhere else

 Because I can't turn back

 I'm right on track

 And if you think you know

 Well then you better check your facts

Because

 I know (I know, I know)

 Wherever I go (I go, I go)

 I know where I stand

 I am what I am

 Hey! Hey!

I am what I am

 Hey! Hey!

Oh can't you see

 I'm just being me

 I can't be you

 And I don't want to be

Don't try to get

 Inside my head

 Cause what you see is what you get

 I am what I am

 I can't help myself

 And if you don't like it

 Get with somebody else

 I'll never change my ways

 It's not a phase

This is how it is right up until my dying day

 And I know (I know, I know)

 Wherever I go (I go, I go)

 I know where I stand

 I am what I am

 Hey! Hey!

I am what I am

 Hey! Hey!

 I am what I am

 Hey! Hey!

 I am what I am

 Hey! Hey!

 I am what I am