Hey, The chords for this song are all played as bar chords based off of the bottom E string.
This song is standard tuning with no capo. Hope you enjoy and understand how to play the song.
F A C G A#
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--3----7----10----5----8-------------|
A|--3----7----10----5----8-------------|
E|--1----5----8-----3----6-------------|
Kimberley – John Butler
F A C
I am what I am and I am strong
F A C
Cause I got my land and I got my song
F A C
I am what I am and I belong
F A C
Cause I got my land and I got my song
Harmonica Bridge: (F-F-A-C) x4
F A C
Tell you a story, about a girl named Kimberly
F A C
Who all the cowboys wanted cause she was wild and free
F A C
But now there’s fussing and there’s fighting We all taking sides
F A C
While the cowboys are playing their old games of conquer and divide
F A C
You see Kimberly was special, a rare and wild soul
F A C
Nearly every man who met her, their hearts she always stole
F A C
But there are always those exceptions of the cold and callous kind
F A C
That wanted just her body and leave the mess for us behind
F A C
Now the prince of the cowboys, his name was Barnett
F A C
He wanted to leave his mark, you know, so we did not forget
F A C
So he said "Mine mine mine, all for me"
F A C
It's great to be a cowboy in the wild west roaming free
F A C
So he brandished all his bullets he put a gun right to our head
C F A C
He said "I'm giving you all a choice now, you're either with me or your dead
F A C
You know I got to have this Kim, I can’t get her off my mind
F A C
And I aint gonna stop until she’s mine, mine"
G A#
Where do I stand?
F C
Got this hole in my heart and a line drawn in the
G A#
sand. It's all grey.
F C G A# F C G A# F C
There are no black and whites so who am I to say
F A C
I am what I am and I am strong
F A C
Cause I got my land and I got my song
F A C
I am what I am and I belong
F A C
Cause I got my land and I got my song
Harmonica Bridge: (F-F-A-C) x4
F A C
Now it’s come to a showdown and it’s all push and pull
F A C
Got these lawyers having field day while the cowboys are funding schools
F A C
I guess it boils down to how you see it, do you see Kimberly,
F A C
Or just another damn hole in the ground just another opportunity?
G A#
Where do I stand?
F C
Got this hole in my heart and a line drawn in the
G A#
sand. It's all grey.
F C G
There are no black and whites so who am I to say
A#
You are wrong
F C G
but you never know what you got until its gone
A#
And one day
F C G
the little people will ask what you did and what we said
F A
I am what I am and I am strong
C
Cause I got my land and I got my song
F A
I am what I am and I belong
C
Cause I got my land and I got my song
F A
I am what I am and I am strong
C
Cause I got my land and I got my song
F A
I am what I am and I belong
C F
Cause I got my land and I got my song
