#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 16:10:06 -0700 Message-Id: <[email protected]> From: [email protected] (Lawrence Michael Korman) Subject: Re: Country Joe & The Fish - Who am I WHO AM I - Country Joe and the Fish C G C G D7 Who am I to stand and wonder, to wait C G C G While the wheels of fate slowly grind my life away C G Who am I (G) C There were some things that I loved one time G C But the dreams are gone I thought were mine G C And the hidden tears that once did fall G C Now burn inside at the thought of all G C The years of waste, the years of cryin' G C The passions of a heart so blind G C To think that, but even still G C As I stand exposed to the feelings I felt G C D7 G And I cried into the echoes of my loneliness CHORUS What a nothing I've made of life The empty words, the coward's plight To be pushed and passed from hand to hand Never daring to speak never daring to stand And the emptiness in my family's eye Reminds me over and over of lies And promises and deeds undone And now again I have to run But now there is nowhere to run to CHORUS Now my friend we meet again And we shall see which one will bend Under the strain of death's golden eyes Which one of us will win the prize To live - and which one will die 'Tis I my friend, yes 'tis I Will kill to live again and again Clutch the throat of sweet revenge For life is here only for the taking CHORUS I hope these lyrics are correct. I got the chords from Barry Melton, one of the Fish, in our short e-mail If anyone out there has chords or tabs for Rock Coast Blues, I would be eternally grateful. Danny Korman
