Thats Who I Am

vince gill "thats who i am" written by chris weber only available on "everybody has a story" , the new cd for the benefit of monroe carel children’s hospital at vanderbilt . ( Intro ) 2 xd G D ( Verse ) D G D grew up in la and i like to play baseball D G A i’m five years old and i don’t have hardly anything at all Bm A except this little blue hat that goes with the bat G D G A that my momma gave me the very last time i saw her D G D i live with a family and they don’t even know i’m there D G A i can go for a walk ten city blocks and they don’t even care Bm A i have imaginary friends who i pretend G D would play baseball ’till the very end G A of the day , aww but thats ok ( Chorus ) G thats who i Am D thats all i have A thats where i stand Bm and thats where i’m at G A well thats all i have D thats who i Am ( Verse ) D G D moved in with a new family that had an older son D G he became my big brother we were best friends with each other A we played ball till the setting sun Bm then he had to go to war A and i didn’t know what for G i asked him not to go D as he walked out the door G A he said to me oh i have to leave ( Chorus ) G thats who i Am D thats all i have A thats where i stand Bm and thats where i’m at G A well thats all i have D thats who i Am ( instrumental ) D G D , D G A , Bm G D G A ( Verse ) D G D a year went by and i tried not to think of him at all G but on christmas eve i started to believe A there was a knock at my bedroom door Bm A he said i’m not going back to iraq G D and i want you to know exactly where i’m at G A cause theres no other like me big brother ( Chorus ) G thats who i Am D thats all i have A thats where i stand Bm and thats where i’m at G A and thats all i have Bm thats who i Am G A thats all i have D G D , D thats who i Am