Jewel - What you are
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Might not be 100% correct, but I tried
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I'm driving around town
Em9
Kinda bored with the windows rolled down
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See a girl on a bus stop bench
G
Dressed to draw attention
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Hoping everyone will stare
Em9
If she don't stand out she thinks she'll disappear
D/C#
I wish I could hold her, tell her, show her
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What she wants is already there
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A star is a star
Em9
It doesn't have to try to shine
D/C#
Water will fall
G
A bird just knows how to to fly
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You don't have to tell a flower how to bloom
D/C#
Or light how to fill up a room
Em
You already are what you are and what you are
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Is beautiful
DHeard a story the other day
Em9Took place at the local VA
DA father talking to his dying son
GThis was his conversation
DIt's not supposed to be like this
Em9You can't go first I can't handle it
D/C#The boy said Dad now don't you cry,
GRemember when I was a child what you used to Atell me when I'd ask why?
(You'd say) GDravity is gravity
Em9It doesn't try to pull you down
D/C#Stone is stone
GIt can't help but hold its ground
DThe wind just blows, though you can't see
D/C#It's everywhere like I'll always be
EmYou already are what you are
And what you are iDs
Em
Look in the mirror
Bm
Now that's another story to tell
Em
I give love to others
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But I give myself hell
Em
I have to tell myself
Bm
In every seed there's a perfect plan
Em9
Everything I hoped to be
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I already am
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eDnoughDA flower is a flower
Em9It doesn't have to try to bloom
D/C#And light is light
GJust knows how to fill a room
DAnd dark is dark
Em9So the stars have a place to shine
D/C#The tide goes out
GSo it can come back another time
DGoodbye makes a love so sweet
D/C#And love is love so it can teach us
EmWe already are what we are
And what we are Dis
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