Til I Am Myself Again

Words and Music by: Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor
From the album: Casino
Transcribed by: Drake Hirasawa (drake@genesis-microchip.on.ca)
Key: G

Verse 1

G
I want to know where my confidence went
C                   G
One day it all disappeared
        G          D/F#  Em
And I'm lying in a hotel room, miles away
C                      D
Voices next door in my ear, well
G
Day time is bad, nighttime worse
C                        G
Hope that I can get home soon
        G             D/F#       Em
But the half-finished bottles of inspiration
C                     D
Lie like ghosts in my room
C
I want to go
  D
I know  I can't stay
    C
But I don't want to run
   D
Feeling this way

Chorus

     Am  G/B  C    D
'Til I       am myself
     Am  G/B  C    D
'Til I       am myself
     Am  G/B  C    D     G
'Til I       am myself again

Verse 2

G
There's a seat on the corner I keep every night
C                    G
Wait til the evening begins
        G        D/F#        Em
I feel like a stranger from another world
C                       D
But at least I'm living again
G
There are nights full of anger
G
Words that are thrown
C                              G
Tempers that are shattered and thin
G                  D/F#
But the moments of magic
Em
Are just too short
     C                   D
They're over before they begin, well
C
I know it's time
 D
One big step
   C
I can't go
        D
I'm not ready yet

Chorus

     Am  G/B  C    D
'Til I       am myself
     Am  G/B  C    D
'Til I       am myself
     Am  G/B  C    D     G
'Til I       am myself again

Instrumental

D   C   G C G
Em  Bm  C  D
Am  D  G D/F# Em
C  C  D  D C D  G

Verse 3

G
I had a dream that my house was on fire
C                       G
People laughed while it burned, well
G          D/F#       Em
I tried to run but my legs were numb
         C                     D
I had to wait til the feeling returned
G
I don't need a doctor to figure it out
  C                      G
I know what's passing me by
       G           D/F#
When I look in the mirror
    Em          C                    D
Sometimes I see traces of some other guy, well
 C
I want to go
  D
I know  I can't stay
    C
But I don't want to run
   D
Feeling this way

Chorus

     Am  G/B  C    D
'Til I       am myself
     Am  G/B  C    D
'Til I       am myself
     Am  G/B  C    D     G
'Til I       am myself again

Outro

D C G D C G D C G D
C G