Who You Thought I Was — Brandy Clark
Chords and lyrics for Who You Thought I Was by Brandy Clark (key of C).
Verse 1
NOTE: When I play this song I play the G and Cadd9 chords this
way. If you want to you can play just a regular G and C
chord as well. The sound you hear played throughout the
song especially the Intro is based on the picking pattern.
I have tried to show that below this tab. Please look
there if you need help with that.
[G] [Cadd9]
Intro
[G] [Cadd9]
[G] [Cadd9]
[G]G [Cadd9](Cadd9)
Verse
[Cadd9]I used to wanna be a [G]cowboy
[Cadd9]A shadow in the [G]sunset
[Cadd9]That's why I started smoking [G]cigarettes
[Cadd9]I used to wanna be a [G]cowboy
[Cadd9]I used to wanna be [G]Elvis
[Cadd9]Drive a pink [G]Cadillac car
[Cadd9]It's why I learned to play the [G]guitar
[Cadd9]I used to wanna be [G]Elvis[Cadd9]
Pre-Chorus
There's a [Em]lot of things I [D]used to wanna [C]do
[C]'Til I met [G]you
Chorus
[Cadd9] Now I wanna be [G]honest
[Cadd9] Now I wanna be [G]better
[Cadd9] Now I wanna be the [G]me I should've[Cadd9] been when we were [G]together
[Cadd9] I wanna be at [G]least almost [Cadd9]close to worth your [G][Cadd9]lo-o-o-ove
I wanna be [G]who
[Cadd9] You thought I [G][Cadd9]was[G]
Verse
[Cadd9]Used to wanna join the [G]circus
[Cadd9]And hang around with the [G]freak show
[Cadd9]Wish I learned to walk the [G]tight rope
[Cadd9]I used to wanna join the [G]circus
[Cadd9]Used to wanna stay [G]eighteen
[Cadd9] I used to wanna an [G]Airstream
[Cadd9]With a lawn chair [G]tumbleweed view
[Cadd9] Now I just want [G]you
Chorus
[Cadd9] And I wanna be [G]honest
[Cadd9] Now I wanna be [G]better
[Cadd9] Now I wanna be the [G]me I should've[Cadd9] been when we were [G]together
[Cadd9] I wanna be at [G]least almost [Cadd9]close to worth your [G][Cadd9]lo-o-o-ove
I wanna be [G]who
[Cadd9] You thought I [Em][D][C][C]was[C][C][D][Em]
Pre-Chorus
There's a [Em]lot of things I [D]used to wanna [C]be
[C]'Til you stopped loving [G]me
Chorus
[Cadd9] Now I wanna be [G]steady
[Cadd9]I wanna be [G]forever
[Cadd9] Now I wanna be the [G]me I could have [Cadd9]been when we were [G]together
[Cadd9] I wanna be at [G]least almost [Cadd9]close to worth your [G][Cadd9]lo-o-o-ove
[Cadd9]I wanna be [G]who
[Cadd9]You thought I [G]was
[Cadd9] Yeah, I wanna be [G]who
[Cadd9]You thought I [G][Cadd9]was[G]
NOTE: Someone asked me how to get the sound Brandy Clark is getting
in the INTRO and other places in the song. It is not easy for
me to show this since I mainly just play it naturally
without actually thinking how I do play it. When I slow it down
to see my fingers it throws me off some. But to try and help
those out that need it here is my attempt to show it. If someone
can show this better please just email me, message me here or
Leave a comment. DO NOT submit it as a correction.
[G] [Cadd9]
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