Subject: CRD: I Hardly Know How To Be Myself Rodney Crowell Chords/Lyrics Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 04:09:50 GMT From: rickl1@IX.netcom.com (rick) Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Rodney Crowell I Hardly Know How To Be Myself by Rodney Crowell Roseanne Cash John Leventhal guitar/piano Leland Sklar bass Eddie Bayers drums Barry Beckett organ F# D#m Go out and hear a band at some club downtown B F# Walk home in the rain and let it soak me down F# D#m Smile and shuffle past all the faces at the door B F# I hardly know how to be myself anymore F# I wonder where you are D#m Do I exist for you B If that pain that never quits F# Ever gets you too F# D#m I think about my life and what it's headed for B F# I hardly know how to be myself anymore B C# D#m I know how to chase the night away B F# Show no feelings by the light of the day B C# D#m I know how to keep it all intact B C# Tears may fall but there's no holding back F# D#m Time runs by me like a river cold B F# It sends a shiver way down in my soul D#m I see my past just like a mask I wore B F# I hardly know how to be myself anymore SOLO B C# D#m I know how to face the night alone B F# And keep my distance on the telephone B C# D#m B I know how to get my crying done and tears may fall C# But I don't show no one F# D#m I go out and hear a band at some club on down the street B F# I shake the hands of all the people that I meet F# D#m I hope they find just what they're looking for B F# I hardly know how to be myself anymore B F# I hardly know how to be myself anymore B F# I hardly know how to be myself From Rodney Crowell "Life Is Messy" Columbia Records 1992 Sony Tunes(ASCAP)/Chelcat Music(BMI)