I Am Mine was written in the aftermath of the Roskilde Festival in 2000, where nine fans were killed during a Pearl Jam concert. Eddie Vedder started writing the song in his hotel room after the event as a way to cope with the incident and reflect on the value of life.
Key: G
C9 : x3
DFCG The selfish they're all standing in line DFCG Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time DFCG Me, I figure as each breath goes by FGD I only own my mind DFCG The North is to South what the clock is to time DFCG There's East and there's West and there's everywhere life DFCG I know I was born and I know that I'll die FGDFGD The in between is mine, I am mine
GAmD And the feeling, it gets left behind GAmD All the innocence lost at one time GAmD significant, behind the eyes C9 theres no need to hide... *
DFCG The ocean is full cause everyone's crying DFCG the full moon is looking for friends at hightide DFCG the sorrow grows bigger when the sorrows denied FGDFGD I only know my mind, I am mine
GAmD And the meaning, it gets left behind GAmD All the innocence lost at one time GAmD significant, behind the eyes C9 theres no need to hide... *
GAmD And the feelings that get left behind GAmD all the innocence broken with lies GAmD significance, between the lines C9 (we may need to hide) GAmD And the meanings that get left behind GAmD all the innocents lost at one time GAmD we're all diffrent behind the eyes C9 there's no need to hide GAmD GAmD GAmD C9 Notice that: This is some kind of simplified tab/chord. There are some subtleties that you have to polish listening the song, if you want to get a nicer version. You know that its not