Chords
I am Mine

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

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
C9:  
                              x3

     D          F                C                G  
The selfish they' re all standing in line
D                 F             C                  G  
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
D         F            C                     G  
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
  F      G     D  
I only own my mind
     D                F                    C                G  
The North is to South what the clock is to time
          D                      F                      C             G  
There' s East and there' s West and there' s everywhere life
  D              F              C                    G  
I know I was born and I know that I' ll die
     F     G         D            F  G    D  
The in between is mine, I am mine

                     G                Am              D  
          And the feeling, it gets left behind
                     G             Am              D  
          All the innocence lost at one time
                G            Am             D  
          significant, behind the eyes
                                  C9  
          theres no need to hide...
                            *

     D            F              C              G  
The ocean is full cause everyone' s crying
     D                 F                C              G  
the full moon is looking for friends at hightide
     D                 F                     C          G  
the sorrow grows bigger when the sorrows denied
  F      G      D            F  G    D  
I only know my mind, I am mine

                     G                Am              D  
          And the meaning, it gets left behind
                     G             Am              D  
          All the innocence lost at one time
                G            Am             D  
          significant, behind the eyes
                                  C9  
          theres no need to hide...
                             *

                     G                  Am             D  
          And the feelings that get left behind
                     G             Am              D  
          all the innocence broken with lies
                G             Am              D  
          significance, between the lines
                                C9  
          (we may need to hide)
                     G                  Am             D  
          And the meanings that get left behind
                     G             Am              D  
          all the innocents lost at one time
                        G             Am            D  
          we' re all diffrent behind the eyes
                                    C9  
          there' s no need to hide
G                  Am             D  
G                  Am             D  
G                  Am             D  
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