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

 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