I Am Mine Guitar Chords
“I Am Mine” was written by Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder in a hotel room near Virginia Beach, Virginia, before the band’s first show after the Roskilde Festival tragedy in 2000, where 11 people were killed in a crowd crush. Vedder has said that he wrote the song to “reassure myself that this is going to be all right.”
I Am Mine Chords
The [D] selfish [F] theyre all
[C] standing in [G] line
[D] Faith in their [F] hope
and to [C] buy themselves [G] time
[D] Me, I [F] figure as
[C] each breath goes [G] by
I [C] only [G] own my [D] mind
The [D] North is to [F] South what the
[C] clock is to [G] time
Theres [D] East and theres
[F] West and theres
[C] everywhere [G] life
I [D] know I was [F] born
and I [C] know that Ill [G] die
The [C] in bet [G] ween is [D] mine…
[C] I [G] am [D] mine
And the [G] feeling it
[Am] gets left be [D] hind
Oh, the [G] innocence
[Am] lost in its own [D] time
Were [G] different
be [Am] hind the [D] eyes
Theres no need to
[C] hide, cos were safe to [D] night
The [D] ocean is [F] full
cause [C] everyones [G] crying
The [D] full moon is
[F] looking for
[C] friends at high [G] tide
The [D] sorrow grows
[F] bigger when the
[C] sorrows [G] denied
I [C] only [G] know my [D] mind…
[C] I [G] am [D] mine
And the [G] meaning it
[Am] gets left be [D] hind
Oh, the [G] innocence
[Am] broken with [D] time
Were [G] different
be [Am] hind the [D] eyes
Theres no need to
[C] hide, cos were safe to [D] night
And the [G] feeling it
[Am] gets left be [D] hind
Oh, the [G] innocence
[Am] broken with [D] time
Were [G] different
be [Am] hind the [D] eyes
Theres no need to [C] hide
And the [G] feeling it
[Am] gets left be [D] hind
Oh, the [G] innocence
[Am] broken with [D] lies
Were [G] different
be [Am] hind the [D] eyes
Theres no need to
[C] hide, were safe to [D] night
I Am Mine Song Details
The lyrics of the song deal with themes of self-reliance, individuality, and overcoming adversity. The opening lines, “I, I’m a lightning rod for this parade / Every eye a bullet aimed my way,” capture the feeling of being under scrutiny and pressure. However, the song ultimately ends on a hopeful note, with Vedder declaring, “I am mine, and only mine.”
“I Am Mine” was a critical and commercial success. The song reached number six on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and was included on Pearl Jam’s 2004 greatest hits album, rearview mirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003).
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