Sung by the great Keala Settle, “This is Me” is one of the main songs from the recent hit film “The Greatest Showman”.
The song is quite simple to play, though flute and recorder players, as well as beginners on piano may find the news easier to play if you move the key up or down 🙂
E F# F# F# F#-D E F# F#
I am not a stranger to the dark
F# A-G F# F#
Hide away, they say
D D E-F# F# E E – D C#
‘Cause we don’t want your broken parts
.A D-E F# F# F#-F#
I’ve learned to be ashamed
D A F# F#
Of all my scars
F# A-G F# F#
Run away, they say
D-E-F# F#-E E E D-E E
No-one’ll love you as you are…
E .B F# F# E
But I won’t let them
E F# E F# .B
Break me down to dust
F# F#-E E E G# E F# .A
I know that there’s a place for us
D E F# G-F#-E
For we are glorious!
F# A B-B A
When the sharpest words
F#-F# F# A F#-E-D
Wanna cut me down ~
D E-A B B A
I’m gonna send a flood,
F#-F# F# A F#-E-D
Gonna drown them out ~
D A F# D A F#
I am brave, I am bruised
D A F# F# F# E E
I am who I’m meant to be,
D D D
This is me!
B A F# F# A F#-E-D
Look out ’cause here I come ~
F# A B – B A
And I’m marching on
F# F# F# A F#
To the beat I drum
D A F# D A F#
I’m not scared to be seen
D A F# F#-F#-E-E
I make no apologies,
D D D
This is me!
D-E-G-F#
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D-E-G-F#
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D-E-G-F#
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D-A-F#
Oh ~
D-A-F#
Oh ~
F# E
Oh oh
D-E-F# F# F# F#-E
Another round of bullets
E F# F#
Hits my skin
D F#-G A-G A G-F#
Well, fire away ’cause today,
D F# F# E E D-C C
I won’t let the shame sink in…
F# A B – A A
We are bursting through
F# F#-E-D
The barricades
D ^D-^C# B A F#
And reaching for the sun
F# A ^D-^D-^D
(We are warriors)
B B A A F#-A-A
Yeah, that’s what we’ve become
F# F# E E D-.B
(Yeah, that’s what we’ve become)
.B F# F# E E F# E F# .B
I won’t let them break me down to dust
F# F#-E E E F# E F# .A
I know that there’s a place for us
^D ^D ^D ^D-B-^D-^E
For we are glorious!
F# A B – B A
When the sharpest words
F#-F# F# A F#-E-D
Wanna cut me down
D F#-A B B A
I’m gonna send a flood
F#-F# F# A F#-E-D
Gonna drown them out ~
D A F# D A F#
I am brave, I am bruised
D# A F# F# F# E E
I am who I’m meant to be,
D D D
This is me!
B A F# F# A F#-E-D
Look out ’cause here I come
F# A B – B A
And I’m marching on
F# F# F# A F#-E-D
To the beat I drum
D A F# D A F#
I’m not scared to be seen
D A F# F#-F#-E-E
I make no apologies
D D D
This is me!
D-E-G-F#
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D-E-G-F#
Oh-oh-oh-oh
A-B-^E-^D#
Oh-oh-oh-oh
D-A-F# D-A-F#
Oh ~ Oh ~
F# E
Oh oh
D D D
This is me!
F# A B
And I know
A A F#-F# A F#-E
That I deserve your love
F#-G-B-A
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
D-E-G-F#
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
G A A-B
‘Cause there’s nothing
^D ^E ^F#-^E-^D ^D-B
I’m not worthy of
D-A-F# D-A-F#
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
D-A-F F# E
(oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)
F# A B – B A
When the sharpest words
F#-F# F# A F#-E-D
Wanna cut me down
D E-A B B A
I’m gonna send a flood,
F#-F# F# A F#-E-D
Gonna drown them out
D A F# D A F#
This is brave, this is proof
D A F# F# F# E E
This is who I’m meant to be,
D D D
This is me!
B A F# F# A F#-E-D
Look out ’cause here I come ~
F# A B-B A
And I’m marching on
F# F# F# A F#-E-D
To the beat I drum
D A F# D A F#
I’m not scared to be seen
D A F# F#-F#-E-E
I make no apologies,
D D D
This is me!
D D-E F# F#
When ever the words
F#-E E D D
Wanna cut me down
D E F# F#
I’ll send a flood,
D B A F#
To drown them out..
D-A-F# D-A-F#
(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
D-A-F F# E
(oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)
D D D
This is me!
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