They tell you a good girl is qui et and that you should nev er ask why
’cause it on ly makes it hard er to fit in.
You should be hap py, ex cit ed, e ven if you’re just in vit ed, ’cause the win ners need some one to clap for them.
If how you’re liv (F7sus)It’s so hard just wait ing in a line that nev er moves.
you’ve got It’s (F7)time you start ed mak ing
to (Abmaj7)your own rules.
You’ve got to (Eb)scream un til there’s noth ing left, with (Bb)your last breath say, “Here I am,
here I am.”
Make them lis ten ’cause (Eb)there’s no way you’ll be ig nored, not (Bb)an y more, say, “Here I am,
here I am.”
Here I am,
ah, ah, ah.
Here I am,
ah, ah.
You on ly get one life to work it, so who cares if it’s not per fect,
say, “It’s close e nough to per er fect for me.”
Why should you hide from the thun der and the light ning that you’re un der, ’cause there ain’t no bod y else you want to be.
If how you’re liv (F7sus)It’s ing is n’t work ing, in there’s one thing that ’ll help:
you’ve got to (F7)fin ’lly just stop search ing
to (Abmaj7)find your self.
You’ve got to (Eb)scream un til there’s noth ing left, with (Bb)your last breath say, “Here I am,
here I am.”
Make them lis ten ’cause (Eb)there’s no way you’ll be ig nored, not (Bb)an y more, say, “Here I am,
here I am.”
Here I am,
ah, ah, ah.
Here I am,
ah, ah.
You on ly get one
Here I am.
The world (Ab)bet ter make some room,
yeah, move o ver, o ver,
(Ab)’cause you’re com ing through,
’cause you’re com ing through.
Got
Here I am,
ah, ah, ah.
Here I am,
ah, ah, ah.
Here I am.
This page shows “Here I Am” by Renee Sandstrom in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Ab at 71 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.