The Offspring - I Choose: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "I Choose" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn I Choose Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The Offspring
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "I Choose" smoothly on your guitar.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
 D F G Look at me I'm fallin' off of a cliff now D F G I can still hear my mama yelling No No No D F G But the words mean nothing. Can't catch up to me now D F G The view is so beautiful all the way down When I was a little boy sucking juice from a bottle Believing my perceptions were oh so real But I didn't know nothing, still, knowing nothing Was just enough for me to know the way I feel Chorus: D This is life C G D What a fucked up thing we do C G D What a nightmare come true F G A# A D Or a playground if we choose, and I choose Look at me, I'm swollen like a banana fish now I'm never going to make it, make it out of my hole But I keep on laughing, doesn't really matter There's dozens of reasons for explaining my soul When I was a teenager, sucking booze with the Vatos Discussing who was gonna live to be twenty-one They said they wouldn't make it; they didn't make it We're all naked when the day is said and done Chorus A C G D Don't know who made this all come true A C G A# A But now while you're here you just gotta do what you gotta do 1, 2, 3, 4 Now, if I wasn't such a weenie, do you think you'd still love me? Pretending I'm an airplane on the living room floor Like a lovely generator, you stand right by me And if words were wisdom, I'd be talking even more So I keep on falling as I'm looking back above me Watching as my mama just becomes a little dot Now I'm, I'm like DeNiro, I'm Amarillo And I'll never know when I hit the ground Chorus: D This is life C G D What a fucked up thing we do C G D What a nightmare come true F G A# A A# A A# A Or a playground if we choose, choose, choose, D and I choose You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  A#  C  D  F  G  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "I Choose" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "I Choose" by The Offspring.