Intro: C    G   Am   F


C        G   
I know I make mistakes
       Am               F 
I will have to live and learn
C             G
Sometimes you play with fire
Am                F
And sometimes you get burned

C         G   
I have my dream to live
Am             F
Following that star
C                 G   
It doesn't matter how long it takes
   Am             F
It doesn't matter how far

Dm                
No time for make believing
F            Am                G
And it's too late to turn back now, you-you-you

C                  G   
I've been dreaming about it
             Am
I can't live without it
            F 
I've got to find my own way
C                        G   
I'm not changing my mind now
                  Am 
Or looking behind now
           F            C  G
This is my independence da-y
          Am       F
My independence day

C            G   
I know it'll take some time
    Am                       F
But I won't give up the fight
C             G                 Am
Sometimes you win, sometime you lose
           F
But that's alright, oh yeah
 
C           G   
I've got to spread my wings
Am               F
And learn how to fly
C                G   
Cos this feeling drives me on
               Am       F
It's something I cannot deny

Dm
No time to make excuses
F            Am                G
Cos it's too late to turn back now, you-you-you

C                  G   
I've been dreaming about it
             Am
I can't live without it
            F 
I've got to find my own way
C                        G   
I'm not changing my mind now
                  Am 
Or looking behind now
           F            C  G
This is my independence da-y
          Am       F
My independence day
C  G            Am       F       Dm
He-y, my independence day, oh-oh

F                       Am
No matter what comes my way
G                  Dm            F
I'm gonna live for today, yeah-yeah
        Am             G               C    G    Am    F    C    G    Am    F
This is my, this is my independence day

C                  G   
I've been dreaming about it
             Am
I can't live without it
            F 
I've got to find my own way
C                        G   
I'm not changing my mind now
                  Am 
Or looking behind now
           F           
This is my independence
C                  G   
I've been dreaming about it
             Am
I can't live without it
            F 
I've got to find my own way
C                        G   
I'm not changing my mind now
                  Am 
Or looking behind now
           F            C  G
This is my independence da-y
           Am      F
My independence day
C  G             Am      F       
Da-y, my independence day

C               G
Wishing on that same bright star
Am                             F
I shouldn't wish my life away, wish my life away
C               G
They say it's a small small world
Am              F                             C    G    Am    F
They say it's a small small small small world