How Can I Be

Intro: G D7 G D7

Verse 1:
          G D6 Em
How can I be
                C                   D7
Like my brother Nephi and my father Lehi of Hold
          G D6 Em
How can I be
               C            D7
Like Captain Moroni and the wars that were told
C               D7
How can I be forever
         G              D6      Em
Like the promise in the three Nephites

Chorus:
           C
I wanna be Samuel the Lamanite
           D6
I wanna be Benjamin the wise
           C               D6
I wanna be like Abinadi iiii
           C   D7        G        D6 Em
Oh tell me how can I be like them
C D7
Oooooo

Verse 2:
          G D6 Em
How can I be
              C                 D7
Like Alma the younger, a strong servant of the Lord
          G D6 Em
How can I be
            C            D7
Like mighty Ammon, whose heart was the sword
C                         D7
How can I be a strippling warrior
    G        D6       Em
And learn to fight by faith

Chorus:
           C
I wanna be Samuel the Lamanite
           D6
I wanna be Benjamin the wise
           C               D6
I wanna be like Abinadi iiii
           C   D7        G        D6 Em
Oh tell me how can I be like them
C D7
Oooooo

Verse 3:
          G D6 Em
How can I be
                C               D7
Like my brother Joseph, when he prayed in the grove
          G D6 Em
How can I have
    C                             D7
The strength that he had, and the love he had for God
C                D7
How can I be courageous
    G         D6         Em
And strive to choose the right

Chorus:
           C
I wanna be Samuel the Lamanite
           D6
I wanna be Benjamin the wise
           C
I wanna be like Abinadi
           D6
I wanna be like Jesus Christ
           C   D7        G        D6 Em
Oh tell me how can I be like Him
           C   D7        G        D6 Em C D7
Oh tell me how can I be like Him
G D6 Em C D7
Ooooooooo