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Let Me Be chords
The Turtles *
D A D E
D E D E
Please don't mistake me, or try to make me
D E A
The shadow of anybody else
D E D E
I ain't the him or her you think I am
D E A
I'm just trying hard to be myself
E A
Oh, society's goal is to be part of the whole
D E
That may sound good to you, not to me
A
Let me be, let me be
D E
To think like I want to
A
Let me be, let me be
D E
That's all I ask of you
D C#m Bm A
I am what I am and that's all I ever can be
D A D E
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D E D E
Don't try to plan me or understand me
D E A
I can't stand to be understood
D E D E
I could never give in to or ever live up to
D E A
Being like you think I should
E A
I've got some inner need which I'm trying to heed
D E
I can't take hand me down destiny
A
Let me be, let me be
D E
To think like I want to
A
Let me be, let me be
D E
That's all I ask of you
D C#m Bm A
I am what I am and that's all I ever can be
D E D E
Don't try to change me or rearrange me
D E A
To satisfy the selfishness of you
D E D E
I'm not a piece of clay to mold to your moves each day
D E A
And I'm not a pawn to be told how to move
D E
I'm sorry I'm not the fool you thought would play by your rules
D E A
But to each his own philosophy
A
Let me be, let me be
D E
To think like I want to
A
Let me be, let me be
D E
That's all I ask of you
D C#m Bm A
I am what I am and that's all I ever can be
D E A
I said that's all I ever can be 3x
* Alternate:
Capo II
A = G
D = C
E = D
C#m = Bm
Bm = Am
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