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Let Me Be by Turtles
Let Me Be
Intro:
D A D6 E [2X; 12-string enters 2nd time]
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
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
Though society's goal is to be part of the whole
D E
That may sound good to you, not to me
Chorus:
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 [1,2: repeat intro 3: to coda]
I am what I am and that's all I ever can be
Verse 2:
Don't try to plan me or understand me
I can't stand to be understood
I could never give in to or ever live up to
Being like you think I should
I've got some inner need that I'm tryin' to heed
I can't take hand-me-down destiny
[repeat chorus]
Verse 3:
Don't try to change me or rearrange me
To satisfy the selfishness in you
I'm not a piece of clay to mold to your moves each day
And I'm not a pawn to be told how to move
I'm sorry I ain't the fool you thought would play by your rules
A to-each-is-own philosophy
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
A
(...be)
D E A
I said that's all I ever can be [repeat to fade]
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version 2
INTRO: D A D E(x2)
#1.
D E D E
Please don't mistake me, or try to make me,
D E A D 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
Though, society's goal is to be part of the whole,
D E E7
that may sound good to you, not to me.
CHORUS:
A D E
Let me be, let me be..to think like I want to.
A D E
Let me be, let me be..that's all I ask of you.
D C#m Bm D A D E
I am what I am and that's all, I ever can be.
#2.
D E D E
Don't try to plan me or understand me,
D E A D 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 tryin' to heed,
D E E7
I can't take hand-me-down destiny.
CHORUS:
A D E
Let me be, let me be..to think like I want to.
A D E
Let me be, let me be..that's all I ask of you.
D C#m Bm D A D E
I am what I am and that's all, I ever can be.
#3.
D E D E
Don't try to change me or rearrange me,
D E A D 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.
E A
I'm sorry I'm not the fool you thought would play
D E E7
by your rules...a 'to-each-his-own' philosophy.
CHORUS:
A D E
Let me be, let me be..to think like I want to.
A D E
Let me be, let me be..that's all I ask of you.
D C#m Bm D A D E
I am what I am and that's all, I ever can be.
OUTRO:
D E A
I said, that's all I ever can be.
D E A
I said, that's all I ever can be.
D E A
I said, that's all I ever can be.(Fade.)
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version 3
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
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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