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Let Me Be chords
The Turtles *

DA  DE

D (xx0232@1)             E (022100@1)      D (xx0232@1)       EPlease (022100@1)don't mistake me, or try to make me
    D (xx0232@1)       E (022100@1)     AThe (x02220@1)shadow of anybody else
D (xx0232@1)         E (022100@1)    D (xx0232@1)             EI (022100@1)ain't the him or her you think I am
         D (xx0232@1)    E (022100@1)          AI'm (x02220@1)just trying hard to be myself
    E (022100@1)                     AOh, (x02220@1)society's goal is to be part of the whole
         D (xx0232@1)                       EThat (022100@1)may sound good to you, not to me

ALet (x02220@1)me be, let me be
   D (xx0232@1)          ETo (022100@1)think like I want to
       ALet (x02220@1)me be, let me be
       D (xx0232@1)       EThat's (022100@1)all I ask of you
  D (xx0232@1)                     C#m (x13321@4) Bm (x24432@1)     AI (x02220@1)am what I am and that's all I ever can be

DA  DE

D (xx0232@1)          E (022100@1)     D (xx0232@1)     EDon't (022100@1)try to plan me or understand me
  D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)              AI (x02220@1)can't stand to be understood
D (xx0232@1)                E (022100@1)   D (xx0232@1)          EI (022100@1)could never give in to or ever live up to
      D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)     ABeing (x02220@1)like you think I should
         E (022100@1)                       AI've (x02220@1)got some inner need which I'm trying to heed
        D (xx0232@1)                    EI (022100@1)can't take hand me down destiny

ALet (x02220@1)me be, let me be
   D (xx0232@1)          ETo (022100@1)think like I want to
       ALet (x02220@1)me be, let me be
       D (xx0232@1)       EThat's (022100@1)all I ask of you
  D (xx0232@1)                     C#m (x13321@4) Bm (x24432@1)     AI (x02220@1)am what I am and that's all I ever can be

D (xx0232@1)          E (022100@1)       D (xx0232@1)    EDon't (022100@1)try to change me or rearrange me
   D (xx0232@1)  E (022100@1)                   ATo (x02220@1)satisfy the selfishness of you
D (xx0232@1)       E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)                     EI'm (022100@1)not a piece of clay to mold to your moves each day
        D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)                    AAnd (x02220@1)I'm not a pawn to be told how to move
              D (xx0232@1)                            EI'm (022100@1)sorry I'm not the fool you thought would play by your rules
       D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)         ABut (x02220@1)to each his own philosophy

ALet (x02220@1)me be, let me be
   D (xx0232@1)          ETo (022100@1)think like I want to
       ALet (x02220@1)me be, let me be
       D (xx0232@1)       EThat's (022100@1)all I ask of you
  D (xx0232@1)                     C#m (x13321@4) Bm (x24432@1)     AI (x02220@1)am what I am and that's all I ever can be
              D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)      AI (x02220@1)said that's all I ever can be  3x

* Alternate:

Capo II

A (x02220@1) = GD   = CE   = DC#m (xx0232@1)= Bm
Bm  = Am

Set8

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