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Let Me Be

Turtles

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# "Let Me Be" (P.F. Sloan) 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] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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