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You Dont Own Me

Lesley Gore

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                           "You Don't Own Me"
                     (John Madara and David White)

Intro:

	Gm                          [2X]
	/ / /  / / /  / / /  / / /

Verse 1:

	Gm        Cm     D7              Cm          D7       Gm
	You don't own me    I'm not just one of your    many toys
	Gm        Cm     D7              Cm           D7        G
	You don't own me    don't say I can't go with    other boys

Chorus 1:

	     G
	And don't tell me what to do
	     Em
	And don't tell me what to say
	      C
	And please, when I go out with you
	 D7
	Don't put me on display [1: 'cause]

Verse 2:

	You don't own me, don't try to change me in any way
	You don't own me, don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay

Chorus 2:

	Oh, I don't tell you what to say
	I don't tell you what to do
	So just let me be myself
	That's all I ask of you

	[key change to Ab]

Chorus 3:

	     Ab
	I'm young and I love to be young
	     Fm
	I'm free and I love to be free
	    Db
	To live my life the way I want
	   Eb7
	To say and do whatever I please

[instrumental break over verse chords, in Abm:]

	Abm          Dbm           Eb7           Dbm    Eb7     [2X]
	/ / /  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /
	Ab
	/ / /  / / /  / / /  / / /

[repeat chorus 1, in Ab]

	     Ab
	And don't tell me what to do
	     Fm
	And don't tell me what to say
	      Db
	And please, when I go out with you
	 Eb7
	Don't put me on display [1: 'cause]

[repeat chorus 2, in A]

	    A
	I don't tell you what to say
	   F#m
	I don't tell you what to do
	    D
	So just let me be myself
	 E7
	That's all I ask of you

[repeat chorus 3, in Bb:]

	     Bb
	I'm young and I love to be young
	     Gm
	I'm free and I love to be free [fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers