Let Me Be

[D] [A]  [D] [E]

[D]Please don't mis[E]take me, [D]or try to [E]make me
The [D]shadow of [E]anybody [A]else
[D]I ain't the [E]him or [D]her you think I [E]am
I'm just [D]trying [E]hard to be my[A]self
Oh, [E]society's goal is to be [A]part of the whole
That may [D]sound good to you, not to [E]me

Let me [A]be, let me be
To [D]think like I [E]want to
Let me [A]be, let me be
That's [D]all I ask [E]of you
I [D]am what I am and that's [C#m]all I [Bm]ever can [A]be

[D] [A]  [D] [E]

[D]Don't try to [E]plan me [D]or under[E]stand me
I [D]can't [E]stand to be under[A]stood
[D]I could never give [E]in to [D]or ever live [E]up to
Being [D]like you [E]think I [A]should
I've got [E]some inner need which I'm [A]trying to heed
I can't [D]take hand me down desti[E]ny

Let me [A]be, let me be
To [D]think like I [E]want to
Let me [A]be, let me be
That's [D]all I ask [E]of you
I [D]am what I am and that's [C#m]all I [Bm]ever can [A]be

[D]Don't try to [E]change me [D]or rear[E]range me
To [D]satis[E]fy the selfishness of [A]you
[D]I'm not a [E]piece of clay to [D]mold to your moves each [E]day
And I'm [D]not a [E]pawn to be told how to [A]move
I'm sorry I'm [D]not the fool you thought would [E]play by your rules
But to [D]each his [E]own philosop[A]hy

Let me [A]be, let me be
To [D]think like I [E]want to
Let me [A]be, let me be
That's [D]all I ask [E]of you
I [D]am what I am and that's [C#m]all I [Bm]ever can [A]be
I said that's [D]all I [E]ever can [A]be  3x

[A]     [G]
[D]     [C]
[E]     [D]
[C#m]   [Bm]
[Bm]    [Am]