Let Me Be chords by Barry McGuire

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D
A
Dsus4
Bm
F#m
Em
E

Intro 1

Dsus4

Verse 1
A 
Please don't
mistake me or try to make me
D 
Bm 
The shadow of anybody else
A 
I  ain't the him or her you think I am
D 
Bm 
I'm just trying hard to be myself
A 
Oh, society's goal is to
D 
be part of the whole
G 
That may sound good to you, not to me
A 

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Verse 2

Let me be, let me be

To think like I want to

Let me be, let me be

That's all I ask of you

F#m

I am what I am and that's all

I ever can be

Verse 3
A 
Don't try to plan me or understand me
D 
I can't stand to be understood
Bm 
A 
I   could never give in
to or ever live up to
D 
Being like you think I should
Bm 
D 
A 
I've got some inner need
D 
which I'm tryin' to heed
G 
I can't take hand- me- down destiny
A 

Verse 4
D 
Let me be, let me be,
G 
A 
To think like I want to
D 
Let me be, let me be
G 
A 
That's all I ask of you
G 
F#m 
I am what I am and that's all
Em 
D 
I ever can be
A 
D 
A 

Verse 5
A 
Don't try to change me or
rearrange me
D 
To satisfy the selfishness of you
A 
I'm not a piece of clay to mold
to your moves each day
And I'm not a pawn to be
D 
told how to move
A 
I'm sorry I'm not the fool you
D 
thought would play by your rules
G 
A 
But to- each- his- own philosophy

Verse 6
D 
Let me be, let me be,
G 
A 
To think like I want to
D 
Let me be, let me be
G 
A 
That's all I ask of you
G 
I am what I am and that's
F#m 
A 
E 
D 
all   I ever can be