Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) chords by Willie Nelson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) I  was born
and raised on the river
It's the only life that I know
F 
C 
People  (F major) 'round  (C major) here have
F 
put a name on  (F major) me
And I hear it wherever I go

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Verse 2

They call me river boy, river boy

Good for nothin' river boy

This old world don't hold a

whole lot of joy

When you're nothin' but a river boy

Verse 3

I do a lot of fishin' on the river

To make my livin' you see

When I take my catch to the market place

The people call out to me

Verse 4

And they say, river boy, hey, river boy

You got any fish today there, river boy

I sell my ware, but nobody cares

About the feelin's of the river boy

Verse 5
G 
C 
There's a  (G major)  (C major) pretty
girl works at the market place
F 
C 
I see her  (F major) there  (C major) everyday
F 
But when I  (F major) try to talk to her
C 
G 
C 
I can hear  (C major) her papa  (G major)  (C major) 
F 
C 
Dm 
C 
F 
 (F major)  (C major)  (D minor)  (C major)  (F major) say

Verse 6
F 
Come away from that  (F major) river boy,
C 
 (C major) he's a river boy
Nothin' but riff- raff, them river boys
No girl of mine is gonna waste
her time
On a good for nothin' river boy

Verse 7
C 
So  (C major) I head my boat back up the river
G 
Back to my  (G major) old fishin' place
C 
I'm afraid this ol'  (C major) river's
gonna overflow
From the tears a- fallin' down my face
F 
 (F major) I'm nothin' but a

Verse 8
C 
 (C major) river boy, river boy
A good for nothin' river boy
This old world don't hold a
F 
whole  (F major) lot of joy
When you're nothin'

Verse 9
but a river boy
C 
G 
 (C major) River boy, river boy  (G major) 
C 
A  (C major) good for nothin' river boy
F 
River  (F major) boy
C 
Dm 
G 
 (C major)  (D minor)  (G major) 