Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) chords by Willie Nelson
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was born
and raised on the river
It's the only life that I know
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C
People 'round here have
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put a name on me
And I hear it wherever I go
Verse 2
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They call me river boy, river boy
Good for nothin' river boy
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C
This old world don't hold a
whole lot of joy
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When you're nothin' but a river boy
Verse 3
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I do a lot of fishin' on the river
To make my livin' you see
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When I take my catch to the market place
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C
The people call out to me
Verse 4
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And they say, river boy, hey, river boy
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You got any fish today there, river boy
I sell my ware, but nobody cares
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About the feelin's of the river boy
Verse 5
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C
There's a pretty
girl works at the market place
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C
I see her there everyday
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But when I try to talk to her
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I can hear her papa
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C
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C
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say
Verse 6
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Come away from that river boy,
C
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 I head my boat back up the river
G
Back to my old fishin' place
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I'm afraid this ol' river's
gonna overflow
From the tears a- fallin' down my face
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I'm nothin' but a
Verse 8
C
river boy, river boy
A good for nothin' river boy
This old world don't hold a
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whole lot of joy
When you're nothin'
Verse 9
but a river boy
C
G
River boy, river boy
C
A good for nothin' river boy
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River boy
C
Dm
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Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go)
Willie Nelson
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