Take Me As I Am Or Let Me Go chords by Bob Dylan

• Key: C
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

 C | G7 :


Verse 1:
C                                  F
Why must you always try to make me over
G7                        C     G7
Take me as I am or let me go
C                  C7                F
White lilies never grow on stalks of clover
G7                        C    F   C
Take me as I am or let me go.

Chorus:
       G7                        C
You're tryin' to reshape me in a mold love
       D7                           F     G
In the image of someone you used to know
    C      C/B   C7/Bb           F
But I won't be a stand-in for an old love
G7                        C     F      C
Take me as I am or let me go.  [let me go]


Verse 2:
C                                  F
You tried to change me ever since you've met me
G7                        C     G7
Take me as I am or let me go
C                  C7                F
If you can't overlook my faults, forget me
G7                        C    F   C
Take me as I am or let me go.


Chorus:
       G7                        C
You're tryin' to reshape me in a mold love
       D7                           F     G
In the image of someone you used to know
    C          C7/Bb           F
But I won't be a stand-in for an old love
G7                        C     F      C
Take me as I am or let me go.  [let me go]