Intro: D Bm Em7 A7 (2x)

 
              D              G
  She's been holding on too long
  Em7                A7
  Hoping I'm gonna change
  G         Em7        A         A7sus4
  Giving it up just a little bit more
   D                G  G/F#
  Each time I come home
  Em7                   A   A7sus4
  Looking and acting strange
   G           Em7   A         A7sus4  D
  Putting her down, putting it up with me

Chorus:
  D   A      G
  Be as you are (B S U R)
  D      Em7 G     A   Bm
  As you see as I am I am (S U C S I M I M)
  F#m7 G
  Be   as you are (B S U R)
  D      Em7  G    A    D                  Em7 A7                 
  As you see as I am I am (S U C S I M I M)  
  

          D               G        G/F#
  Do you think you might improve me
  Em7                A7
  Trying to take control
    G       Em7           A     A7sus4
  Watching every little thing I do
   D                    G     
  Just like a bleeding movie
  Em7                  A7 
  Just like a leading role
         G         Em7       A      A7sus4        D       
  Mama, this ain't me and I don't believe that's you

Repeat Chorus except last word (letter) ----
           D    Bm G Em7
        … am (M)

Bridge:
             A                Em7
  First you make believe I believe the things
            A          Em7
  That you make believe
           Bm      F#m7    E7sus4 E7
  And I'm bound to let you down
            A                  D
  Then it's I who have been deceiving
   A           F#m    Bm
  Purposely misleading
       G        D/F#    Bm      E7  A7sus4      
  And all along you believed in me

         D                  G    G/F#
  So we circle around one another
  Em7                 A7
  Playing a guessing game
      G    Em7        A    A7sus4
  Strangers  at this masquerade
       D                  G    G/F#
  Pretending to know each other
       Em7              A7 
  We strain to catch a name
       G        Em7      A      A7sus4     D    
  And never see the mistakes we must have made

Repeat Chorus except last word (letter) ----
          Coda
        … am (M)

Coda: D Bm Em7 A7 (Repeat several times then fade)


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