«You Don’t Own Me»
(John Madara and David White)
Intro:
Gm [2X]
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
Gm Cm D7 Cm D7 Gm
You don’t own me I’m not just one of your many toys
Gm Cm D7 Cm D7 G
You don’t own me don’t say I can’t go with other boys
Chorus 1:
G
And don’t tell me what to do
Em
And don’t tell me what to say
C
And please, when I go out with you
D7
Don’t put me on display [1: ’cause]
Verse 2:
You don’t own me, don’t try to change me in any way
You don’t own me, don’t tie me down ’cause I’d never stay
Chorus 2:
Oh, I don’t tell you what to say
I don’t tell you what to do
So just let me be myself
That’s all I ask of you
[key change to Ab]
Chorus 3:
Ab
I’m young and I love to be young
Fm
I’m free and I love to be free
Db
To live my life the way I want
Eb7
To say and do whatever I please
[instrumental break over verse chords, in Abm:]
Abm Dbm Eb7 Dbm Eb7 [2X]
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Ab
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
[repeat chorus 1, in Ab]
Ab
And don’t tell me what to do
Fm
And don’t tell me what to say
Db
And please, when I go out with you
Eb7
Don’t put me on display [1: ’cause]
[repeat chorus 2, in A]
A
I don’t tell you what to say
F#m
I don’t tell you what to do
D
So just let me be myself
E7
That’s all I ask of you
[repeat chorus 3, in Bb:]
Bb
I’m young and I love to be young
Gm
I’m free and I love to be free [fade]
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
