Biography:
The Turtles were an American pop/rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, a duo later known as Flo & Eddie. The band became notable for several Top 40 hits in the 60s, beginning with their version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" in 1965. The band scored their biggest and best-known hit in 1967 with the song "Happy Together". Formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965, the band was renowned for their both joyously melancholic and occasionally cheeky sound, always being good-natured.
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Other songs:
- Elenore
- Happy Together
- So Happy Together
- You Showed Me
- Can I Get To Know You Better
- Eve Of Destruction
- Glitter And Gold
- Guide For The Married Man
- I Think Ill Run Away
- It Aint Me Babe
- It Was A Very Good Year
- Lady O
- Let Me Be
- Love Minus Zero
- Makin My Mind Up
- Outside Chance
- Shed Rather Be With Me
- Shes My Girl
- Surfer Dan
- To See The Sun
- You Baby
- You Know What I Mean
- Your Ma Said You Cried
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Let Me Be - The Turtles
#29 in 1965.
INTRO:
D A D E x2
#1.
D E D E
Please don't mistake me, or try to make me,
D E A D A
the shadow of anybody else.
D E D E
I ain't the him or her you think I am,
D E A
I'm just trying hard to be myself.
E A
Oh, society's goal is to be part of the whole,
D E E7
that may sound good to you, not to me.
CHORUS:
A D E
Let me be, let me be..to think like I want to.
A D E
Let me be, let me be..that's all I ask of you.
D C#m Bm D
I am what I am and that's all, I ever can be.
(D) A D E D A D E
#2.
D E D E
Don't try to plan me or understand me,
D E A D A
I can't stand to be understood.
D E D E
I could never give in to, or ever live up to,
D E A
being like you think I should.
E A
I've got some inner need which I'm tryin' to heed,
D E E7
I can't take hand-me-down destiny.
CHORUS:
A D E
Let me be, let me be..to think like I want to.
A D E
Let me be, let me be..that's all I ask of you.
D C#m Bm D
I am what I am and that's all, I ever can be.
(D) A D E D A D E
#3.
D E D E
Don't try to change me or rearrange me,
D E A D A
to satisfy the selfishness of you.
D E D E
I'm not a piece of clay to mold to your moods each day,
D E A
and I'm not a pawn to be told how to move.
E A
I'm sorry I'm not the fool you thought would play
D E E7
by your rules...but to each his own philosophy.
CHORUS:
A D E
Let me be, let me be..to think like I want to.
A D E
Let me be, let me be..that's all I ask of you.
D C#m Bm A
I am what I am and that's all, I ever can be.
OUTRO:
D E A
I said, that's all I ever can be.
D E A
I said, that's all I ever can be.
D E A
I said, that's all I ever can be. (fade)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#29 in 1965.
INTRO:
D A D E x2
#1.
D E D E
Please don't mistake me, or try to make me,
D E A D A
the shadow of anybody else.
D E D E
I ain't the him or her you think I am,
D E A
I'm just trying hard to be myself.
E A
Oh, society's goal is to be part of the whole,
D E E7
that may sound good to you, not to me.
CHORUS:
A D E
Let me be, let me be..to think like I want to.
A D E
Let me be, let me be..that's all I ask of you.
D C#m Bm D
I am what I am and that's all, I ever can be.
(D) A D E D A D E
#2.
D E D E
Don't try to plan me or understand me,
D E A D A
I can't stand to be understood.
D E D E
I could never give in to, or ever live up to,
D E A
being like you think I should.
E A
I've got some inner need which I'm tryin' to heed,
D E E7
I can't take hand-me-down destiny.
CHORUS:
A D E
Let me be, let me be..to think like I want to.
A D E
Let me be, let me be..that's all I ask of you.
D C#m Bm D
I am what I am and that's all, I ever can be.
(D) A D E D A D E
#3.
D E D E
Don't try to change me or rearrange me,
D E A D A
to satisfy the selfishness of you.
D E D E
I'm not a piece of clay to mold to your moods each day,
D E A
and I'm not a pawn to be told how to move.
E A
I'm sorry I'm not the fool you thought would play
D E E7
by your rules...but to each his own philosophy.
CHORUS:
A D E
Let me be, let me be..to think like I want to.
A D E
Let me be, let me be..that's all I ask of you.
D C#m Bm A
I am what I am and that's all, I ever can be.
OUTRO:
D E A
I said, that's all I ever can be.
D E A
I said, that's all I ever can be.
D E A
I said, that's all I ever can be. (fade)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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