You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore

Intro : Gm Gm 

Gm           Cm
 you don't own me
D7                 C             D7
 i'm not just one of your..many toys
Gm           Cm
 you don't own me
D7                 C
 don't say i can't go with
D           G
 other boys..

       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
        Gm                Cm
'cause..you don't own me
D7                  C              D7
don't try to change me in..any way
Gm            Cm
 You don't own me
D7                  C
 don't tie me down 'cause i'd
D7        G
 never stay..

      G
oh, i don't tell you what to say
      Em
i don't tell you what to do
      C
so just let me be myself
  D7
that's all i ask of you
        G#
i'm young and i love to be young
       Fm
i'm free and i love to be free
     C#
to life my life the way i want
      D#
to say and do whatever i please

Music : G#m C#m D#7 C#m -D#
              G#m C#m D#7 C#m -D# G# 

               G#
a-a-a-nd don't tell me what to do
               Fm
oh-h-h-h don't tell me what to say
           C#
and please, when i go out with you
  D#7
don't put me on display
       A
i don't tell you what to say
               F#m
oh-h-h-h don't tell you what to do
      D
so just let me be myself
  E7
that's all i ask of you
      A#
i'm young and i love to be young
        Gm
i'm free and i love to be free
      D#
to life my life the way i want

~Fadeout

you don't own me
i'm not just one of your..many toys
you don't own me
don't say i can't go with
other boys..

and don't tell me what to do
and don't tell me what to say
and please, when i go out with you
don't put me on display
'cause..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..

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
i'm young and i love to be young
i'm free and i love to be free
to life my life the way i want
to say and do whatever i please

Music...

a-a-a-nd don't tell me what to do
oh-h-h-h don't tell me what to say
and please, when i go out with you
don't put me on display
i don't tell you what to say
oh-h-h-h don't tell you what to do
so just let me be myself
that's all i ask of you
i'm young and i love to be young
i'm free and i love to be free
to life my life the way i want

~Fadeout