Am             F
You put me on a shelf,
 F                      Am
You think you've got me pegged,
Am             F 
Like everybody else,
F                      Am 
Always messing with my head 
 Am                    F
Stop trying to make me change,
 F                     F 
Stop trying to make me fake,
 F      G 
Because I really don't appreciate it, 


Chorus:

Am
Do you mind,
G
If I'm just me?
G          Am                                   G
So what if I do everything a little bit imperfectly?
 Am  
What do you care?
 Am       G 
Would you be there
  G          F 
When you get it straight
 F                     G
That you can't make me anything you want me to be
 G                Am 
Because that's not me
 Am      F     G 
(I'm an individual) 

verse 2:

 Am                    F
This world can get you down
 F           Am
It's always stumping
 Am                  F 
To pattern your whole life
 F               Am
They've got you jumping.
 Am               F 
I used to say how high
 F            F 
But now I say good-bye
  F                   G
Because I think i had enough 

Chorus:

Am
Do you mind,
G 
If I'm just me?
G          Am                                   G 
So what if I do everything a little bit imperfectly?
 Am 
What do you care? 
 Am       G
Would you be there
 G       F 
When you get it straight 
 F                     G
That you can't make me anything you want me to be
 G                Am 
Because that's not me
 Am      F      G 
(I'm an individual)
 G        Am 
That's not me
  Am             F        G              
(I won't be your paper doll)


Bridge:

  Am          F  
You've got me mistaken
 F           Am
For somebody else
 Am          F 
I'm not your creation
 F       Am              G 
A weaker imitaition of myself.
 G      Am  F   Am   G
Yeah! Yeah          Yeah! Yeah


 Am
Do you mind,
 G 
If I'm just me?
 G         Am                                   G 
So what if I do everything a little bit imperfectly?
 G          Am 
What do you care?
 Am          G 
Would you be there
 G        F       
When you get it straight
 F                     G 
That you can't make me anything you want me to be
 G                Am 
Because that's not me
 Am      F      G 
(I'm an individual) 
 Am                G
Oh, do you mind, yeah,
 Am 
That's not
  F
That's not 
 G        Am
That's not me