I'm loving this song at the moment... it's a remake of Lesley Gore's 1963 hit with the same title with
similar chords. Just a heads up, there is a key change 3/4 of the way through the song, so unless you're
good enough to put a capo on midway through the song I'd play barre chords for most of it.
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Intro:
e ---------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------- X2
D -------5-----------5-------------5-----------5-----
A -------5-----------5-------------5-----------5-----
E -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6h5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6h5
Verse 1:
e ---------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------- X2
D -------5-----------5-------------5-----------5-----
A -------5-----------5-------------5-----------5-----
E -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6h5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6h5
Pre Chorus:
Gm You don't Cmown me
Gm I'm not just oCmne of your D5many Gmtoys
(Gm) Cm
You don't own me
Gm Don't say I can'tCm go with oD5ther bGmoys
(Gm)
Chorus:
And Gdon't tell me what to do
And Emdon't tell me what to say
CPlease when I go out with you
DDon't put me on display
Pre Chorus:
Gm You don't Cmown me
Gm Don't try to cCmhange me inD5 any Gmway
(Gm) Cm
You don't own me
Gm Don't tie me dCmown cause D5I'd never Gmstay
(Gm)
Chorus:
And Gdon't tell me what to do
And Emdon't tell me what to say
CPlease when I go out with you
DDon't put me on display
Verse 2:
e ---------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------- X4
D -------5-----------5-------------5-----------5-----
A -------5-----------5-------------5-----------5-----
E -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6h5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6h5
Chorus:
I doGn't tell me what to say
I doEmn't tell me what to do
CSo just let me be myself
DThat's all I ask of you
Chorus - move all chords up 1 semitone
G=G#
Em=Fm
C=C#
D=D#
I'm G#young and I love to be young
I'm Fmfree and I love to be free
To C#live my life the way I want
To D#say and do whatever I please
Pre Chorus:
G#m You don't oC#mwn me (oh, oh ,oh ,oh ,oh oh)
G#m oh, no , no ,C#mno , oh ,oh D#5,no G#m,no X2
(G#m) C#m
You don't own me
G#m DC#mon't, D5you dGmon't
GmYou don't own me
Enjoy