...DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD... by Yusuf Islam
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*from 'An Other Cup' (2006)*
*CAPO 2nd FRET*
(Original Key: F#m)
Intro:
Em D C B7 (x2)
Verse 1:
Em
People,
D
Do you under-stand me now,
C
If sometimes,
B7
I feel a little mad?
Em
Don't you know no one alive,
D
Can always be an angel?
C
When things go wrong,
B7
I seem a little sad.
Chorus 1:
G
But I'm just a soul,
Em
Whose in-tentions are good,
Am B7
Oh Lord, please don't,
Em
Let me be misunder-stood.
Interlude:
Em Bm, Em Bm
Verse 2:
Em
You know sometimes,
D
I'm so carefree
C
With a joy that's,
B7
Hard to hide.
Em
Sometimes seems that,
D
All I have is worry,
C7
And then you're bound,
B7
To see my other side.
Chorus 2:
G
But I'm just a soul,
Em
Whose in-tentions are good,
Am B7
Oh Lord, please don't,
Em
Let me be misunder-stood.
Interlude:
Em B7, Em B7
Bridge 1:
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C D
If I seem edgy,
C D
I want you to know,
C D
That I never mean,
Em
To take it out on you.
C D
Life has its problems,
C D
And I get more than my share,
C
But that's one thing,
B7
I never mean to do,
I don't mean it.
Verse 3:
Em
People,
D
Don't you know I'm only human?
C
Don't you know,
B7
I have faults like any-one?
Em
But sometimes,
D
I find myself a-lone,
C
Regretting some little thing,
B7
Some foolish thing,
That I have done.
Chorus 3:
G
But I'm just a soul,
Em
Whose in-tentions are good,
Am B7
Oh Lord, please don't,
Em
Let me be misunder-stood.
Coda:
Bm Em
Don't let me be misunder-stood,
Bm
I'm just someone,
Em
Whose in-tentions are good.
D C
Don't let me be misunder-stood,
B7 Em
Don't let me be misunder-stood.
Outro:
Em D C B7, Em
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Em D C B7 G Am Bm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
