Written by Boudleaux Bryant
Released by Bob Dylan on Self Portrait (1970)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

Make sure to add all the bass runs between the chords.

F |G . . . |. . /a /b |C . . . |. /g /a /b |

C                                  F
Why must you always try to make me over
G7                        C     G7
Take me as I am or let me go
C                  C7                F
White lilies never grow on stalks of clover
G7                        C    F   C    /c-b-a
Take me as I am or let me go.

       G7                        C
You're tryin' to reshape me in a mold love
       D7                           F     G
In the image of someone you used to know
    C       /b   C7/Bb           F
But I won't be a stand-in for an old love
G7                        C     F      C
Take me as I am or let me go.  [let me go]

You tried to change me ever since you've met me
Take me as I am or let me go
If you can't overlook my faults, forget me
Take me as I am or let me go.

You're tryin' to reshape me in a mold love
In the image of someone you used to know
But I won't be a stand-in for an old love
Take me as I am or let me go.