Chords for The Need to Be

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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] To _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ fulfill the need to be _ who I am in this [Bb] world is all I _ ask.
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
_ I can't [Gb] pretend to be _ _ something [Ebm] that I'm not, and [Eb] I [Ab] won't wear a _ mask. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You [B] _ touch my face with love in [Cm] your eyes, _ [F] but will you [Bb] touch my heart?
_ _ _ [Gb] With the understanding that it takes [Eb] to realize _ _ I just [Ab] can't play your _ _ part. _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] I've got this need to [Ab] be true _ to _ _ myself _ and _ _ [Db] _
make my own _ mistakes. _ _
_ _ I don't _ [Gb] need _ to hurt [Eb] someone _ else no matter [Ab] what it _ _ takes. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So [Db] if you're sure it's love, _ _ _ [Cm] _
just be sure it's love [Bbm] for _ _ [Eb] me.
Oh, this [C] thing called [F] me, _ _ _ [Bbm] _
cause I am what I am, [Db] _
and I have the need [Ab] _
to [Eb] be.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gb] I'm not _ fool enough _ to ever _ think _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ you could be the mask _ [Bb] I face.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
But it's up to me to choose my [B] roles in life.
_ _ _ _ [E] Rocky may well [A] be _ the [Bbm] ones I take.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
But there needs to be something _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ in [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ one [Db] shadow _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ to [Eb] stay.
If _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] you're sure _ _ it's [Cm] love, just be _ sure it's love [Bbm] for _ _ me.
[Eb] And [C] only _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ me [Ab] needs to be. _ _ _ _ _ _
If _ [F] _ _ [Db] you're sure it's _ _ _ _ [Cm] love, real, real sure it's love [Bbm] for _ me.
Cause [Eb] _ _ [C] _ I am [G] _ what _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Db] I [Cm] _ _ [Bbm] am, and I have _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] to be.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _