Overprotected

Fm
I need, time
Cm7  G
love, joy
Fm
 I need, space,
Cm7 G
  love
Fm
I need,
N.C.
me
   G
Action!


[Verse 1]
    Fm           G7          Cm
Say hello to the girl that I am!
                     Fm          
You're gonna have to see through 
G7          Cm
my perspective
               Fm              
I need to make mistakes just to 
 G7          Cm
learn who I am
                  Fm     G7
And I don't wanna be so damn 
         Cm
protected


[Pre-Chorus]
           Fm         Bb
There must be another way,
      Cm
Cause I believe in taking chances
    Fm          Bb
But who am I to say
       G7
what a girl is to do? God I need 
some answers


[Chorus]
Fm           G7         Cm
What am I to do with my life (You 
will find it out don't worry)
Fm           G7               
How am I supposed to know what's 
    Cm
right? (You just got to do it your 
way)
Fm      Bb              Eb
I can't help the way I feel
        Ab
But my life has been so
Fm        G7    Cm
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[Verse 2]
                     Fm           
I'll tell 'em what I like, what I 
G7               Cm
want, and what I don't
                 Fm      G7
But every time I do, I stand 
         Cm
corrected
                       Fm          
Things that I've been told, I can't
     G7          Cm
 believe what I hear about the 
world, I realize
    Fm  G7       Cm
I'm o - ver - protected


[Pre-Chorus]
           Fm         Bb
There must be another way,
      Cm
Cause I believe in taking chances
    Fm          Bb
But who am I to say
       G7
what a girl is to do? God I need 
some answers


[Chorus]
Fm           G7         Cm
What am I to do with my life (You 
will find it out don't worry)
Fm           G7               
How am I supposed to know what's 
    Cm
right? (You just got to do it your 
way)
Fm      Bb              Eb
I can't help the way I feel
        Ab
But my life has been so
Fm        G7    Cm
over - protected


[Interlude]
Fm
  I need, time, love
Fm
  I need, space
Cm
This is it, this is it


[Bridge]
Fm                     G7
  I don't need nobody telling me 
just what I wanna
Cm
  What I, what, what, what I'm gonna
Fm    G7          Cm
      do about my destiny
      Fm               G7         
I say no, no, nobody's telling me 
                  Cm
just what I wanna do, do
I'm so fed up with people telling me
   Fm         G7       Cm
 to be someone else but me
Action!


[Chorus]
Fm           G7         Cm
What am I to do with my life (You 
will find it out don't worry)
Fm           G7               
How am I supposed to know what's 
    Cm
right? (You just got to do it your 
way)
Fm      Bb              Eb
I can't help the way I feel
        Ab
But my life has been so
Fm        G7    Cm
over - protected


[Bridge]
Fm                     G7
  I don't need nobody telling me 
just what I wanna
Cm
  What I, what, what, what I'm gonna
Fm    G7          Cm
      do about my destiny
      Fm               G7         
I say no, no, nobody's telling me 
                  Cm
just what I wanna do, do
I'm so fed up with people telling me
   Fm         G7       Cm
 to be someone else but me
Action!


[Chorus]
Fm           G7         Cm
What am I to do with my life (You 
will find it out don't worry)
Fm           G7               
How am I supposed to know what's 
    Cm
right? (You just got to do it your 
way)
Fm      Bb              Eb
I can't help the way I feel
        Ab
But my life has been so
Fm        G7    Cm
over - protected