Gm                          [2X]
        / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /

[Verse]

        Gm        Cm     D7              Cm          D7       Gm
        You don't own me    I'm not just one of your    many toys
        Gm        Cm     D7              Cm           D7        G
        You don't own me    don't say I can't go with    other boys

[Chorus]

             G
        And don't tell me what to do
             Em
        And don't tell me what to say
              C
        And please, when I go out with you
         D7
        Don't put me on display [1: 'cause]

[Verse]

        You don't own me, don't try to change me in any way
        You don't own me, don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay

[Chorus]

        Oh, I don't tell you what to say
        I don't tell you what to do
        So just let me be myself
        That's all I ask of you

        [key change to Ab]

[Chorus]

             Ab
        I'm young and I love to be young
             Fm
        I'm free and I love to be free
            Db
        To live my life the way I want
           Eb7
        To say and do whatever I please

[instrumental break over verse chords, in Abm:]

        Abm          Dbm           Eb7           Dbm    Eb7     [2X]
        / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /
        Ab
        / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /

[repeat chorus 1, in Ab]

             Ab
        And don't tell me what to do
             Fm
        And don't tell me what to say
              Db
        And please, when I go out with you
         Eb7
        Don't put me on display [1: 'cause]

[repeat chorus 2, in A]

            A
        I don't tell you what to say
           F#m
        I don't tell you what to do
            D
        So just let me be myself
         E7
        That's all I ask of you

[repeat chorus 3, in Bb:]

             Bb
        I'm young and I love to be young
             Gm
        I'm free and I love to be free [fade]