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                    Amx3 (BassSlide down from E)
I want you to be you
E7Don't change
                                         (Stop)           
Cause you think I might like you to be different
I fell in love with you
(Bass: A, G#, A, Bb, B, C, C#, D)
DmI don't want you blond
AmI don't want you not to swear, not to sweat
Bdim7It's you I fell in love with
                                                    E7(Stop)
Your turn of phrase, your sensitivity, your irrational moves
Well maybe that could go
But everything else, I want you to be you
AmI want you to dance whenever E7you feel it
Up by the bandstand
In the parking lot
Up on the table
(Stop)
Well, maybe the table can go
But I want you to be you
(Bass: A, G#, A, Bb, B, C, C#, D)
DmI love what you wear cause you weAmar it
That shawl
That clinging dress
DmThe svelte black jacket
               E7(Stop)
Those leopard capris
Well, maybe not the capris
But I want you to be you
Solo:     Am     E7   Amx2
(Bass:  A, B, C, C#, D)
DmI love what you eat 
AmYou want yogurt? you got yogurt!
DmPapaya? it's yours!
Chewing gum? chew away!
                       E7(Stop)
I just want you to be you...
Spit out the gum, it doesn't work...
(Cha-cha-cha!)
Repeat:    Am    Am/G#    Am/G   Am/F#(in Salsa Rhythm) 
When you sleep, you're the most beautiful
In the moonlight, your soft skin glows
Your hair scroll on the pillow a vision
                         (stop chords) (Bass: Bend E) 
The murmuring breath, the slight snore
The slight snore...
I want you to be you
 Amx3!

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Ideal Woman

by William Shatner

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Am/G#

Am/G

Am/F#

Am E

x3 (BassSlide down from )

I want you to be you

Don't change

(Stop)

Cause you think I might like you to be different

I fell in love with you

A G# A Bb B C C# D

(Bass: , , , , , , , )

I don't want you blond

I don't want you not to swear, not to sweat

Bdim7

It's you I fell in love with

(Stop)

Your turn of phrase, your sensitivity, your irrational moves

Well maybe that could go

But everything else, I want you to be you

Am E7

I want you to dance whenever you feel it

Up by the bandstand

In the parking lot

Up on the table

(Stop)

Well, maybe the table can go

But I want you to be you

A G# A Bb B C C# D

(Bass: , , , , , , , )

Dm Am

I love what you wear cause you wear it

That shawl

That clinging dress

The svelte black jacket

(Stop)

Those leopard capris

Well, maybe not the capris

But I want you to be you

Am E7 Am

Solo: x2

A B C C# D

(Bass: , , , , )

I love what you eat

You want yogurt? you got yogurt!

Papaya? it's yours!

Chewing gum? chew away!

(Stop)

I just want you to be you...

Spit out the gum, it doesn't work...

(Cha-cha-cha!)

Am Am/G# Am/G Am/F#

Repeat: (in Salsa Rhythm)

When you sleep, you're the most beautiful

In the moonlight, your soft skin glows

Your hair scroll on the pillow a vision

(stop chords) (Bass: Bend E)

The murmuring breath, the slight snore

The slight snore...

I want you to be you

x3!

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