Don't Let Me be Misunderstood
Bennie Benjamin, Horace Ott, Sol Marcus / Santa Esmeralda (1977) / Animals (1965)
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| Baby, do you under | stand me now, | Sometimes I feel | a little mad. |
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| Well, don't you know that no-one alive can | always be an angel, | When things go wrong I | seem to be bad! |
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| 'Cause I'm just a soul who's in | tentions are good: | Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunder | stood. |
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| If I seem | edgy, I | want you to | know, | That I never | meant to take it | out on | you. |
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| Life has it's | problems and | I've got my | share, | That's one thing I | never meant to | do, 'cause I | love you! |
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| Baby, don't you | know I'm just human, | And I’ve got thoughts like | any other one. |
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| And sometimes I feel myself a | lone regretting, | Some foolish thing, some foolish | thing I've done. |
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| I'm just a soul who's in | tentions are good: | Oh Lord please don't let me be misunder | stood! |
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| Oh lord | , don’t let me | be misunder | stood |
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| don’t let me be | - don’t let me be misu | ndersto | od | |: | :| |
Bridge:
| F | G | F | G | F | G | C | Am | |
| If I seem | edgy, I | want you to | know, | That I never | meant to take it | out on | you. |
| F | G | F | G | F | G | C | E | |
| Life has it's | problems and | I've got my | share, | That's one thing I | never meant to | do, 'cause I | love you! |
| Am | G | F | E | |
| Baby, don't you | know I'm just human, | And I’ve got thoughts like | any other one. |
| Am | G | F | E | |
| And sometimes I feel myself a | lone regretting, | Some foolish thing, some foolish | thing I've done. |
| C | Am | F | Am | G | F | E | |
| I'm just a soul who's in | tentions are good: | Oh Lord please don't let me be misunder | stood! |
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| Oh Lord, | don’t let me | be misunder | stood... |
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| don’t let me be | - don’t let me be misu | ndersto | od... |