Key: C
Introduction: C
Am Em F G
OOOh, in another place and time
AmEm F
OOOh, I will be the vision in your mind
C
I wanted to be everything you wanted
Am F
I wanted to be everything you needed
C
I wanted what I said
To bring to you laughter
F
I wanted what I did to make you smile
G C F
But in a perfect world
There's no perfection
G C F
Cause in a world of dreams
You're only dreaming
G C F
I want it to be real
G
I just can't take it
C
As I am
Em
Take me as I am
Am Em
Now I'm only flesh and blood
F
Oh I wish that you could
G C
Love me as I am
C
You thought you had me
Tucked inside your pocket
Am F
You thought you had it under your control
C
You can put my smiling picture in a locket
F
But you can't put a chain around my soul
G C F
But in a perfect world
There's no perfection
G C F
Cause in a world of dreams
You're only dreamin'
G C F G
Don't try make me feel like I can't make it
C
As I am
Em
Take me as I am
Am Em
Now I'm only flesh and blood
F
Oh I wish that you could
G C
Love me as I am
Em
As I am
Am Em
Now I'm doing the best I can
F
Try to understand
G C
And take me as I am
AmEm F G
Oooo, in another place and time
AmEm F
Oooo, I will be the vision in your mind
C
As I am
Em
Take me as I am
Am Em
Now I'm only flesh and blood
F
Oh I wish that you could
G C
Love me as I am
Em
As I am
Am Em
Now I'm doing the best I can
F
Try to understand
G C
And take me as I am
Em
As I am
Am Em
Now I'm doing the best I can
F
Try to understand
G C
And take me as I am