[Verse 1]
Dm C Am
Center of attention once again
Bb Dm
They don't understand
C Am Bb
They don't understand, no
Dm C Am
Then they try to tell me who I am
Bb Dm
But they don't understand
C Am Bb
They don't understand, no
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm C Am Bb
If you want a perfect picture to believe in
Dm C Am Bb
Then you can't be looking for me then
[Chorus]
Dm C Am
I don't need to live by your rules
Bb
You don't control me
Dm C Am
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes
Bb
You don't know me
Gm C
And I know, I know, I know you don't like it
Am Bb
You don't, you don't, you don't know where I've been
Dm C
It's my life so truth be told
Am Bb Dm C
(I see you thinking but there's just one thing, dear
Am Bb Dm C
And you think you know but you don't have no idea
Am Bb
Think you know me but there's more to see my love)
[Verse 2]
Dm C Am
The same arguments time and time again
Bb Dm
And you watched them all happen
C Am Bb
But they don't understand, no
Dm C Am
Thinkin' you're the reason that it ends
Bb Dm
And he won't be back again
C Am Bb
But they don't understand, no
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm C Am Bb
You want a perfect picture to believe in
Dm C Am Bb
Then you can't be looking for me then
[Chorus]
Dm C Am
I don't need to live by your rules
Bb
You don't control me
Dm C Am
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes
Bb
You don't know me
Gm C
And I know, I know, I know you don't like it
Am Bb
You don't, you don't, you don't know where I've been
Dm C Am
It's my life so truth be told
Bb
You don't know me
[Bridge]
Gm C Am Bb
The girl you see in photographs, is only
Cm F Am Bb
A part of the one I am, don't judge me
Gm C Am Bb
'Cause that's not reality and all I can be
Cm F
Is in love with who I'm becoming
Am Bb Dm C
(Think you know me but there's more to see my love
Am Bb Dm C
You think you know but you don't have no idea)
[Chorus]
Dm C Am
I don't need to live by your rules
Bb
You don't control me
Dm C Am
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes
Bb
You don't know me
Dm C
And I know, I know, I know you don't like it
Am Bb
You don't, you don't, you don't know where I've been
Dm C
It's my life so truth be told
Am
(I see you thinking)
Bb
You don't know me
[Chorus 2]
Dm C Am
I don't need to live by your rules
Bb
You don't control me
Dm C Am
Until you've walked a mile in my shoes
Bb
You don't know me
Dm C
And I know, I know, I know you don't like it
Am Bb
You don't, you don't, you don't know where I've been
Dm C
It's my life so truth be told
Am Bb Dm C
(I see you thinking but there's just one thing, dear
Am Bb Dm C
And you think you know but you don't have no idea
Am Bb Dm C Am Bb Dm
Think you know me but there's more to see my love, my love)