Overprotected Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Dm]I need [Am]time [Dm](time)
[E]Love [Dm](love), joy (joy)
I need [Am]space (love)
[E]I n[Am]eed m[Dm]e (a[E]ction!)

[Verse 2]
[Dm]Say hello to the [E]girl that I [Am]am
[Dm]You're going to have to see
through [E]my [Am]perspective
I [Dm]need to make mistakes just
to [E]learn who [Am]I am[Dm]
And I don't want to be so
[E]damn [Am]protected

[Verse 3]
There must [Dm]be another wa[G]y
'Cause [Am]I believe in tak
[Dm]ing chances
But who am I to [G]say
What [E]a girl is to do?
God, I need some [Dm]an swers
What am I to [E]do with my life?

[Verse 4]
[Am]
(You will [Dm]find it out don't worry)
How am I sup[E]posed to know
what's [Am]right?
(You just got [Dm]to do it your way)
I can't [G]help the way [C]I feel
But my [F]life has [E]been so[Dm][E]
[Am]over[Dm]protected

[Verse 5]
I'll tell them what [Dm]I like,
what I [E]want, what I [Am]don't
But [E]every time I [Dm]do I st[E]and
[Am]corrected
[E]Things that I've been [Dm]told
I can't be[E]lieve what I hear about the world,
I real[Am]ize
[Dm]I'm [E]over[Am]protected
There [G]must [Dm]be another way

[Verse 6]
[G]
Cause [Am]I believe in taking chances
[E]But who[Dm] am I to say[G]
What a [E]girl is to do?
God, I [Am]need some answers
[Dm]What am I to

[Verse 7]
[E]do with my [Am]life?
(You will find it [Dm]out don't worry)
How am I sup[E]posed to know
what's [Am]right?
(You just got to do it [Dm]your way)
I can't [G]help the way [C]I feel
But my [F]life has been [C]so[Dm]
[E]ove[Am]rprot[Dm]ected

[Verse 8]
I [Dm]need time (love)
[Am]I need space
(This is [Dm]it, this is it)

[Verse 9]
I don't need nobody [Dm]telling
me just what I wanna
What I, what, what, what I'm going to
Do about my [Am]destiny
[C]I s[E]ay n[Dm]o, no, nobody's t[G]elling me just
What, what, what I wanna do, do
I'm so fed [Dm]up with people
[Am]telling me to be
Someone [E]else but me (Action!)

[Verse 10]
What am I [Dm]to do wi[E]th my li[Am]fe?
(You will find it [Dm]out don't worry)
How am I sup[E]posed to know
what's [Am]right?
(You just got to do it [Dm]your way)
I can't [G]help the way [C]I feel
But my [F]life has [Am]been so [Bb]over[E]prot[Dm]ected

[Verse 11]
I don't need nobody [E]telling
me just what I wanna
[Am]What I, what, what,
what I'm going [Dm]to
[E]Do about my des[Am]tiny
I say [Dm]no, no,
nobody's [G]telling me just
What, what, what I wanna [C]do, do
I'm so fed [F]up with people
[E]telling me to [Dm]be
Someone [E]else but [Dm]me

[Verse 12]
What am I to [E]do with my [Am]life?
(You will find it [Dm]out don't worry)
How am I sup[E]posed to know
what's [Am]right?
(You just got to do it [Dm]your way)
I [G]can't help [C]the way I feel
But my [F]life has been [C]so over[Dm]protected[E]