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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net  Alice Franceschini
Date: 6/16/97; 10:14:40 AM
Subject: Take_Me_As_I_Am

Record is in Bb

           TAKE ME AS I AM    Faith Hill

Intro chords  Ab Eb Bb Ab Eb Bb


Ab                         Bb   Ab                      Bb
Baby, don't turn out the light  I wanna see you look at me
Ab                    Bb    Ab                             Bb
Whisper only truth tonight  Not just promises and empty fantasies

CHORUS:
         Eb    Ab      Eb   Bb           Eb      Ab       Cm   Bb
I don't need a bed of ro  - ses  'Cause roses wither a - way
        Eb    Ab               Eb       Bb
All I really ne- ee -ed    is hon - es- ty 
                      Ab
>From someone with a strong heart, a gentle hand
 (Ab)          Bb   Eb
Who'll take me as I am


Ab                       Bb   Ab                  Bb
Baby, I need for you to know Just exactly how I feel
Ab                      Bb
Fiery passions come and go      I'd trade a 
Ab                                         Bb
millon pretty words for one touch that is real.


go to chorus, lead, go to chorus, "oh yeah",  end with underlined chorus.