[Intro]
E   B
 
[Verse]
       E                         B
You're feeling isolated, and all kinds of frustrated
      E                                         B
But I love you as you are, love you as you are, yeah
    E
And don't worry about the hate
                      B
It don't fit in those boxes they create
         E                                          B
And it's tearing you apart, it's tearing you apart, yeah
        Abm                   F#
And when you build those walls to keep you safe
            E
It's like a prison you can't escape
    B                                      Ebm
You tear them down, you just might hear me say
 
[Chorus]
           E
I love you as you are
           Abm
I love you as you are
             B
And when the whole damn world don't know what they got 'til it's
F#
gone, I love you
           E
I love you as you are
           Abm
I love you as you are
             B
And when the whole damn world don't know What they got 'til it's
F#
gone, I love you
           E
I love you as you are
 
[Verse]
        E
You can come out of the shadows
             B
They're only scared of what they don't know
      E                                         B
But I love you as you are, love you as you are, yeah
          Abm
Yeah, you waged this war within yourself
        F#
Wasting time dying in a shell
     B                                      Ebm
They don't define you, just know they never will
 
[Chorus]
           E
I love you as you are
           Abm
I love you as you are
             B
And when the whole damn world don't know what they got 'til it's
F#
gone, I love you
           E
I love you as you are
           Abm
I love you as you are
             B
And when the whole damn world don't know what they got 'til it's
F#
gone, I love you
 
[Pre Bridge]
           Abm          F#   E
I love you as you are, yeah
           B                F#
I love you as you are yeah
 
[Bridge]
       E                         B
You're feeling isolated, and all kinds of frustrated
      E                                         B
But I love you as you are, love you as you are, yeah
 
[Chorus]
           E
I love you as you are
           Abm
I love you as you are
             B
And when the whole damn world don't know what they got 'til it's
F#
gone, I love you
           E
I love you as you are
           Abm
I love you as you are
         B
When the whole damn world don't know What they got 'til it's
F#
gone, 'til it's gone, 'til it's gone
 
E    Abm
B     F#
 
[Outro]
           E
I love you as you are
           Abm
I love you as you are
             B
And when the whole damn world don't know what they got 'til it's
F#
gone, I love you
           E
I love you as you are