Be Yourself chords by Chris Cornell

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

e|--2--------2-----------------2-|--2--------2-----------------2-|
BB|--3--0h3p----3-------------2---|--3--0h3p----3-------------2---|
G+G|--4------------4---------4-----|--4------------4---------4-----|
D MajorD|--4--------------------4-------|--4--------------------4-------|
A augmentedA|--2------------------2---------|--2------------------2---------|
E MajorE|-------------------3-----------|-------------------3-----------|


B minorBm  D MajorD  G+G  E minor 7Em7  (x2)


Verse 1:

B minorBm          D MajorD       G+G      E minor 7Em7
  Someone falls to pieces sleeping all alone, someone kills the pain
B minorBm          D MajorD     G+G      E minor 7Em7
  Spinning in the silence, she finally drifts away
B minorBm         D MajorD      G+G      E minor 7Em7
  Someone gets excited in a chapel yard, catches a bouquet
B minorBm      D MajorD      G+G      E minor 7Em7    E minor 7Em7
  Another lays a dozen white roses on a grave

Chorus:

  B minorBm          D MajorD       G+G      E minor 7Em7
And To be yourself is all that you can do   Heyyy-eeeey
  B minorBm      D MajorD         G+G     E minor 7Em7
To be yourself is all that you can doooooooooooooooooooooo

B minorBm  D MajorD  G+G  E minor 7Em7  (x2)


Verse 2:

B minorBm          D MajorD      G+G    E minor 7Em7
  Someone finds salvation in everyone, another only pain
B minorBm         D MajorD          G+G        E minor 7Em7
  Someone tries to hide himself down inside himself he prays
B minorBm            D MajorD         G+G     E minor 7Em7
  Someone swears his true love until the end of time, another runs away
B minorBm       D MajorD    G+G      E minor 7Em7   E minor 7Em7
  Separate or united, healthy or insaaaaaaaane


Chorus:

  B minorBm          D MajorD       G+G      E minor 7Em7
And To be yourself is all that you can do   Heyyy-eeeey
  B minorBm      D MajorD         G+G     E minor 7Em7
To be yourself is all that you can doooooooooooooooooooooo
  B minorBm          D MajorD       G+G      E minor 7Em7
And To be yourself is all that you can do   Heyyy-eeeey
  B minorBm      D MajorD         G+G     E minor 7Em7
To be yourself is all that you can doooooooooooooooooooooo

Bridge:

G+G          A augmentedA
  Even when you've paid enough
   B minorBm      Bmsus2
Been put upon or been held up
G+G          A augmentedA
  with every single memory of
   B minorBm      Bmsus2
The good or bad, faces of luck
 G+G          A augmentedA
  don't lose any sleep tonight
     B minorBm        Bmsus2
I'm sure everything will end up alright
G+G         A augmentedA    A augmentedA    A augmentedA    A augmentedA
  You may win or looooooooooooooooooooooooooose

Outro:

B minorBm          B minorBm        E7E7    E minor 7Em7
But to be yourself is all that you can do
   B minorBm         B minorBm       E7E7    E minor 7Em7
Yeah, to be yourself is all that you can do
  B minorBm          D MajorD       G+G      E minor 7Em7
And To be yourself is all that you can do   Heyyy-eeeey
  B minorBm          D MajorD       G+G      E minor 7Em7
To be yourself is all that you can doooooooooooooooooooooo
  B minorBm          D MajorD     G+G        E minor 7Em7
To be yourself is all that you can, be yourself is all that you can
  B minorBm          D MajorD     G+G        E minor 7Em7
Be yourself is all that you can doooooooooooooooooooo

Be Yourself chords

Chris often plays the Bm and Bmsus2 chords with an F# in the bass. He also varies how he plays the Em7 chord, from simply lifting off of the 6 string when moving from G to Em7, to putting his second finger on the second fret of the D string.

During the Bridge, listen for when Chris lifts off of the 2nd string when playing Bm to turn it into Bmsus2. During the first part of the Outro he picks the strings individually on the Bm a bit.

Other versions of Be Yourself

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Be yourself (Ver. 2) by Chris Cornell