Be chords by Hozier

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E minorEm

Difficulty: Novice

BE. (Hozier)

C6C6 x32210

Intro:
| E minorEm | D MajorD | C majorC | A minorAm BB |

Verse 1:
E minorEm                      D MajorD
 When all the worst we fear lets fall its weight
                   C majorC
When the gyre widens on and when the wave breaks
                  A minorAm
When St. Peter loses cool and bars the gates
   BB                E minorEm
When Atlas acts the maggot, makes his arms shake
                    D MajorD
When the birds are heard again in their singin'
                C majorC
Once atrocity is hoarse from voicin' shame
                       A minorAm
And when the earth is trembling on some new beginnin'
     BB              C6C6
With the same sweet shock of when Adam first came

Pre-Chorus:
E minorEm
Be, be, be, be, be
G+G
Be as you've always been
C majorC
Be, be, be, be, be
A minorAm
Be as you've always been
(Lover, be good to me)

Chorus 1:
E minorEm
 Be as you've always been (Lover, be good to me)
G+G
 Be like the love that discovered the sin (Lover, be good to me)
   C majorC              A minorAm
That freed the first man and will do so again
   E minorEm
And, lover, be good to me (Lover, be good to me)
E minorEm
 Be that hopeful feeling when Eden was lost (Lover, be good to me)
   G+G
It's been deaf to our laughter since the master was crossed (Lover, be good to me)
   C majorC            A minorAm
Which side of the wall really suffers that cost?
  E minorEm
Oh, lover, be good to me

Instrumental:
| E minorEm | D MajorD |

Verse 2:
      E minorEm
When the man who gives the order
  D MajorD
Is born next time 'round on the boat sent back
     C majorC
When the bodies starvin' at the border
    A minorAm          BB
Are on TV givin' people the sack
       E minorEm
Oh, when the sea rises to meet us
         D MajorD
Oh, when there's nothin' left for you and I to do
          C majorC
Oh, when there's nobody upstairs to receive us
      A minorAm              BB  C6C6
When I have no kind words left, love for you

Pre-Chorus:
E minorEm
Be, be, be, be, be
G+G
Be as you've always been
C majorC
Be, be, be, be, be
A minorAm
Be as you've always been
(Lover, be good to me)

Chorus 2:
 E minorEm
Ah, be love in its disrepute (Lover, be good to me)
G+G
 Scorches the hillside and salts every root (Lover, be good to me)
  C majorC            A minorAm
And watches the slowin' and starvin' of troops
   E minorEm
And, lover, be good to me (Lover, be good to me)
E minorEm
 Be there and just as you stand (Lover, be good to me)
G+G
 Or be like the rose that you hold in your hand (Lover, be good to me)
        C majorC          A minorAm
That will grow bold in a barren and desolate land
  E minorEm
Oh, lover, be good to me

Outro:
        E minorEm
Love, won't you be
Love, won't you be
       G+G
Be as you've always been?
        C majorC
Love, won't you be
        A minorAm
Love, won't you be
       E minorEm
Be as you've always been?
        E minorEm
Love, won't you be
Love, won't you be
       G+G
Be as you've always been?
        C majorC
Love, won't you be
        A minorAm
Love, won't you be
       E minorEm      E minorEm
Be as you've always been?

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