What You Are chords by Dave Matthews Band

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: F#m

Intro:

F#m
Riff x 4 - riff notes, not chords(f#     c# f#’    b a  g#   e)
F#m
D5  C#5 (bass step through B, A, G#) F#m
Riff x 2

Verse 1:
F#m
I walk into this room, oh, all eyes on me now
      D5                 C#5
But I do not know the people inside (bass step through B, A, G#)
F#m
 They look straight through me, these eyes
                           D5             C#5
Seeking more wisdom than I have to give away (bass step through B, A, G#)
               F#m
Realize, realize what you are

Chorus:
Am           Am/G   Am/F        Dm
What you've become, just as I have
C5         C5/B      Am
Are you and I so unalike?
            Am/G  Am/F      Dm
I don't hear you just as I am
C5           C5/B            Am
Afraid if we dance we might die
            Am/G Am/F   Dm    C5  C5/B
Mock the world -   live safe
why
Am         Am/G Am/F        Dm  C5   C5/B
Don't you know if you live life
F#m (riff x2)
Then you become what you are

Verse 2:
F#m
The seas unsparing, we're all drifting away
D5              C#5                                       F#m
Away from you, I pray for you now (bass step through B, A)
F#m
But hoping to God on high
                                 D5          C#5
Is like clinging to straws while drowning, oh (bass step through B, A)
 F#m
Realize, realize what you are

Chorus:
Am           Am/G  Am/F       Dm
What you've become, just as I have
C5          C5/B      Am
Are you and I so unalike?
            Am/G Am/F      Dm
I don't hear you just as I am
C5           C5/B           Am
Afraid if we dance we might die
         Am/G   Am/F    Dm       C5  C5/B
Mock the world -    live safe
why
Am       Am/G   Am/F         Dm   C5 C5/B  C5/A
Don't you know when you live life
                          F#
Then you become what you are

Bridge:
                   E  B                              F#
What you are          is the beast in a lover's arms
                   E  B                              F#
What you are          is the devil in the sweet, sweet kiss
                   E  B                       F#
What you are          is missing a piece
                   E  B
What you are          is a puzzle to me

Chorus:
Am          Am/G  Am/F          Dm
What you've become, just as I have
C5         C5/B      Am
Are you and I so unalike?
            Am/G  Am/F         Dm
I don't hear you     just as I am
C5          C5/B             Am
Afraid if we dance we might die
             Am/G  Am/F              Dm     C5  C5/B
Rock the world
live through you - why?
Am           Am/G Am/F             Dm
Don't you know     when you give life
C5         C5/B         Am      Am/G  Am/F      Dm     C5  C5/B
Then you become what you are

Am              Am/G  Am/F           Dm
Don't trust me
trust you
C5        C5/B             Am
Up to you    trust you