Chords with lyrics
Be Yourself (1971 demo version)
Graham Nash
All chords played for two measures unless otherwise noted.
Guitar tuned down a whole step in original recording.
Whenever moving to C/G, hammer-on the 2nd and 4th strings on the "and of 1".
Chord Guide
G: 3x0003
C/G: 3x2013
D: xx0232
F: 133211
Em: 022000
A: x02220
Dsus4: xx0233
Dsus2: xx0230
Am: x02210
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D MajorD D MajorD U D MajorD U > = accent
Strum: 1 + 2 + 3 +
Intro: / G+G - - / C/GC/G - - / x6
G+G D MajorD
How does it feel when life doesn't seem real
FF G+G (1) C/GC/G (1)
And you're floating about on your own
G+G D MajorD
Life seems uncertain, so you draw the curtain
FF G+G
Pretending there's nobody home
D MajorD FF
Don't theorize, look in your eyes
G+G E minorEm
They can't tell lies, though you disguise what you see
A augmentedA D MajorD (1) Dsus4Dsus4 (1) D MajorD (1) Dsus2Dsus2 (1)
Your reality
G+G D MajorD
We needed a savior and by our behavior
FF G+G (1) C/GC/G (1) G+G (1) C/GC/G (1)
The ones that were worth it are gone
G+G D MajorD
But songbirds are talking and runners are walking
FF G+G
A augmentedA prodigal son's coming home
D MajorD FF
Don't theorize, look in his eyes
G+G E minorEm
and they won't tell lies, but if he defies what you see
A augmentedA D MajorD (1) Dsus4Dsus4 (1) D MajorD (1) Dsus2Dsus2 (1)
Here is a key
Chorus:
G+G A minorAm
Be yourself, why don't you
D MajorD (1) Dsus4Dsus4 (1) D MajorD (1) Dsus2Dsus2 (1)
Be your - self, c'mon and
G+G A minorAm
Be yourself, why don't you
D MajorD (1) Dsus4Dsus4 (1) D MajorD (1) Dsus2Dsus2 (1)
Be
G+G D MajorD
He needed a tutor, so built a computer
FF G+G (1) C/GC/G (1) G+G (1) C/GC/G (1)
And programmed himself not to see
G+G D MajorD
The truth and the lying, the dead or the dying
FF G+G
There is only one way to be
D MajorD FF
So don't theorize, look in his eyes
G+G E minorEm
Are they telling lies, the ones that you see on T.V.?
A augmentedA D MajorD (1) Dsus4Dsus4 (1) D MajorD (1) Dsus2Dsus2 (1)
So you want to be free?
Outro Chorus:
G+G A minorAm
Be yourself, why don't you
D MajorD (1) Dsus4Dsus4 (1) D MajorD (1) Dsus2Dsus2 (1)
Be your - self, c'mon and
G+G A minorAm
Be yourself, why don't you
D MajorD (1) Dsus4Dsus4 (1) D MajorD (1) Dsus2Dsus2 (1)
Be your - self,
Repeat Outro Chorus