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Be Yourself Chords by Graham Nash

Be Yourself chords by Graham Nash

Guitar 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



        >
        D   D U D U    > = accent
Strum:  1 + 2 + 3 +


Intro:  / G - - / C/G - - / x6

G                                       D
How does it feel when life doesn't seem real
                   F                            G (1)        C/G (1)
And you're floating about on your own
 G                                 D
Life seems uncertain, so you draw the curtain
      F                                         G
Pretending there's nobody home
                D                     F
Don't theorize, look in your eyes
                        G                          Em
They can't tell lies, though you disguise what you see
A                  D (1)    Dsus4 (1)   D (1)   Dsus2 (1)
   Your reality

         G                           D
We needed a savior and by our behavior
       F                                            G (1)     C/G (1)   G (1)     C/G (1)
The ones that were worth it are gone
       G                                    D
But songbirds are talking and runners are walking
      F                                   G
A prodigal son's coming home
                D                    F
Don't theorize, look in his eyes
                             G                     Em
and they won't tell lies, but if he defies what you see
A                      D (1)    Dsus4 (1)   D (1)   Dsus2 (1)
    Here is a key

Chorus:
G          Am
Be yourself, why don't you
  D (1)    Dsus4 (1)   D (1)   Dsus2 (1)
Be        your     -    self,     c'mon and
G          Am
Be yourself, why don't you
D (1)    Dsus4 (1)   D (1)   Dsus2 (1)
Be

        G                           D
He needed a tutor, so built a computer
          F                                    G (1)        C/G (1)      G (1)        C/G (1)
And programmed himself not to see
         G                                 D
The truth and the lying, the dead or the dying
          F                          G
There is only one way to be
                    D                          F
So don't theorize, look in his eyes
                        G                                 Em
Are they telling lies, the ones that you see on T.V.?
A                                 D (1)    Dsus4 (1)   D (1)   Dsus2 (1)
     So you want to be free?

Outro Chorus:
G          Am
Be yourself, why don't you
  D (1)    Dsus4 (1)   D (1)   Dsus2 (1)
Be        your     -    self,     c'mon and
G          Am
Be yourself, why don't you
D (1)    Dsus4 (1)   D (1)   Dsus2 (1)
Be        your     -    self,

Repeat Outro Chorus

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