Be As You Are Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Vir[Em]ginia Woolf and poetry
[G]No [Bm]one seemed to notice me[G]
Being young was getting [D]so old
[Em]Cheap beer and cigar[Bm]ettes
Life was like a [D]movie set
[Bm]And I se[G]emed to be given no ro[D]le

[Verse 2]
[D]But [Em]in times of trouble
[Bm]I can turn to my mother
And [Em]I know [G]that she gon' [D]understand
So at [Em]age [Bm]18
I cried to my mother
And she [G]told me, "young [D]man"

[Verse 3]
"There are moments [D]when
[A]you fall to the [Bm]ground
But you are stronger than
[G]you feel you are [D]now
You don't always have [A]to speak so loud,
[Bm]no
Just [G]be as you [D]are
Life is not always a [A]comfortable
[Bm]ride
Everybody's got [G]scars that they [D]hide
And everybody plays the [A]fool sometimes,
[Bm]yeah
Just be as you [G]are"[D]

[Interlude 1]
[D][A][Bm][G][D]
[A]
[Bm][G][D]
[A][Bm][G][D]
[A][Bm][G][D]
They played me on the [G]radi

[Verse 4]
[Bm]o
And everything was changing, so
I thought I was all the [D]way grown
But [Em]I can still remember in[G]
that [Bm]cold November
[Em]When I real[G]ized [Em]I'm all [D]alone

[Verse 5]
[D]But [Em]in times of trouble
[Bm]I can turn to my mother
[Em]And [G]I know that she gon' u[Em]n de[D]rstand
So at [Em]age [Bm]22
I cried to my mother
And she [G]told me, "young [D]man"

[Verse 6]
"There are moments [D]when
you [A]fall to the [Bm]ground
But you are stronger than
[G]you feel you are [D]now
You don't always have [A]to speak so loud,
[Bm]no
Just [G]be as you [D]are
It doesn't matter if you
[A]become some [Bm]star
Life is better when you [G]open your [D]heart
You don't always have to [A]act so hard,
[Bm]no
Just be as [G]you are"

[Interlude 2]
[D][A][Bm][G][D]
[A][Bm]
[G][D][A]
[Bm][G][D][A]
[Bm][G][D]

[Verse 7]
"There are moments when [A]you fall
to the [Bm]ground
But you are stronger [Em]than
you feel you are [D]now
You don't [Bm]always [D]have to speak so loud,
[Bm]no
Just [Em]be as[G] you a[D]re
It doesn't matter [Bm]if
[D]you be[A]come some [Bm]star
Life is [G]better [Em]when you open your [D]heart
You don't always have to [A]act [D]so [A]hard,
[Bm]no
Just [G]be as you [D]are"[A][Bm][G][D][A][Bm]
[G][D][A]
[Bm][G][D]
[A][Bm][G][D]
[A][D][G][D]
[A][D][Em]
(Be as [D]you are)