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When You Are Who You Are Chords

Music by: Gil Scott-Heron
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[Intro 1]
[D][C][D][C][D]

[Verse 1]
You always go out [C]of
your way to [D]impress [C]me[D]
Don't you know by now,
[C]ain't no need to impress me[D][C][G]
I'm impressed every time [F#m]you sm[B]ile
When I feel like you mean to smile

[Verse 2]
You can [Em]be s[F#m]o very beautiful[G]
[Asus4]When you are who you are

[Interlude 1]
[D][C][D][C][D]

[Verse 3]
Every morning when you [C]wake up you
put on a new [D]disguise[C][D]
How long did you long did you [C]think it
would take me to [D]realize?[C][G]
Girl, the things you [F#m]wore ain't real
[B]You never tell me jus[Bm]t how you fee[B]l

[Verse 4]
Girl you can [Em]be so[F#m] very beautiful
[Asus4]When you are who you [A]are
[D][C][G]

[Verse 5]
People never [F#m]seem to w[Em]ant
to be them[D]selves
[G]So they end up runnin[F#m]g
in circles con[Em]fused
Yeah, con[C]fused

[Interlude 2]
Just like everyone else
[A][Asus4][D][C][G][D][Dm][D][C][Dm][D]
[Dm][C]
[G][F#m][B][Bm][D][F#m][Bm][Em][F#m][G][Asus4][D]
[C][D][C][D]

[Verse 6]
Every morning when you [C]wake up
you put on a new [D]disguise[C][G]
[D]Just how long did you thi[C]nk it would
take me to [D]realize[C][G][C][G]
That the things you [F#m]wore ain't real
[B]You nev[Bm]er just how you fee[B]l

[Verse 7]
When you could [Em]be so[F#m]
very beau[G]tiful
[Asus4]When you are who you are[D]
[C]Yeah, when you are who you [D]are, yeah
[C]Oh, when you are who you[G] are[D], yeah
[C]When you are who you are[D], yea[C]h
When you are who you are
Get it, get it, get it, get it, get it,
get it, get it
[D]

[Verse 8]
[C]
When you are who [G]you [D]are, [C]yeah
Oh when you are who you [D]are, yeah
[C]Oh when you are who you are[D], yeah
[C]Oh when you are who you[G] are

[Outro 1]
[D][G][D][C]
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