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You Gotta Be Chords

Music by: Des'ree · 1994
Genre R&B Views 466
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[Intro 1]
[C][D][Em]
[C][D][Em]
[C][D][Em]
[Eb][Dm][F][G]

[Verse 1]
[C]Listen as your day unfolds
[D]Challenge what [Em]the future holds
[C]Try and keep your head up to the [D]sky[G]
[C]Lovers, they may cause you tears
[D]Go ahead, [Em]release your fears
[C]Stand up and be counted
Don't be [D]ashamed to [G]cry

[Chorus 1]
You gotta be
[C]You gotta be bad,
you gotta be [D]bold,
you gotta [Em]be wiser
[C]You gotta be hard,
you gotta be [D]tough,
you gotta [G]be stronger
[C]You gotta be cool,
you gotta be [D]calm,
you gotta [Em]stay together
[Eb]All I kn[Dm]ow, all I know,
[F]love will save the [G]day

[Verse 2]
[C]Herald what your mother said
[D]Read the books [Em]your father read
[C]Try to solve the puzzles
in your [D]own sweet [G]time
[C]Some may have more cash than you
[D]Others take [Em]a different view
[Eb]My o[Dm]h my,[F] eh,[G] eh, eh

[Chorus 2]
[C]You gotta be bad,
you gotta be [D]bold,
you gotta [Em]be wiser
[C]You gotta be hard,
you gotta be [D]tough,
you gotta [G]be stronger
[C]You gotta be cool,
you gotta be [D]calm,
you gotta [Em]stay together
[Eb]All I kn[Dm]ow, all I know,
[F]love will save the [G]day

[Bridge 1]
[Am]Time asks no questions,
it goes [G]on without you
[C]Leaving you behind
if you can't [G]stand the [D]pace
The [Am]world keeps on spinning
Can't stop it [G]if you tried to
The [C]best part is danger
staring you in the face, oh

[Verse 3]
Remember, [C]listen as your day unfolds
[D]Challenge what [Em]the future holds
[C]Try and keep your head up to the [D]sky[Em]
[C]Lovers, they may cause you tears
[D]Go ahead, [Em]release your fears
[Eb]My o[Dm]h my,[F] eh,[G] eh, eh

[Chorus 3]
[C]You gotta be bad,
you gotta be [D]bold,
you gotta [Em]be wiser
[C]You gotta be hard,
you gotta be [D]tough,
you gotta [G]be stronger
[C]You gotta be cool,
you gotta be [D]calm,
you gotta [Em]stay together
[Eb]All I kn[Dm]ow, all I know,
[F]love will save the [G]day

[Chorus 4]
[C]You gotta be bad,
you gotta be [D]bold,
you gotta [Em]be wiser
[C]You gotta be hard,
you gotta be [D]tough,
you gotta [G]be stronger
[C]You gotta be cool,
you gotta be [D]calm,
you gotta [Em]stay together
[Eb]All I kn[Dm]ow, all I know,
[F]love will save the [G]day

[Chorus 5]
[C]Got to be bold
[D]Got[Em] to be bad
[C]Got to be wise
[D]Do wha[G]t others say
[C]Got to be hard
[D]Not[Em] too too hard
[Eb]All I [Dm]know is [F]love will [G]save the day

[Outro 1]
[C]You gotta be bad,
you gotta be [D]bold,
you gotta [Em]be wiser
[C]You gotta be hard,
you gotta be [D]tough,
you gotta [G]be stronger
[C]You gotta be cool,
you gotta be [D]calm,
you gotta [Em]stay together
[Eb][Dm][F][G]
[Repeat and fade]
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