CHORDS: Beyoncé – Ameriican Requiem chords on Piano and Ukulele

These are Ameriican Requiem by Beyoncé on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar & Keyboard.

[Intro]
Eb      Ab     Eb
Nothin' really ends
For things to stay
    F
the same, they
                Bb5
have to change again
Eb        Ab   Eb
Hello, my old friend
You change your name,
but not the ways you
F        Ab
play pretend
Ab       G    Cm
American Requiem
     Ab  Eb     Bb
Them big ideas (Yeah),
    Ab     Eb    Bb
are buried here (Yeah)
Ab G F   Ab Eb
Amen
Eb Absus4

[Chorus]
Eb
It's a lot of talkin'
         Ebsus4 Absus4
goin' on
Eb               Ab
While I sing my song
Eb
Can you hear me?
Eb
I said, "Do you
           Ab
hear me?"

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[Pre-Chorus]
Eb
Looka there, looka
Gb
there now
Ab
Looka there, looka
       Eb
there
Looka-looka, looka
there, looka there
Looka-looka, looka
there, looka there
Looka-looka, looka
there, looka there
(Oh)
Absus4
Looka-looka, looka
there, looka there
(Yeah)

[Chorus]
Eb
It's a lotta chatter
in here
Eb
But let me make myself
    Absus4
clear (Oh)
Eb              Ebsus4
Can you hear me? (Huh)
Eb                 Ebsus4
Or do you fear me? (Ow)

[Verse 1]
       Eb
Can we stand for
 Gb
something?
Ab
Now is the time to
    Eb         Ebsus4
face the wind (Ow)
          Eb
Coming in peace and
love, y'all
Absus4  Eb
Oh, a lot of
           Ebsus4
takin' up space
Eb
Salty tears beyond
   Ebsus4
my gaze
Eb
Can you stand me?
(Can you stand me?
Can you stand me?
Can you stand me?)
Ooh, ah
Ebsus4
Can we stand?
(Can you stand me?
Can you stand me?
Can you stand me?
Can you stand me?
Can you stand me?
Can you stand me?)
Can you stand with
me?

[Chorus]
        Eb
Can we stand for
Gb
something?
Ab
Now is the time to
         Eb
face the wind
Now ain't the
time to pretend
Now is the time
to let love in

[Bridge]
Thinkin' to myself
(Thinkin' to myself)
Oh, it's a lot of
talkin' goin' on (Oh)
While I sing my
song (Yeah)
Do you hear me when
I say?
Ab
Do you hear me when
I say? Ah

[Pre-Chorus]
Ebm          Gb
Looka there, looka
there
Ab
Looka, look
Looka-looka-looka-
looka-looka
            Ebm
Looka-looka there,
      Gb
looka there
Ab
L-l-l-l-l-l-l
                  Ebm
-l-l-l-looka there
      Gb
Oh, looka there,
 Ab
looka there
Looka there, looka
there
Eb
(Can you stand me?
Gb
Can you stand me?
Ab
Can you stand me?)
L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L
(Can you stand me? Can
you stand me? Can you
stand me?)

[Chorus]
Eb
Can we stand for
Db
something?
Gb         Ab
Now is the time to face
    Eb
the wind (Now is the
Db               Gb
time to face the wind)
              Ab
Now ain't the time to
   Eb    Db
pretend
Gb         Ab
Now is the time to let
      Eb             Db
love in (To let love in)
Ab
Together, can we stand?

[Verse 2]
Eb
Looka there, looka
in my hand
The grandbaby of a
moonshine man
Gadsden, Alabama
Got folk down in
Absus4
Galveston,
rooted in Louisiana
Eb
Used to say I spoke
too country
Ab
And the rejection came,
Eb
said I wasn't country '
nough
Said I wouldn't saddle
Ab
up, but
   Eb
If that ain't country,
tell me what is?
Plant my bare feet on
solid ground for years
They don't, don't know
                  Ab/Eb
how hard I had to fight
for this
       Eb
When I sang my song

[Outro]
(When I sang the
song of Abraham)
(When the angels
guide and take my
 hand)
Ab
(Oh, no)
Eb
Goodbye to what has
been
  Ab     Eb
A pretty house that
F        Bb
we never settled in
Eb
A funeral for fair-
weather friends
  Ab     Eb      F
I am the one to cleanse
         Ab       Bb
me of my Father's sins
Ab       G     Cm
American Requiem
     Ab   Eb    Bb  C
Them big ideas (Yeah)
    Ab     Eb    Bb
are buried here (Yeah)
Ab Eb F    Ab  Eb
Amen