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