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Wilder Woods – Be Yourself Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Be Yourself chords by Wilder Woods on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Am G G Em
G C G
G Am G/B Cmaj7
Em D G

[Verse 1]
Am      G                   Em
Show me where your darkness lies,
    G     C            G
You don’t ever have to hide,
            G  Am  G/B Cmaj7
Oh, you can be you-our-self,
Cmaj7         Em D   G
Yeah, you can be yourself.

[Verse 2]
            Am     G     Em
I feel your hidden river ragin’,
    G     C            G
I’m not asking you to change it,
            G  Am  G/B Cmaj7
Oh, you can be you-our-self,
Cmaj7         Em D   G
Yeah, you can be yourself.

[Chorus]
G/B          C
Say what you want,
        Em7           D
I don’t care where it goes,
             G/B         C
If I’m gonna love you completely,
         Em7        D
We gotta let it all show.
G/B           C
Who knows you better,
          Em7          D
Who could love you any more,
        G/B         C
You can trust me completely,
         Em7     D
I’m just asking  for
           G  Am  Am  Em
you to be yourself,
            Cmaj7 C   G
Oh, you can be    yourself.

[Interlude]
G  Am  G/B Cmaj7
D D  G

[Verse 3]
            Am           Em
You’re my hero you’re my villain,
        Cmaj7            G
Oh, and I don’t care who wins,
               Am G/B C
Oh, you can be-e  yourself,
              C  D   G
Yeah, you can be yourself.

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[Verse 4]
                 Am       Em
I’m in love with all your pages,
        C              G
I don’t want to see it end,
               Am G/B C
Oh, you can be-e  yourself,
              C  D   G
Yeah, you can be yourself.

[Chorus]
G/B          C
Say what you want,
        Em7           D
I don’t care where it goes,
             G/B         C
If I’m gonna love you completely,
         Em7        D
We gotta let it all show.
G/B           C
Who knows you better,
          Em7          D
Who could love you any more,
        G/B         C
You can trust me completely,
         Em7     D
I’m just asking  for you
       G  Am  Am  Em
 to be yourself,
            Cmaj7 C   G
Oh, you can be    yourself.

[Verse 5]
G   Am G/B       C
       The way I see it,
       Em   D        G
We are all afraid to love,
          Am
 (be yourself)
     Am             Em
It’s safe to let me love you,
           C
No part of you I wouldn’t
  G
touch (you can be yourself).

[Verse 6]
G   Am       Em
    We  fall down,
   C             G
We weaponize our words,
G                 C
No secret has the power,
      Em    D    G
To diminish your worth.

[Chorus]
G/B          C
Say what you want,
        Em7           D
I don’t care where it goes,
             G/B         C
If I’m gonna love you completely,
         Em7        D
We gotta let it all show.
G/B           C
Who knows you better,
          Em7          D
Who could love you any more,
        G/B         C
You can trust me completely,
         Em7     D
I’m just asking  for you
       G  Am  Am  Em
 to be yourself,
            Cmaj7 C   G
Oh, you can be    yourself.

[Outro]
G  Am  G/B Cmaj7
D D  G
G Am Am Em
G C C G
G  Am  G/B Cmaj7
D D  G

How to play Be Yourself: key, chords and progression

Be Yourself by Wilder Woods is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 8 chords: Am, G, Em, C, G/B, Cmaj7, D and Em7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G/B – C – Em7 – D (I – IV – vi7 – V in G major), a pop progression that moves to the vi before resolving through V. In solfa, that is doh – fah – lah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.