Joe Cocker – Respect Yourself (Guitar)
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Chords
Joe Cocker with a great live cover of the Staple Singers hit from 1974
Slight variation to the recorded version
4/4 time 110 bpm
[Intro]
Bm D E
Bm D A
Bm D E
Bm D A
[Verse 1]
Bm D E Bm D E If you disrespect everybody that you run into Bm D E Bm D E How in the world do you think anybody 'sposed to respect you Bm D E Bm D E If you don't give a heck about the man with the Bible in his hand Bm D E Bm D E Just get out the way and let the gentleman do his thing Bm D E Bm D E You're the kind of gentleman that wants everything their own way Bm D E Bm D E Take the sheet off your face boy, it's a brand new day
[Chorus 1]
Bm D Respect yourself, na na na na na na Bm D Respect yourself, na na na na na na F# If you don't respect yourself, ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na- na- na Bm D Respect yourself, na na na na na na Bm D Respect yourself, na na na na na na Bm Da da da da da da, dop dop dop dee dee dee
[Verse 2]
Bm D E If you're walking around thinking that the world owes you Bm D E Something cause you're here Bm D E Bm D E You're going out the world backwards like you did when you first came here Bm D E Bm D E You keep talking about the president won't stop air pollution Bm D E Bm D E Put your hand over your mouth when you cough that'll help the solution Bm D E Bm D E You cuss around women and you don't even know their names Bm D E Then you're dumb enough to think that it makes you a big ol' man
[Chorus 2]
Bm D Respect yourself, na na na na na na Bm D Respect yourself, na na na na na na F# If you don't respect yourself, ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na- na- na Bm D Bm D Respect yourself, Respect yourself
[Verse 3]
Bm D E Bm D E Cos if the world is treating you bad, you gotta respect yourself Bm D Bm D E And if you feel low down, you still gotta respect yourself Bm D Bm D E When you're down and blue, you gotta respect yourself Bm D Bm D E All the way down in your heart, you gotta respect yourself
[Solo]
Bm D E x12
[Outro]
Bm D Bm D Respect yourself, respect yourself Bm D Bm D Bm Respect yourself, respect yourself