Mike Posner – Be As You Are (Guitar)

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Standard tunning. No capo. Instagram: @gpuertal [Intro] Em Bm G D (x2) [Verse 1]
  Em                   Bm
Virginia Woolf and poetry
No one seemed to notice me
D                       Em
Being young was getting so old

Em                     Bm
Cheap beer and cigarettes
Life was like a movie set
G                        D
And I seemed to be given no role
[Pre-Chorus]
       Em
But in times of trouble

Bm
I can turn to my mother

      D                      Em
And I know that she gon' understand

      Em
So at age 18

Bm
I cried to my mother

        G               D
And she told me, "young man"
[Chorus]
                            Em          Bm
"There are moments when you fall to the ground

                              G            D
But you are stronger than you feel you are now

                         Em           Bm
You don't always have to speak so loud, no

G              D
Just be as you are

                      Em         Bm
Life is not always a comfortable ride

                G               D
Everybody's got scars that they hide

                        Em            Bm
And everybody plays the fool sometimes, yeah

G              D
Just be as you are"
[Verse 2]
     Em                    Bm
They played me on the radio
And everything was changing, so
D                       Em
I thought I was all the way grown

    Em                     Bm
But I can still remember in that cold November

      G                 D
When I realized I'm all alone
[Pre-Chorus]
       Em
But in times of trouble

Bm
I can turn to my mother

      D                      Em
And I know that she gon' understand

      Em
So at age 22

Bm
I cried to my mother

        G               D
And she told me, "young man"
[Chorus 2]
                            Em          Bm
"There are moments when you fall to the ground

                              G            D
But you are stronger than you feel you are now

                         Em           Bm
You don't always have to speak so loud, no

G              D
Just be as you are

                         Em          Bm
It doesn't matter if you become some star

                        G         D
Life is better when you open your heart

                         Em         Bm
You don't always have to act so hard, no

G                   D
Just be as you are, Just be as you are"
[Bridge] Em Bm G D(x4)
   C                      Bm
If I'm speaking truthfully
I'm not who I used to be
D                       C
And I know some people might laugh

         C                       Bm
Cause my music doesn't sound the same
And my head's no longer shaved
D
I'm worried if I'm on the right path
[Pre-Chorus]
       Em
But in times of trouble

Bm
I can turn to my mother

      D                      Em
And I know that she gon' understand

      Em
So at age 26

Bm
I spoke to my mother (Stop strumming)
And she told me, "young man" [Chorus 2]
                            Em          Bm
"There are moments when you fall to the ground

                              G            D
But you are stronger than you feel you are now

                         Em           Bm
You don't always have to speak so loud, no

Em              D
Just be as you are

                         Em          Bm
It doesn't matter if you become some star

                        G         D
Life is better when you open your heart

                         Em         Bm
You don't always have to act so hard, no

        D             
Just be as you are, Just be as you are"
Em Bm G D (x4)
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Be as you are