When You Are Who You Are
Gil Scott-Heron · C
When You Are Who You Are
Gil Scott-Heron
Jazz
Real Key
C
Rate
Real Key
C
C
0.2x
120
BPM1
2
3
4
Rhythm
2/4
3/4
4/4
5/4
6/8
7/8
No Accent
Downbeat
Backbeat
All Equal
1 & 3
Intro
[Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
Verse 1
[Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
You always go out of your way to impress me
[F] [Ebmaj7] [Bb] [Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
Don't you know by now, ain't no need to impress me?
[Bbmaj7] [Am7]
I'm impressed every time you smile
[D7] [Dm7]
When I feel like you mean to smile
[Gm7] [Am7] [Bbmaj7] [C]
Cause you can be so very beautiful
[Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
When you are who you are
[Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
Verse 2
[Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
Every morning, when you wake up
[Bbmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
You put on a new disguise
[Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
How long did you think it would take me to realize?
[Bbmaj7] [Am7]
Girl, the things you were ain't real
[D7] [Dm7]
You never tell me just how you feel
[Gm] [Am7] [Bbmaj7] [C]
Girl, you could be so very beautiful
[Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
When you are who you are
Verse 3
[Bbmaj7] [Am] [Gm] [F]
People never seem to want to be themselves
[Bbmaj7] [Am] [Gm7]
So they end up running in circles confused
[Eb] [C7]
Yes, confused, just like everyone else
[Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
Verse 4
[Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
Every morning, when you wake up, you put on a new disguise
[Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7] [Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
Just how long did you think it would take me to realize?
[Bbmaj7] [Am7]
That the things you were ain't real
[Dm7] [D7]
You never tell me just how you feel
[Gm] [Am7] [Bbmaj7] [C]
When you could be so very beautiful
[Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
When you are who you are
Outro
N.C.
Get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it, get it
[Fmaj7] [Ebmaj7] [Fmaj7]
When you are who you are, yeah
[Ebmaj7] [Fmaj7]
Oh when you are who you are, yeah
[Ebmaj7] [Fmaj7]
Oh when you are who you are, yeah
[Ebmaj7] [Fmaj7]
Oh when you are who you are
Chords Used (14)
Guitar
Ukulele
Fmaj7
1 / 4
Ebmaj7
N/AF
1 / 5
Bb
1 / 4
Bbmaj7
N/AAm7
1 / 6
D7
1 / 4
Dm7
10fr
1 / 5
Gm7
1 / 5
C
1 / 4
Gm
1 / 4
Am
1 / 4
Eb
1 / 4
C7
1 / 4
Song Info
Real Key
C
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Tags
#Gil Scott-Heron
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