Tonart: C minor
Verse 1
Dm
Hey, lady, can I say something
G
to you for a minute?
E
Please? No. Now before
Am
you take your coat off. That's it.
D
I got something to tell you.
See, what I have to say is so very
Dm
important to our relationship.
Why is it that every time we go out on the town,
D
G
we get around our friends?
E
Am
Man, you're always talking about what you got,
A
Asus4
huh,
D
G
Went out and bought for you,
D
Dm
How much money I make,
F
G
And what school our children go to,
E
Am
And all the fancy clothes and big pretty cars,
E
D
The big diamond rings,
Dm
and them fantastic mink coats.
G
Is you for real? No, I
E
don't think you are.
Am
Sit down. No, no, sit down.
Now don't say nothing.
You see...
D
Wait a minute, wait a minute,
that is your problem.
E
Dm
That is your problem. You're always saying
G
the wrong tthing at the right time.
E
You see... I don't- - I don't know how
Am
to explain this to you.
D
The best I can tell you is what my mother
E
Dm
told me as I was coming up.
She used to say, "Son,
F
G
chances go 'round."
E
She said, "The same people
that you meet going up,
Am
they make the same old faces
D
coming down."
Dm
Heh, tell the truth.
You see, people today,
G
they come out there to party.
They come out to party, man.
E
Am
They didn't come out to hear all that jive
mess you talking about.
D
G
D
Dm
You standing up in the corner with a bottle of champagne taking about Harry,
G
E
Joe, and Dick and Bobby and what they ain't got,
Am
And they live down in the lower development homes,
D
and you won't even help.
You won't even buy 'em a drink.
Dm
Is that any way to meet them?
G
If you're gonna boast,
E
Am
boast around somebody that has what you have.
Don't make your own brothers
D
and sisters feel bad.
Dm
You see... Listen.
G
E
I know you know what I'm talking about, because from time to time, I can remember you coming to me putting your head on my shoulder and crying,
Am
D
Dm
"Oh, papa, why? Why? Why don't nobody wanna be my friend?"
You told me a long time ago. You said,
G
"Papa, what am I doing?"
E
I didn't wanna tell you that.
Am
I thought you had sense enough to realize
D
what you're doing, but I see you don't.
Sit down and listen to me. No,
Dm
G
sit down!
E
You see, people are too sensitive today.
Am
They don't wanna hear all that jive
D
you talking back.
You see, they don't wanna hear about what you got,
'cause they're trying to get it, too.
Dm
G
Heh, tell the truth.
E
Am
I can't very much blame her.
D
As much as it hurts me, it hurts to see people going around behind our backs saying that "this woman this,
Dm
G
this woman that," or "she ain't this" or "she ain't that."
I wanna be proud of you,
E
Am
mama.
D
I wanna be proud of you.
Dm
Listen, as long as you live.
G
As long as you live whether
C
you're with me or not,
F
Be for real,
Verse 2
girl.
C
F
Just be for real, yeah. (Be for real.)
Be for real, girl.
C
Be, be, be for real,
Dm
C
F
yeah. (Be for re- e- e- eal.)
C
Be for real.
Verse 3
Dm
You shouldn't have to worry about
G
how you've been living good,
C
No, if you're smartly dressed. Hey,
Dm
baby. Hey, baby.
What you should be doing is getting
G
down on your knees every night,
C
And thanking the man above
for being blessed right now.
A
Dm
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
If you want your friends to think
G
you're starting with a smile,
F
Be for real, girl.
C
Just be, be for real. (Be for
G
F
real.)
C
Be, be for real.
Dm
F
Verse 4
Dm
I can't let you go on chasing
G
my friends away,
C
Because of the silly and stupid
things you say.
Dm
Yeah, baby. Yeah, baby. Hey, baby.
You better dig yourself there,
G
woman.
C
Putting people down is less best to you.
A
It just don't pay. Hey, yeah.
Dm
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
G
I want people today by starting with a smile,
F
Be for real, girl.
I know, I know I want you to
C
do is just be for real.
(Be for real.) Hey, lady. Yeah,
baby. Yeah, baby.
F
(Be for real, girl.) Be for real, honey.
C
Just be, be for real. (Be for
C
real.)
I don't want your money. I don't
need your money.
E
F
(Be for real, girl.) Just be for real. Just be for real,
mama.
Don't do it for me, do it for yourself.
C
(Be for real.) Be for real, honey.
Yeah, yeah. Tell 'em ' bout
it, honey.
F
(Be for real, girl.) Be for real,
mama. Hey, yeah.
F
Just be, be, be for real. (Be for real.)
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