Beyoncé: Ameriican Requiem Chords (Capo)

On Mar. 29, 2024, the song was released, produced by Beyoncé, Jon Batiste, No I.D., DIXSON, Khirye Tyler & Tyler Johnson. Use a Capo on the 3rd fret, to simplify the chords.

[Intro]
C      F     C
Nothin' really ends
                       D     
For things to stay the same, 
                     G5
they have to change again
C        F   C
Hello, my old friend

You change your name, 
                     D        F
But not the ways you play pretend
F       E    Am
American Requiem
     F  C     G          
Them big ideas (Yeah),  
 F     C    G
Are buried here (Yeah)
F E D   F C
Amen
 
C Fsus4
 

[Chorus]
C                             Csus4 Fsus4
It's a lot of talkin' goin' on
C               F
While I sing my song
C
Can you hear me?
C                         F
I said, "Do you hear me?"
 

[Pre-Chorus]
C                 Eb
Looka there, looka there now
F                        C
Looka there, looka there
Looka-looka, looka there, looka there
Looka-looka, looka there, looka there
Looka-looka, looka there, looka there (Oh)
Fsus4
Looka-looka, looka there, 

looka there (Yeah)
 

[Chorus]
C                            Fsus4
It's a lotta chatter in here
C                         Fsus4
But let me make myself clear (Oh)
C              Csus4
Can you hear me? (Huh)
C                 Csus4
Or do you fear me? (Ow)
 
[Verse 1]
       C         Eb
Can we stand for something?
F                     C         Csus4
Now is the time to face the wind (Ow)
          C
Coming in peace and love, y'all
Fsus4  C              Csus4
Oh, a lot of takin' up space
C                    Csus4
Salty tears beyond my gaze
C
Can you stand me?
(Can you stand me? 

Can you stand me? Can you stand me?)

Ooh, ah
Csus4
Can we stand?
(Can you stand me? Can you stand me? 
Can you stand me?
Can you stand me? Can you stand me? 
Can you stand me?)
Can you stand with me?
 
[Chorus]
        C       Eb
Can we stand for something?
F                          C
Now is the time to face the wind

Now ain't the time to pretend

Now is the time to let love in
 

[Bridge]
Thinkin' to myself (Thinkin' to myself)

Oh, it's a lot of talkin' goin' on (Oh)

While I sing my song (Yeah)

Do you hear me when I say?
F
Do you hear me when I say? Ah
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Cm          Eb
Looka there, looka there
F
Looka, look
Looka-looka-looka-looka-looka
            Cm          Eb
Looka-looka there, looka there
F                             Cm
L-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-looka there
      Eb          F
Oh, looka there, looka there

Looka there, looka there
C                 Eb                F
(Can you stand me? Can you stand me? 
Can you stand me?)
L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L
(Can you stand me? Can you stand me? 
Can you stand me?)
 
[Chorus]
C               Bb
Can we stand for something?
Eb         F               C       
Now is the time to face the wind  
          Bb                Eb
(Now is the time to face the wind)
              F         C    Bb
Now ain't the time to pretend
Eb         F                C  
Now is the time to let love in 
           Bb
(To let love in)
F
Together, can we stand?
 

[Verse 2]
C
Looka there, looka in my hand

The grandbaby of a moonshine man

Gadsden, Alabama
                 Fsus4
Got folk down in Galveston, 

rooted in Louisiana
C
Used to say I spoke too country
F                      C
And the rejection came, said 

I wasn't country 'nough
                       F
Said I wouldn't saddle up, but
   C
If that ain't country, 

Tell me what is?

Plant my bare feet on 

solid ground for years
                                   
They don't, don't know how hard 
         F/C
I had to fight for this
       C
When I sang my song
 
[Outro]
(When I sang the song of Abraham)

(When the angels guide and take my hand)
F
(Oh, no)
C
Goodbye to what has been
  F     C         D        G
A pretty house that we never settled in
C
A funeral for fair-weather friends
  F     C      D               F       G
I am the one to cleanse me of my Father's sins
F       E     Am
American Requiem
     F   C    G  A     F     C    G
Them big ideas (Yeah) are buried here (Yeah)
F C D    F  C
Amen

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