Album: MAGICAL POWER | Song lyrics to: BE WHAT YOU ARE
"BE WHAT YOU ARE" (with chords)
Capo: 3rd fret
Verse 1
(G) The sunflower ain't no (E7) daisy,
And the (A) melon ain't no rose.
Why (D) are some people crazy
'Bout (G) bein' someone (D#) else they (D) know?
Just (G) stick to the place you're (E7) planted
And (A) do the best you know:
Be a (D) sunflower or a daisy,
A (G) melon (C) or a (G) rose.
Verse 2
(B7) Don't be what you aren't,
(E7) Just be what you are:
If you're (A) meant to be a candle,
Then don't (D) try to be a star.
(B7) If you are just a little tadpole,
Don't you (E7) try to be a frog;
(A) If you're only the tail,
Don't (D) try to wag the dog.
Verse 3
(G) 'Cause when a man is what he (E7) shouldn't,
Then he (A) is not what he should.
And as (D) sure as I am singin'
He'll (G) never be (D#) all that he (D) could.
So just (G) stick to the place you're (E7) planted
And (A) do the best you know:
Be a (D) sunflower or a daisy,
A (G) melon (C) or a (G) rose.
Verse 4
(B7) Pass around the offering plate
If you (E7) can't exhort & preach;
And (A) if you're a little pebble
Don't (D) try to be the beach.
Repeat Verse 3