[Intro]
| Em | G/D | C | Am B7 |
[Verse 1]
Em
When all the worst we fear lets fall its
G/D
weight
C
When the gyre widens on and when the wave
breaks
Am
When St. Peter loses cool and bars the
gates
B7
When Atlas acts the maggot, makes his
Em
arms shake
When the birds are heard again in their
G/D
singin'
C
Once atrocity is hoarse from voicin' shame
And when the earth is trembling on some
Am
new beginnin'
B7 C6
With the same sweet shock of when Adam
first came
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
Be, be, be, be, be
Gmaj7
Be as you've always been
C
Be, be, be, be, be
Am
Be as you've always been
(Lover, be good to me)
[Chorus 1]
Em
Be as you've always been (Lover, be good
to me)
G
Be like the love that discovered the sin
(Lover, be good to me)
C Am
That freed the first man and will do so
again
Em
And, lover, be good to me (Lover, be good
to me)
Em
Be that hopeful feeling when Eden was lost
(Lover, be good to me)
G
It's been deaf to our laughter since the
master was crossed (Lover, be good to me)
C Am
Which side of the wall really suffers
that cost?
Em
Oh, lover, be good to me
[Instrumental]
| Em | G/D |
[Verse 2]
Em
When the man who gives the order
G/D
back
C
When the bodies starvin' at the border
Am B7
Are on TV givin' people the sack
Em
Oh, when the sea rises to meet us
G/D
I to do
C
Oh, when there's nobody upstairs to
receive us
Am
When I have no kind words left, love for
B7 C6
you
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
Be, be, be, be, be
Gmaj7
Be as you've always been
C
Be, be, be, be, be
Am
Be as you've always been
(Lover, be good to me)
[Chorus 2]
Em
Ah, be love in its disrepute (Lover, be
good to me)
G
Scorches the hillside and salts every
root (Lover, be good to me)
C Am
And watches the slowin' and starvin' of
troops
Em
And, lover, be good to me (Lover, be good
to me)
Em
Be there and just as you stand (Lover,
be good to me)
G
Or be like the rose that you hold in your
hand (Lover, be good to me)
C
That will grow bold in a barren and
Am
desolate land
Em
Oh, lover, be good to me
[Outro]
Em
Love, won't you be, Love, won't you be
G
Be as you've always been?
C
Love, won't you be
Am
Love, won't you be
Em
Be as you've always been?
Em
Love, won't you be, Love, won't you be
G
Be as you've always been?
C
Love, won't you be
Am
Love, won't you be
Em Em
