The Incredible String Band - You Know What You Could Be
song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsnBr0c9LHs
INTRO
D
D Dsus4 D
GUITAR INTRO (plays through the verse and chorus chords once)
D
Em G
D
A
D
Em G
D
A D
D7
G
G D
Em D
A D
VERSE 1
D Em G
Read your book and lose yourself
D A
In another's thoughts
D Em G
He might tell you 'bout what is
D A D
Or even what is not
VERSE 2
D Em G
And if he's kind and gentle too
D A
And he loves the world a lot
D Em G
His twilight words may melt the slush
D A D
Of what you have been taught
D7
CHORUS
G
You know what you could be
D
Tell me, my friend
Em D
Why you worry all the time?
A D
What you should been?
INTERLUDE
D
Em G
D
A
D
Em G
D
A D
D7
G
G D
Em D
A D
VERSE 3
D Em G
Listen to the song of life
D A
Its rainbow's end won't hold you
D Em G
Its crimson shapes and purple sounds
D A D
Softly will enfold you
VERSE 4
D Em G
It gurgles through the timeless glade
D A
In quarter tones of lightning
D Em G
No policy is up for sale
D A D
In case the truth be frightening
D7
CHORUS
G
You know what you could be
D
Tell me, my friend
Em D
Why you worry all the time?
A D
What you should been?
OUTRO
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