Just Trying To Be Chords
by Jethro Tull
Just Trying To Be by Jethro Tull is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G5, G, A, C, B, D5, D7, Gm, A5 and C5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
D G5
D G5 G*
D G5 A
Verse
(celeste plays then guitar joins in) D G C
There was a time when you were so young and walked in their way
D G C
They made you feel they loved you all seeing they say
D G C
You're going wrong if their game you don't play
D G C
And that the song I sing will lead you astray
Bridge (play only B and G strings)
D5 D7 Gm D5 D7 Gm
Unfeeling, feel lonely rejection
D5 D7 Gm D5 D7 Gm
Unknowing, know your going wrong
Outro
A5 C5 G5 A5
And they can't see that we're just trying to be and not what we seem
D G C D A5
And even now believe, that it's not real and only a dream