Be Still Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays373

Be Still by Josh White is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, E, F# and G#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			Verso 1: 
B           E   B              E          B 
Language is buried beneath the mystery of You 
B                   E    B                F# 
Who transcends the heavens how can I get through? 
             E    B      E        B 
Words cannot reveal the implicit reply 
B 
Your presence removes words 
                   F#                       E 
When You’re by my side / When You’re by my side 

 
B         F#       G#m     E 
You still my soul losing control 
B     F#       G#m   E 
As I fall into You 

Verso 2: 
B            E   B          E       B 
Distance is removed by the radiant cross 
B                   E    B                F# 
The place where my sins died I’m no longer lost 
                  E   B       E            B 
The pain that you endured to bring in the tide 
B 
Your presence removes walls 
                   F#                       E 
When You’re by my side / When You’re by my side 

 
B          F#       G#m    E 
You still my soul losing control 
B     F#        G#m  E 
As I fall into You 
     B      F#        G#m         E 
I’m coming undone by what you’ve begun 
B     F#        G#m   E 
As I fall into You 

Ending 
             B    F# 
Be Still My Soul 
             G#m   E 
Be Still My Soul 
             B    F# 
Be Still My Soul 
             G#m   E 
Be Still My Soul 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante