You Gotta Be There Chords

KeyF# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays510

You Gotta Be There by Knack is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, C#, E, B, A, F#m, D, Bm and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F#
Text
16
Speed
  			               You Gotta Be There             The Knack 
{pause: 17} 
      intro   single notes  F#  C#  E  B     4times 
verse 1 
      A                                     F#m 
you don't gotta tell me what i want to hear 
   D                           Bm                  C#m 
and you don't gotta tell me that you care 
      D                  C#m            Bm                 F#m 
you don't have to whisper loving words in my ear 
    D                    E                    A 
you just gotta be there just be there 

verse 2 
       A                                                F#m 
i know you want someone who'll be good for you 
      D                     Bm                C#m 
someone with a life for you to share 
     D                    C#m           Bm              F#m 
i could be that someone if you want me to 
      D                      E                   A 
but you gotta be there just be there 
       D                    E                 A 
yeah you gotta be there just be there 

BRIDGE 
       C#m                F#m 
take a moment to trust 
     C#m                D              E 
take a moment to just be loving 

verse 3 
     A                                         F#m 
you don't have to say that you're in love with me 
       D                    Bm                      C#m 
or run your pretty fingers through my hair 
       D                       C#m              Bm            F#m 
you don't have to be what you don't want to be 
     D                        E              A 
but you gotta be there just be there 

                  SOLO      C#m   F#m      C#m   D   E 
verse 3 
       A                                    F#m 
you don't gotta tell me what i want to hear 
        D                       Bm                   C#m 
and you don't gotta tell me that you care 
        D                   C#m               Bm                F#m 
you don't have to whisper loving words in my ear 
        D                   E                 F#m 
you just gotta be there just be there 
       D                     E                  F#m 
yeah you just gotta be there just be there 
        D                    E                    A 
you just gotta be there just be there 
    	

Chord diagrams

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