Be - Jonathan Livingston Seagull Chords

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Be - Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Neil Diamond is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F and C/G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
|C  |Am  |F  |C/G | 
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|C         |C                     |C                       |C         | 
 Lost, On a painted sky, Where the clouds are hung, For the poet's eye 
|Am                  |Am    |F                     |F  | 
    You may find him,          If you may find him 
|C          |C                    |C                          |C        | 
 There, On a distant shore, By the wings of dreams, Through an open door 
|Am                  |Am    |F            |F  |C/G   |C/G  | 
    You may know him,          If you may 
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|C       |C                                            |Am                    |Am 
 Be, As a page that aches for a word, Which speaks on a theme that is timeless 
        |Am          |F            |C/G   |C/G 
 And the one God will make for your day 
|C         |C                                |Am     |Am 
 Sing, As a song in search of a voice that is silent 
        |Am          |F            |C/G   |C/G | 
 And the Sun God will make for your way 
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|C  | Am  |F  |C/G 
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       |C          |C                    |C 
 And we dance, To a whispered voice, Over-heard by the soul 
      |C                 |Am                   |Am |F                   |F 
 Under-took by the heart,  And you may know it,       If you may know it 
          |C             |C                       |C 
 While the sand, Would be-come the stone, Which be-gat the spark 
          |C           |Am           |Am    |F            |C/G  |C/G | 
 Turned to living bone,    Holy, holy,       Sanctus, Sanc-tu 
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|C       |C                                            |Am                    |Am 
 Be, As a page that aches for a word, Which speaks on a theme that is timeless 
        |Am          |F            |C/G   |C/G | 
 And the one God will make for your day 
|C         |C                                |Am     |Am 
 Sing, As a song in search of a voice that is silent 
        |Am          |F            |C/G   |C/G | 
 And the one God will make for your way 
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|C  | Am  |F  |C/G 
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Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante