Desiderata (Version Originale) Chords

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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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Go placidly amid the noise and _ haste, [G] and remember what peace [F] there may be [C] in silence.
_ _ _ _ As far as possible, without surrender, [F] _ be on good terms with all persons, _ _ _ [G] speak your
truth quietly [F] and clearly, _ [C] and listen to others.
[Am] _ _
Even the dull and ignorant, _ [Em] _ they too have their story.
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Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are [G] vexations to the spirit.
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If you compare yourself with [F] others, _ you may become vain and bitter, _ for always [G] there'll
be greater and lesser [F] persons than yourself.
[C] _ You _ [F] _ are a child of the universe, [C] _ _ _
no less than the [G] trees and the stars.
_ _ _ You [F] have a right to be here, [C] _ _ and whether [F] or not it is clear to you, _ [C] _ _ _
no doubt the [F] universe
is [Dm] unfolding _ [A#] as it should.
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_ [C] _ _ Enjoy your achievements as well [F] as your plans.
Keep interested in your [F] own career, however [G] humble it is a [F] real [C] possession in the changing
fortunes of time.
_ _ Exercise caution in your business [F] affairs, for the world is full of trickery.
[Am] But let this not [G] blind you to the virtue there is.
_ [C] Many [C] persons strive for high [Am] ideals, and everywhere life is full of [Em] heroism.
_ Be yourself, _ _ [F] especially do not [Dm] feign affection, neither be cynical about love.
_ For [G] in the face of all aridity [D#m] and _ disenchantment, [G#] it is perennial as [C#] the grass.
_ _ Take kindly the [F#] counsel of the years, _ gracefully surrendering the [D#m] things of youth.
_ _ [G#] Nurture strength of [F#] spirit to [C#] shield you in sudden misfortune. _
But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
_ [F#] Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
_ [D#m] Beyond a wholesome [G#] discipline, be [F#] gentle with yourself.
[C#] _ _ _
_ [F#] You are a child of the universe, [C#] _ _ _ _ no less than [G#] the trees and the stars. _ _
You [D#m] have a right to be here, [C#] _ and whether or [F#] not it is [D#m] clear to you, _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ no doubt _ [F#] the universe
[D#m] is upholding _ [B] _ as it should. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ Therefore, _ be at peace with [F#] God, whatever you conceive him to be.
[D#m] And whatever your labors and [G#] aspirations in the [F#] noisy [C#] confusion of life, keep peace with your soul. _
With all its sham, [F#] drudgery and broken dreams, it is still [D#m] a beautiful world.
_ [G#] _ Be careful, [F#] _ [Fm] strive to be [C#] happy.
You are a [F#] child _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [C#] of the universe, _ _ _ no less than [G#] the trees and the stars.
You have a right _ [C#] to be here.
You [F#] are a child _
_ [G#] _ _ of [C#] the universe, _ _ no less than [G#] the trees and the stars.
You have a [D#m] _
[C#] right to be here.
[F#] You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. _ _
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