Do What You Want, Be What You Are Chords by Daryl Hall & John Oates

Tempo:
61.3 bpm
Chords used:

Cm

Ab

Eb

Fm

Db

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Do What You Want, Be What You Are chords
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[Eb]
[Ab] I'm going to do it.
[Db]
[Cm] I'm going to do it.
I'm going to do it.
[Eb] I'm going to do it.
[Ab] [Ebm] [Abm]
[Cm] [Fm] Do [Gm] what you want, girl.
[Cm] Be what you are.
[Fm] There [Gm] ain't no right or wrong [Bb] way.
Just a play from the heart.
[Fm] Ain't [Gm] no sign of weakness, [Bb] girl,
to give [Cm] yourself away.
[Fm] Because the strong [Gm] give up and move on.
[F] While the weak
The weak give up and stay.
[Cm] Do what you want to do.
[Eb] But be [Ab] what you are.
[Db] [Abm] [Cm] Do what you want to do.
[Eb] But be [Ab] what you are.
[Abm] [Cm]
Do [Fm] you believe [Gm] in hot cars, leather bars, [C] and movie stars?
Is [Cm] that what's real?
[Fm] Pay and dues, [Gm] in Earth's true Chicago [C] blues.
Is that how you feel?
[Fm] You can change, you [Gm] can change, you can change, you can [Cm] change.
But you can't conceal [Fm] what's [Gm] deep inside you.
You can't hide what's deep inside you.
[G] It's your game, it's your deal, it's your game, it's your [Cm] deal.
Do what you wanna do, [Eb] what you wanna do, what you wanna do, what you wanna do.
Be [Ab] what you are.
Be [Ebm] what you [Abm] are.
[Cm] Do what you wanna do, what you wanna do, what you [Eb] wanna do, what you wanna do.
Be [Ab] what you are.
Be [Abm] what you are.
[Cm] [F] [Ab]
[Fm] [Ab] [Fm]
[Db] Do [Cm] what you wanna do, what you wanna do, [Eb] what you wanna do, [Ab] what you wanna do.
[B] [Db] [Cm]
[Eb] Be what you are.
[Ab] Be
[Db] [Cm] what
[Eb] you are.
[Ab]
[Db] Be what you are.
Be what you [Cm] are.
[Bb] [Ab] Be what you are.
Be what you are.
[Db] Be what you are.
Be what [Cm] you are.
Be [Eb] what you are.
Be what you are.
Be what you are.
Be what you are.
Be what you are.
Be [Ab] what you are.
[Db] [Eb] [Cm]
Key:  
Cm
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Ab
134211114
Eb
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Fm
123111111
Db
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Cm
13421113
Ab
134211114
Eb
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To learn Daryl Hall & John Oates - Do What You Want, Be What You Are chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - Gm, Cm, Eb, Ab, Db, Cm and Fm in sequence. Set your pace at 30 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 61. Given the song's key of Eb Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ I'm going to do it.
[Db] _ _
[Cm] I'm going to _ do it.
I'm going to do it.
[Eb] _ I'm going to do it.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Abm] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ Do [Gm] what you want, girl.
[Cm] Be what you are.
[Fm] There [Gm] ain't no right or wrong [Bb] way.
Just a play from the heart.
[Fm] Ain't [Gm] no sign of weakness, [Bb] girl,
to give [Cm] yourself away.
_ [Fm] Because the strong [Gm] give up and move on.
[F] While the weak_
The weak give up and stay.
_ [Cm] _ Do what you want to do.
[Eb] _ _ But be [Ab] what you are. _
_ [Db] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Cm] _ Do what you want to do.
[Eb] _ _ But be [Ab] what you are.
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
Do [Fm] you believe [Gm] in hot cars, leather bars, [C] and movie stars?
Is [Cm] that what's real?
[Fm] Pay and dues, [Gm] in Earth's true Chicago [C] blues.
Is that how you feel?
[Fm] You can change, you [Gm] can change, you can change, you can [Cm] change.
But you can't conceal [Fm] what's [Gm] deep inside you.
You can't hide what's deep inside you.
[G] It's your game, it's your deal, it's your game, it's your [Cm] deal.
_ Do what you wanna do, [Eb] what you wanna do, what you wanna do, what you wanna do.
Be [Ab] what you are.
Be [Ebm] what you [Abm] are. _
_ [Cm] Do what you wanna do, what you wanna do, what you [Eb] wanna do, what you wanna do.
Be [Ab] what you are.
Be [Abm] what you are. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Db] Do _ _ _ [Cm] _ what you wanna do, what you wanna do, [Eb] _ what you wanna do, [Ab] _ what you wanna do.
[B] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Eb] Be what you are.
[Ab] Be _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Cm] what _
_ [Eb] _ you are.
[Ab] _ _ _
[Db] Be what you are.
Be what you [Cm] are. _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] Be what you are.
Be what you are.
_ [Db] Be what you are.
Be what [Cm] _ you are.
Be [Eb] what you are.
Be what you are.
Be what you are.
Be what you are.
Be what you are.
Be [Ab] what you are. _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _

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