Chords for Mike Love and the Full Circle - Be Thankful (HiSessions.com Acoustic Live!)

Tempo:
167 bpm
Chords used:

F#m

Bm

D

E

C#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Mike Love and the Full Circle - Be Thankful (HiSessions.com Acoustic Live!) chords
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[D#]
[F] [F#m]
[Bm]
[C#] [Fm]
[F#m] [Bm]
[C#]
[F#m] [Bm]
[F] [A#] [G#]
[F#m] [Bm]
[C#] [A#]
[D#] Be thankful for [D] whatever you got
Cause you got to be [Bm] sure to be [C#] sure that you're [Cm] not [F#m] ungrateful
Cause [E] this [D] life is a gift and the man you [G#] beseech
Should [E] be the [Dm] man that you need
[F#m] Cause so many contemplate the way that the [D] cup is half-empty
Or the cup is [Bm] half-full
[C#] It's just up to you both to [F#m] be thankful
Oh, [D] be thankful
[Bm] Tell [E] her, oh
I [F#m] love her, she's my brother
[D] Why you let me not frown?
[C#]
Has the [F#m] system been cheating you?
[D] Beating and pulling you [Bm] down?
[E] A [F#m] lot of youth lost sight [Bm] of everything that you stood for Oh
[C#] And then they [F#m] caught you in the [C#] glamour
[D] And they got you [Bm] wanting more
[E]
[F#m] Illusionist, [D] hypnotist, polytruistic
Got you [C#] on the puppet [Bm] screen
Angled and it [C#] makes me sick
Just to [F#m] see along the screen
We've been out there [Bm] as prisoners of our very own skin
But listen [E] everybody, [D] we're in business, my man
So you can get the truth, you [G#] can't know it
Remember when I [F] last showed you the [F#m] verse
So be thankful
[A] Whatever [D] you got
Cause you got to [E] be sure to be [A] sure that [C#] you're not [F#m] ungrateful
[C#] Cause this [D] life is a gift and [F#m] the man you [Bm] beseech
Should be [E] the man [B] that you [C#] need
Oh lord, I [F#m] hate now, sister
You got [D] no mistime
You think it's the end of the [C#] world
[F#m] And you're my charming and intelligent
[D] Graceful and [Bm] independent
Young and beautiful girl
With a [F#m] bit of suspicion, my dead [D] validation
Gets stuck up in [F#m] bad relations over and over again
And [C#m]
[F#m] you give love [Bm] to so many
And there's nothing left by yourself or your [G] friends
I don't know, [Bm] lord, oh
But don't you fear
Your [F#m] love is [C#m] near
To lift you up
And to [Bm] make things clear
To hold you close
And hold your [C#m] hand
To heal your heart
And help you [Bm] overstand
To show you are as you are
You've got to are much [A] more
Than this [C#m] world has made you [Bm] beg and mourn
A doctor of the most high [C#m] job
A mother, sister, lover, [Bm] oh yeah
[C#m]
[Bm]
[F#m] [Dm] [A]
[F#m] [A]
[G] [F#m]
This [G]
[F#m] life [B] is just a series of steps
Some forward, some backward
You never can feel somehow you're gonna lose
Your life moves [F#m] forward
Remember the blood [F] turning acid
When you were living for today
Cause the moment you're living, okay
Is the moment to enact your future, step [F#m] away
So be here now
To fight the river flow
No, [D] no, be here now
You don't wanna miss the big show, lord
Be here now
Baby, now I'm at a place to be
So [C#] be here now
[D] Cause what [A] will be, will be
So be
[E] here [F#m] now
[Bm] Don't spend all of your [D] days
With your [E] head in the clouds, no
Oh,
[A] be [E]
here [F#m] now
Cause [Bm] it's so hard to watch the sunset
[E] With a heart full of regret
[D]
Wondering if the best is yet to [E]
come, no
[A] So be [E]
here [F#m] now
[Bm] Cause who knows what tomorrow will [E] be, anyhow
Oh, [A] be
[E] here [F#m] now
[Bm] So watch out of these [D] moments, last
[E] Stuck behind the looking [D] glass
Wondering what the fates will [E]
allow
[A] Be [G#m]
[C] [F#m] thankful
[D] For what you got
Cause you got to be [E] sure
[Am] To be sure that [C#] you're not [F#m] ungrateful
[Em] Cause this life is [D] a curse
And the man you be seeing
[G#] Should [E] be demanding to be
[F#m] Cause so many can't complete it
[D] But if you could be self-help
Then God never be suffer
[C#m] It's just a bunch of bullshit [F#m] Be thankful
Pull a little [D] harder Be thankful
[E] Tell her how she can be
[F#m] [Bm]
[C#] [G#]
[F#m] [Bm]
[C#]
[F#m] [Bm]
[C#] [G#]
[F#m] [Bm]
[C#] [F#m]
[N]
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Bm
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D
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E
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C#
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F#m
123111112
Bm
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D
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To learn Mike Love - (Live 6/5/19) Be Thankful chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: D, C#, F#m, Bm and E. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 83 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 167. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of A Major.

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_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [A#] _ [G#] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [A#] _ _ _
[D#] _ Be thankful for [D] whatever you got
Cause you got to be [Bm] sure to be [C#] sure that you're [Cm] not [F#m] ungrateful
Cause [E] this [D] life is a gift and the man you [G#] beseech
Should [E] be the [Dm] man that you need
[F#m] Cause so many contemplate the way that the [D] cup is half-empty
Or the cup is [Bm] half-full
[C#] It's just up to you both to [F#m] be thankful
Oh, _ _ [D] be thankful
[Bm] Tell [E] her, oh
I [F#m] love her, she's my brother
[D] Why you let me not frown?
_ _ _ [C#] _
Has the [F#m] system been cheating you?
[D] Beating and pulling you [Bm] down?
_ _ [E] _ A [F#m] lot of youth lost sight [Bm] of everything that you stood for _ Oh
_ [C#] And then they [F#m] caught you in the [C#] glamour
[D] And they got you [Bm] wanting more
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ Illusionist, [D] hypnotist, polytruistic
Got you [C#] on the puppet [Bm] screen
Angled and it [C#] makes me sick
Just to [F#m] see along the screen
We've been out there [Bm] as prisoners of our very own skin
But listen [E] everybody, [D] we're in business, my man
So you can get the truth, you [G#] can't know it
Remember when I [F] last showed you the [F#m] verse
So be thankful
[A] _ Whatever [D] you got
Cause you got to [E] be sure to be [A] sure that [C#] you're not _ [F#m] ungrateful
[C#] Cause this [D] life is a gift and [F#m] the man you [Bm] beseech
Should be [E] the man [B] that you [C#] need
Oh lord, I [F#m] hate now, sister
You got [D] no mistime
You think it's the end of the _ [C#] world
[F#m] And you're my charming and intelligent
[D] Graceful and [Bm] independent
Young and beautiful _ girl
With a [F#m] bit of suspicion, my dead [D] validation
Gets stuck up in [F#m] bad relations over and over again
And [C#m] _
[F#m] you _ _ give love [Bm] to so many
And there's nothing left by yourself or your [G] friends
I don't know, [Bm] lord, oh
But don't you fear
Your [F#m] love is [C#m] near
To lift you up
And to [Bm] make things clear
To hold you close
And hold your [C#m] hand
To heal your heart
And help you [Bm] overstand
To show you are as you are
You've got to are much [A] more
Than this [C#m] world has made you [Bm] beg and mourn
A doctor of the most high [C#m] job
A mother, sister, lover, [Bm] oh yeah _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
This _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ life [B] is just a series of steps
Some forward, some backward
You never can feel somehow you're gonna lose
Your life moves [F#m] forward
Remember the blood [F] turning acid
When you were living for today
Cause the moment you're living, okay
Is the moment to enact your future, step [F#m] away
So be here now
To fight the river flow
No, [D] no, be here now
You don't wanna miss the big show, lord
Be here now
Baby, now I'm at a place to be
So [C#] be here now
[D] Cause what [A] will be, will _ be
So be _ _
[E] _ here _ _ [F#m] now _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Don't spend all of your [D] days
With your [E] head in the clouds, no
_ Oh, _
_ [A] be _ _ [E] _ _
here _ [F#m] now _ _ _
Cause _ _ [Bm] it's so hard to watch the sunset
[E] With a heart full of regret
[D] _
Wondering if the best is yet to [E]
come, no _ _ _ _
[A] So be _ _ [E] _ _
here [F#m] _ _ now _ _ _
_ [Bm] Cause who knows what _ tomorrow will [E] be, anyhow _
_ _ _ Oh, [A] be _
_ [E] _ _ here _ [F#m] now
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] So watch out of these [D] moments, last
[E] _ Stuck behind the looking [D] glass
_ Wondering what the fates will _ _ _ [E] _
allow _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ Be _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F#m] thankful _
[D] For what you got
Cause you got to be [E] sure
[Am] To be sure that [C#] you're not [F#m] ungrateful _
[Em] Cause this life is [D] a curse
And the man you be seeing
[G#] Should [E] be demanding to be
[F#m] Cause so many can't complete it
[D] But if you could be self-help
Then God never be suffer
[C#m] It's just a bunch of bullshit [F#m] Be thankful
Pull a little [D] harder _ Be thankful
[E] Tell her how she can be
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
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