Respect Yourself Chords by The Staple Singers
Tempo:
111.9 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
B
D
E
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Bm] [E]
[Bm] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] If you disrespect everybody [B] that you're running to
On the world, [Bm] do you think everybody's supposed to respect you?
If you don't give a heck about the man with the Bible [E] in [B] his [Bm] hand
[E] [Bm] just get out of the way and let the [B] gentleman do his [Bm] thing
[E] [Bm] You'll just turn a gentleman to thwart everything, [E] no [Bm] way
[E] [Bm] your seat off your face, boy, [E]
[Bm] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] If you disrespect everybody [B] that you're running to
On the world, [Bm] do you think everybody's supposed to respect you?
If you don't give a heck about the man with the Bible [E] in [B] his [Bm] hand
[E] [Bm] just get out of the way and let the [B] gentleman do his [Bm] thing
[E] [Bm] You'll just turn a gentleman to thwart everything, [E] no [Bm] way
[E] [Bm] your seat off your face, boy, [E]
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Bm
B
D
E
F#
Bm
B
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Bm] If you disrespect everybody [B] that you're running to
[Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
On the world, [Bm] do you think everybody's supposed to respect you? _ _ _ _ _
If you don't give a heck about the man with the Bible [E] in [B] his [Bm] hand
_ _ You'll _ [E] [Bm] just get out of the way and let the [B] gentleman do his [Bm] thing _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [Bm] You'll just turn a gentleman to thwart everything, [E] no [Bm] way
_ _ Take _ [E] [Bm] your seat off your face, boy, [E]
it's a [B] brand new day
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Respect yourself _ _ _ _ Respect _ yourself _ _ _ _ Respect yourself
_ _ Respect _ yourself
_ _ _ [D] If [B] _ [F#] you don't respect yourself, ain't nobody gonna give a good_ _ _ _ [B] Respect yourself
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ Respect yourself _ _ _ _ Respect yourself
_ [D] _ Respect [Bm] _ _ yourself _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] Everybody _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ If you're walking around thinking that the [B] world owes you something, don't you [Bm] hear? _ _
_ You [E] [Bm] going out [Bm] the world backwards like you [B] did when you first come [Bm] here _ _
Keep _ _ talking about the president won't stop evolution _ _ _
_ _ _ Put your head over your mouth when you're caught, that'll help the solution _
Oh, _ _ like you're cursing around with women who don't even know their name _
No, _ then you come enough to think that I made you a big _ old_
Yeah, _ [B] respect yourself _ _
[D] [Bm] Yeah, _ [B] respect yourself
[Bm] _
Yeah, _ respect yourself _ _
Respect _ _ _ yourself _
_ _ [B] _ [F#] If you don't respect yourself, ain't nobody gonna give a good_
Respect _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ yourself _ _ _ Respect _ yourself
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [B] Respect yourself _ [D] Respect _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ yourself [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] Respect yourself _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[D] Respect [Bm] yourself
_ Respect yourself
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ Respect _ _
[D] yourself
[Bm] _ _ Respect _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] yourself
and yourself.
[D] You are, [Bm] you are yourself. _
Yeah, _ _ _ yourself. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Bm] If you disrespect everybody [B] that you're running to
[Bm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
On the world, [Bm] do you think everybody's supposed to respect you? _ _ _ _ _
If you don't give a heck about the man with the Bible [E] in [B] his [Bm] hand
_ _ You'll _ [E] [Bm] just get out of the way and let the [B] gentleman do his [Bm] thing _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [Bm] You'll just turn a gentleman to thwart everything, [E] no [Bm] way
_ _ Take _ [E] [Bm] your seat off your face, boy, [E]
it's a [B] brand new day
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Respect yourself _ _ _ _ Respect _ yourself _ _ _ _ Respect yourself
_ _ Respect _ yourself
_ _ _ [D] If [B] _ [F#] you don't respect yourself, ain't nobody gonna give a good_ _ _ _ [B] Respect yourself
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ Respect yourself _ _ _ _ Respect yourself
_ [D] _ Respect [Bm] _ _ yourself _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] Everybody _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ If you're walking around thinking that the [B] world owes you something, don't you [Bm] hear? _ _
_ You [E] [Bm] going out [Bm] the world backwards like you [B] did when you first come [Bm] here _ _
Keep _ _ talking about the president won't stop evolution _ _ _
_ _ _ Put your head over your mouth when you're caught, that'll help the solution _
Oh, _ _ like you're cursing around with women who don't even know their name _
No, _ then you come enough to think that I made you a big _ old_
Yeah, _ [B] respect yourself _ _
[D] [Bm] Yeah, _ [B] respect yourself
[Bm] _
Yeah, _ respect yourself _ _
Respect _ _ _ yourself _
_ _ [B] _ [F#] If you don't respect yourself, ain't nobody gonna give a good_
Respect _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ yourself _ _ _ Respect _ yourself
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [B] Respect yourself _ [D] Respect _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ yourself [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] Respect yourself _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[D] Respect [Bm] yourself
_ Respect yourself
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ Respect _ _
[D] yourself
[Bm] _ _ Respect _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] yourself
and yourself.
[D] You are, [Bm] you are yourself. _
Yeah, _ _ _ yourself. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
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