Respect Yourself Chords by The Staple Singers

Tempo:
110.6 bpm
Chords used:

Bm

B

D

E

F#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Show Tuner
The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself chords
Start Jamming...
[Bm]
[E] [Bm] [E] [D]
[E] [Bm] Give me [Bm] disrespect to [B] everybody that you're running to
[Bm]
What in the world do you think everybody's supposed to respect you?
If you don't give a heck about the man with the [B] Bible in his [Bm] hand [B] You'll
Get out [Bm] of the way and let the [B] gentleman do his thing
[Bm]
You [E] [Bm] turn a gentleman to God [E] everything's [Bm] alright
[B] Take the sheet [Bm] off the face boy, [E] it's a [Bm] brand new day [Bm] Respect yourself Respect yourself
Respect yourself [D] Respect [Bm] yourself
[D] [B] If [F#] you don't respect yourself ain't nobody gonna give a good Respect [B] yourself [D] [Bm] Respect yourself Respect yourself Respect [B] yourself
[E] [G] [B] [Bm]
[A]
[E]
[C#]
[F#]
[Bm]
[E] [Bm] [E] [Bm]
If you're walking around thinking that the [B] world owes you something cause you're here
[Bm]
[E] You're [Bm] going [E] out the [Bm] world backwards like you did when you first come here
Keep talking about the president won't stop abolition
Put [E] [Bm] your hand over your mouth when you're caught that'll help the solution
Like you're cussing around women who don't even know the family law
Then you come enough to speak that'll make you a big old man
Respect [B] yourself
[D] [Bm] Respect yourself Respect yourself
Respect yourself
[B] If [F#] you don't respect yourself ain't nobody gonna give a good Respect [B] [Bm] yourself
Respect yourself Respect yourself [D] [Bm] [B] Respect yourself [D] Respect [Bm] yourself
[B] Respect yourself
[D] [B] Respect yourself
[D] Respect [Bm] [B] [D] [Bm] yourself
[D]
Respect [Bm] yourself Respect yourself
[D] Respect [Bm] yourself
[D] Respect yourself Respect [Bm] yourself
[D]
[B]
Key:  
Bm
13421112
B
12341112
D
1321
E
2311
F#
134211112
Bm
13421112
B
12341112
D
1321
Show All Diagrams
Chords
NotesBeta

To learn The Staple Singers - (Album Version) Respect Yourself chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - E, Bm, B, D, B, Bm and Bm. A good strategy is to initiate at 55 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 111 BPM. Given the song's key of F# Minor, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

Download PDF
Download Midi
Edit This Version
Hide Lyrics Hint
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ [Bm] Give me [Bm] disrespect to [B] everybody that you're running to
[Bm] _
What _ _ in the world do you think everybody's supposed to respect you? _ _
_ _ _ _ If you don't give a heck about the man with the [B] Bible in his [Bm] hand _ [B] You'll
_ Get out [Bm] of the way and let the [B] gentleman do his thing
[Bm] _
_ You _ [E] _ [Bm] _ turn a gentleman to God [E] everything's [Bm] alright _ _
_ _ _ [B] Take the sheet [Bm] off the face boy, [E] it's a [Bm] brand new day _ _ [Bm] Respect _ yourself _ _ _ _ Respect yourself _ _
_ _ Respect yourself _ _ [D] _ _ Respect [Bm] _ yourself _
_ [D] _ [B] If [F#] you don't respect _ yourself ain't nobody gonna give a good Respect _ _ [B] _ yourself [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ Respect _ yourself _ _ _ Respect yourself _ _ _ _ Respect _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] yourself _ _
[E] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ If you're walking around thinking that the [B] world owes you something cause you're here
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [E] You're [Bm] going [E] out the [Bm] world backwards like you did when you first come _ _ here
_ _ Keep talking about the president won't stop abolition _ _
Put _ _ [E] [Bm] your hand over your mouth when you're caught that'll help the solution _
_ _ Like _ you're cussing around women who don't even know the family _ _ law
_ _ Then you come enough to speak that'll make you a big old man _
_ _ _ Respect [B] yourself _ _
[D] _ [Bm] Respect _ _ yourself _ _ Respect _ _ yourself _
Respect _ _ _ _ yourself
_ _ _ [B] If [F#] you don't respect yourself ain't nobody gonna give a good _ Respect [B] _ _ [Bm] yourself
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Respect _ _ _ yourself Respect yourself _ _ [D] _ [Bm] _ [B] Respect yourself _ [D] Respect [Bm] yourself
[B] Respect yourself _
[D] _ _ _ _ [B] Respect yourself _
[D] Respect [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ yourself
[D] _
Respect _ _ [Bm] _ _ yourself _ _ _ _ Respect yourself
[D] Respect _ [Bm] _ _ _ yourself
[D] Respect yourself Respect [Bm] _ _ _ _ yourself _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

It's Luther Ingram and Sir Mack Rice who authored this song.

You may also like to play