[Intro]
| Em | G/D | C | Am B7 |
[Verse 1]
Em G/D
When all the worst we fear lets fall its weight
C
When the gyre widens on and when the wave breaks
Am
When St. Peter loses cool and bars the gates
B7 Em
When Atlas acts the maggot, makes his arms shake
G/D
When the birds are heard again in their singin'
C
Once atrocity is hoarse from voicin' shame
Am
And when the earth is trembling on some new beginnin'
B7 C6
With the same sweet shock of when Adam first came
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
Be, be, be, be, be
Gmaj7
Be as you've always been
C
Be, be, be, be, be
Am
Be as you've always been
(Lover, be good to me)
[Chorus 1]
Em
Be as you've always been (Lover, be good to me)
G
Be like the love that discovered the sin (Lover, be good to me)
C Am
That freed the first man and will do so again
Em
And, lover, be good to me (Lover, be good to me)
Em
Be that hopeful feeling when Eden was lost (Lover, be good to me)
G
It's been deaf to our laughter since the master was crossed (Lover, be good to me)
C Am
Which side of the wall really suffers that cost?
Em
Oh, lover, be good to me
[Instrumental]
| Em | G/D |
[Verse 2]
Em
When the man who gives the order
G/D
Is born next time 'round on the boat sent back
C
When the bodies starvin' at the border
Am B7
Are on TV givin' people the sack
Em
Oh, when the sea rises to meet us
G/D
Oh, when there's nothin' left for you and I to do
C
Oh, when there's nobody upstairs to receive us
Am B7 C6
When I have no kind words left, love for you
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
Be, be, be, be, be
Gmaj7
Be as you've always been
C
Be, be, be, be, be
Am
Be as you've always been
(Lover, be good to me)
[Chorus 2]
Em
Ah, be love in its disrepute (Lover, be good to me)
G
Scorches the hillside and salts every root (Lover, be good to me)
C Am
And watches the slowin' and starvin' of troops
Em
And, lover, be good to me (Lover, be good to me)
Em
Be there and just as you stand (Lover, be good to me)
G
Or be like the rose that you hold in your hand (Lover, be good to me)
C Am
That will grow bold in a barren and desolate land
Em
Oh, lover, be good to me
[Outro]
Em
Love, won't you be
Love, won't you be
G
Be as you've always been?
C
Love, won't you be
Am
Love, won't you be
Em
Be as you've always been?
Em
Love, won't you be
Love, won't you be
G
Be as you've always been?
C
Love, won't you be
Am
Love, won't you be
Em Em
Be as you've always been?
