Respect Yourself Cifras

Joe Cocker with a great live cover of the Staple Singers hit from 1974
Slight variation to the recorded version
4/4 time 110 bpm
 
[Intro]
Bm D E
Bm D A
Bm D E
Bm D A
 
[Verse 1]
Bm                     D          E         Bm D E
If you disrespect everybody that you run into
Bm                            D               E            Bm D E
How in the world do you think anybody 'sposed to respect you
Bm                                 D            E               Bm D E
If you don't give a heck about the man with the Bible in his hand
Bm                               D          E         Bm D E
Just get out the way and let the gentleman do his thing
Bm                                D            E               Bm D E
You're the kind of gentleman that wants everything their own way
Bm                            D            E         Bm D E
Take the sheet off your face boy, it's a brand new day
 
[Chorus 1]
Bm                D
Respect yourself, na na na na na na
Bm                D
Respect yourself, na na na na na na
       F#
If you don't respect yourself, ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na- na- na
Bm                D
Respect yourself, na na na na na na
Bm                D
Respect yourself, na na na na na na
Bm
Da da da da da da, dop dop dop dee dee dee
 
[Verse 2]
Bm                                          D          E
If you're walking around thinking that the world owes you
                           Bm D E
Something cause you're here
Bm                                             D            E            Bm D E
You're going out the world backwards like you did when you first came here
Bm                                   D       E              Bm D E
You keep talking about the president won't stop air pollution
Bm                                      D             E              Bm D E
Put your hand over your mouth when you cough that'll help the solution
Bm                             D      E                 Bm D E
You cuss around women and you don't even know their names
Bm                                                   D   E
Then you're dumb enough to think that it makes you a big ol' man
 
[Chorus 2]
Bm                D
Respect yourself, na na na na na na
Bm                D
Respect yourself, na na na na na na
       F#
If you don't respect yourself, ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na- na- na
Bm             D  Bm             D
Respect yourself, Respect yourself
 
[Verse 3]
Bm                   D           E    Bm                       D E
Cos if the world is treating you bad, you gotta respect yourself
Bm                   D     Bm                            D E
And if you feel low down, you still gotta respect yourself
Bm                   D     Bm                       D E
When you're down and blue, you gotta respect yourself
Bm                    D         Bm                       D E
All the way down in your heart, you gotta respect yourself
 
[Solo]
Bm D E    x12
 
[Outro]
Bm              D  Bm             D
Respect yourself,  respect yourself
Bm              D  Bm             D Bm
Respect yourself,  respect yourself
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