17 - Mahalia Chords
Chords: Em7, Bm, G, F#m, C#m
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Genre: soul, r&b, gospel
Em7 is played as a normal Em chord with 3rd fret b and 3rd fret high e string
both held down.
F#m is played either with your pinkie on the 5th fret b string or with an
open high e string.
If you want to get a similar sound to the studio version emphasise the d
string as the base note when
playing Em7 and the A string as the base note when playing Bm.
[Intro]
Em7 Bm x3
Em7
[Verse 1]
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
See, as people we try to please one another
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
In order to be equal, we lie so we don't have to suffer
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
But I'm tired of hiding for the benefit of my peers
Em7
What's so wrong with shining?
Bm Em7
Why've you got so much fear?
Bm
[Pre-Chorus]
G
I got my skin all out
F#m Em7
I don't care, I'm proud to be me
Yeah
G
I was scared to stand out
F#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down
[Chorus]
Em7
And I feel so free
Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Well I feel so free
Em7 Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Seventeen
[Verse 2]
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
See, as teenagers we think we have to blend in
Em7 Bm Em7 Bm
But if you want to be greater than this, there's no use in pretending
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