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Be Still My Beating Heart

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Intro:
|  Am   Am/G   Am|  Am/G   Am   Am/G|
|  Am   Am/G   Am|  Am/G   Am   Am/G|  Am...
Be Cstill my beating Gsus2heartAm  
It Am/Gwould be Cbetter to be Dcool
It's not Gtime to be open just Amyet
A Am/Glesson once Amlearned is so Am/Ghard to forAmget
Be Cstill my beating Gsus2heartAm  
Am/GI'll be Ctaken for a Dfool
It's not Ghealthy to run at this Am/Gpace
The Amblood runs so Am/Gred to my fAmace
I've been to Dsus2every single Ebook I know
To Fsoothe the thoughts that Dsus2plague me sooGsus2ooo...
I Amsink like a stone that's been Emthrown in the ocean
My Flogic has drowned in a Gsea of emotionDm  
DmStop before you Emstart
Be still my beating Amheart
Backing vocals:
Be Amstill my Am/Gbeating Amheart...
Be Amstill my Am/Gbeating Amheart...
Be Amstill my Am/Gbeating Amheart...
Be Amstill my Am/Gbeating Amheart...
ResCtore my broken Gsus2dreamsAm  
Am/GShattered Amlike a Am/Gfalling glCass
I'm not Am/Gready to be broken just Amyet
A Am/Glesson once Amlearned is so Ghard to forDgetAm  
Be Cstill my beating Gsus2heartAm  
Am/GYou must lCearn to stand your gDround
It's not Ghealthy to run at this Am/Gpace
The Cblood runs so Gred to my Amface
I've been to Dsus2every single Ebook I know
To Fsoothe the thoughts that Dsus2plague me sooGsus2ooo...
Interlude (piano):
|  Dm|  Em|  F|  G|  Dm...
DmStop before you sEmtart
Be still my beating Amheart
Backing vocals:
Be Amstill my Am/Gbeating Amheart...
Be Amstill my Am/Gbeating Amheart...
Be Amstill my Am/Gbeating Amheart...
Be Amstill my Am/Gbeating Amheart...
  CNever to be wrongAm  
  AmNever to make prFomises that break
  CIt's like singing in the windAm  
  AmOr writing on the surFface of a lake
AmAnd I wriggle like a fish caught on dry Am/Gland
AmAnd I struggle to avoid any Am/Ghelp at hand
I Amsink like a Dmstone that's been Emthrown in the ocean
My Flogic has drowned in a Gsea of emotionDm  
DmStop before you Emstart
Be still my beating Amheart
Outro (with backing vocals):
Be Amstill my Am/Gbeating Amheart... (repeat to fade)
Chords playing hints:
e |Gsus2--3--   e |--G3--
B |--3--   B |--3--
G |-----   G |-----
D |-----   D |-----
A |-----   A |--2--
E |--3--   E |--3--

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Be Still My Beating Heart

by Sting

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am/G

Gsus2

Dsus2

Intro:

Am Am/G Am Am/G Am Am/G

| | |

Am Am/G Am Am/G Am Am/G Am

| | | ...

C Gsus2 Am

Be still my beating heart

Am/G C D

It would be better to be cool

G Am

It's not time to be open just yet

Am/G Am Am/G Am

A lesson once learned is so hard to forget

C Gsus2 Am

Be still my beating heart

Am/G C D

I'll be taken for a fool

G Am/G

It's not healthy to run at this pace

Am Am/G Am

The blood runs so red to my face

Dsus2 E

I've been to every single book I know

F Dsus2 Gsus2

To soothe the thoughts that plague me sooooo...

Am Em

I sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean

F G Dm

My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion

Dm Em

Stop before you start

Be still my beating heart

Backing vocals:

Am Am/G Am

Be still my beating heart...

Am Am/G Am

Be still my beating heart...

Am Am/G Am

Be still my beating heart...

Am Am/G Am

Be still my beating heart...

C Gsus2 Am

Restore my broken dreams

Am/G Am Am/G C

Shattered like a falling glass

Am/G Am

I'm not ready to be broken just yet

Am/G Am G D Am

A lesson once learned is so hard to forget

C Gsus2 Am

Be still my beating heart

Am/G C D

You must learn to stand your ground

G Am/G

It's not healthy to run at this pace

C G Am

The blood runs so red to my face

Dsus2 E

I've been to every single book I know

F Dsus2 Gsus2

To soothe the thoughts that plague me sooooo...

Interlude (piano):

Dm Em F G Dm

| | | | | ...

Dm Em

Stop before you start

Be still my beating heart

Backing vocals:

Am Am/G Am

Be still my beating heart...

Am Am/G Am

Be still my beating heart...

Am Am/G Am

Be still my beating heart...

Am Am/G Am

Be still my beating heart...

C Am

Never to be wrong

Am F

Never to make promises that break

C Am

It's like singing in the wind

Am F

Or writing on the surface of a lake

Am Am/G

And I wriggle like a fish caught on dry land

Am Am/G

And I struggle to avoid any help at hand

Am Dm Em

I sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean

F G Dm

My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion

Dm Em

Stop before you start

Be still my beating heart

Outro (with backing vocals):

Am Am/G Am

Be still my beating heart... (repeat to fade)

Chords playing hints:

Gsus2 G

e |--3-- e |--3--

B |--3-- B |--3--

G |----- G |-----

D |----- D |-----

A |----- A |--2--

E |--3-- E |--3--

About Be Still My Beating Heart Chords by Sting

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What key is "Be Still My Beating Heart" in?

The chords for "Be Still My Beating Heart" show the original chord names (including Am, Am/G, C, Gsus2, D, G). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.