Please Be Upstanding
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
Squeeze - Please Be Upstanding
(Difford/Tilbrook)
From the 2017 studio album, The Knowledge. Listen here: https://youtu.be/Q-adTK7LeSY
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[Intro]
D | D | D | D
[Chorus]
D
Please please please be upstanding
Bm7
Please please please be upstanding
Am
Please please please be upstanding
G Am
Now
[Verse 1]
F D Am
We've been together twenty years
F D Em
The passion's never disa-ppeared
Bm Em
Then things started to regress
Am
Undoing all my eagerness
F#7 Bm
I knew other men had felt like me
Am
Sinking down in misery
[Chorus]
D
Please please please be upstanding
Bm7
Please please please be upstanding
Am
Please please please be upstanding
G Am
Now
[Verse 2]
F D Am
My manhood took a silent blow
F D Em
I thought I had no place to go
Bm Em
We sat up talking all night long
Am
The tactile mood remaining strong
F#7 Bm
She took me gently by the hand
Am
To-gether we devised a plan
[Chorus]
N.C.
Please please please be upstanding
N.C.
Please please please be upstanding
N.C.
Please please please be upstanding
N.C. | Gm
Now
[Chorus]
D
Please please please be upstanding
Bm7
Please please please be upstanding
Am
Please please please be upstanding
D Bbdim | D
Now
[Bridge]
B7 E7
The doctor saw me and was not sur-prised
A F#m7
The tests came back and I was lost in-side
Fm7 Bbm7 D
In the image was a darkened shape
B7 E7
He gave me pills to take and tables turned
A F#m7
The side e-ffect was just a gentle burn
B7 C
I felt scared as I laid awake
[Interlude]
D | Bm7 | Am | G Gm | Am
[Verse 3]
Fm7 D Am
We understand each other's fears
Fm7 D7 Em
We'd always been there down the years
Bm Em
The prospect of a-nother night
Am
Waking up and holding tight
F# Bm
Trying to balance in mid air
Bsus4 Dsus2 D
With nothing but a dribble there
[Chorus]
D
Please please please be upstanding
Bm7
Please please please be upstanding
Am
Please please please be upstanding
G Gm
Now
[Chorus]
D
Please please please be upstanding
Bm7
Please please please be upstanding
Am
Please please please be upstanding
G
Now
[Outro]
D | Edim | D
How to play Please Be Upstanding
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.