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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Be Afraid Chords

[verse 1]
Em D Cadd9
       We've been testing you
Em D Cadd9
          and you failed
Em D Cadd9
         To see how long that
                            Em D Cadd9
you could sit with the truth, but you bailed
            Em
And I don't think you even recognize
    Cadd9
the loss of control
            Em                    Cadd9
And I don't think you even see it in yourself
          Em
See every one of us
                   Cadd9
is counting dice that we didn't roll
          Em                        Cadd9
And the loser is the last to ask for help

[chorus]
G                           D
 Be afraid, be very afraid
D             Cadd9
But do it anyway
          G
Do it anyway

[verse 2]
Em D Cadd9
      The stage belongs to you,
Em G Cadd9
 you feel like a star
         Em   D   Cadd9
You can bark and snap like a dog
                    Em   D   Cadd9
at the man who just tuned your guitar
             Em
And I don't think you even recognize
     Cadd9
the kid in the wings
             Em                         Cadd9
And I dont think you even see her in yourself
             Em
She looks to you for what
                   Cadd9
to do with all her delicate dreams
               Em                      Cadd9
But you're too terrified to be of any help

[chorus]
G                       D
 Be afraid, be very afraid
D             Cadd9
But do it anyway
          G
Do it anyway
G                      D
 Be afraid, be very afraid
D             Cadd9
But do it anyway
          G
Do it anyway

[bridge]
         Em
We don't take requests,
          Cadd9           G
we won't shut up and sing
            Em
You tell the truth enough,
     Cadd9                 D
you find it rhymes with everything

[verse 3]
Em D Cadd9
            We've been testing you..
Em D Cadd9
         and you failed
             Em   D
To see how long that you could
           Cadd9
hold it in before you screamed,
  Em  D  Cadd9
but you only exhaled
            Em
And I don't think you even recognize
     Cadd9
the sound of your voice
            Em
When it's blasting through
                    Cadd9
the speakers in the sky
            Em
And if your words add up to nothing,
             Cadd9
then you're making a choice
          Em                           Cadd9
To sing a cover when we need a battle cry

[chorus]
G                           D
 Be afraid, be very afraid
D             Cadd9
But do it anyway
          G
Do it anyway
G                         D
 Be afraid, be very afraid
D             Cadd9
But do it anyway
          G
Do it anyway
G                        D
 Be afraid, be very afraid
D             Cadd9
But do it anyway
          G
Do it anyway
G                        D
 Be afraid, be very afraid
D             Cadd9
But do it anyway
          G
Do it anyway

[outro]
Em  D  Cadd9
Em  D  Cadd9
Em  D  Cadd9
Em  D  Cadd9

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