Brave chords by
Sara Bareilles (Official Version)
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Key: Bb majorDifficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1
A A 
 
You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into
a weapon or a drug
F#m F#m 
 
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash
D D 
 
of somebody's lack of love
E E 
 
Or you can start speaking up
A A 
 
Nothing's gonna hurt you
the way that words do
When they settle 'neath your skin
F#m F#m 
 
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
D D 
 
Sometimes a shadow wins
E E 
 
But I wonder what would happen if you

Chorus 1
A A 
 
Say what you wanna say
F#m F#m 
 
A/C# A/C# 
 
D D 
 
And let the words  fall out
F#m F#m 
 
E E 
 
Honest  ly I wanna see you be brave
A A 
 
With what you want to say
F#m F#m 
 
A/C# A/C# 
 
D D 
 
And let the words  fall out
F#m F#m 
 
E E 
 
Honest  ly I wanna see you be brave
A A 
 
Dsus2 Dsus2 
 
I  just wanna see you, I
F#m F#m 
 
just wanna see you, I
E E 
 
just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
A A 
 
Dsus2 Dsus2 
 
I  just wanna see you, I
F#m F#m 
 
just wanna see you, I
E E 
 
just wanna see you
E E 
 
I wanna see you be brave

Verse 2
A A 
 
Everybody's been there,
everybody's been stared down
By the enemy
F#m F#m 
 
Fallen for the fear
and done some disappearing
Bow down to the mighty
D D 
 
But don't run,
E E 
 
stop holding your tongue
A A 
 
Maybe there's a way
out of the cage where you live
F#m F#m 
 
Maybe one of these days
D D 
 
you can let the light in
E E 
 
Show me how big your brave is

Chorus 2
A A 
 
Say what you wanna say
F#m F#m 
 
A/C# A/C# 
 
D D 
 
And let the words  fall out
F#m F#m 
 
E E 
 
Honest  ly I wanna see you be brave
A A 
 
With what you want to say
F#m F#m 
 
A/C# A/C# 
 
D D 
 
And let the words  fall out
F#m F#m 
 
E E 
 
Honest  ly I wanna see you be brave

Bridge 1
F#m F#m 
 
A A 
 
Innocence, your history of silence
A/C# A/C# 
 
D D 
 
Won't  do you any good
A/C# A/C# 
 
D D 
 
Did    you think it would?
F#m F#m 
 
A A 
 
Let your words be anything but empty
Esus4 Esus4 
 
E E 
 
Why don't you tell them the truth?

Chorus 3
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
A A 
 
With what you want to say
F#m F#m 
 
A/C# A/C# 
 
D D 
 
And let the words  fall out
Esus4 Esus4 
 
E E 
 
Honestly       I wanna see you be brave
A A 
 
Dsus2 Dsus2 
 
I  just wanna see you, I
F#m F#m 
 
just wanna see you, I
E E 
 
just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
A A 
 
Dsus2 Dsus2 
 
I  just wanna see you, I
F#m F#m 
 
just wanna see you, I
E E 
 
just wanna see you
See you be brave
A A 
 
Dsus2 Dsus2 
 
I  just wanna see you, I
F#m F#m 
 
just wanna see you, I
E E 
 
just wanna see you
A A 
 
Dsus2 Dsus2 
 
I  just wanna see you, I
F#m F#m 
 
just wanna see you, I
E E 
 
just wanna see you

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsA F#m D E A/C#...

Chords

A
F#m
D
E
A/C#
Dsus2
Esus4

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

A: x-0-2-2-2-0
F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
A/C#: x-4-2-2-5-x
Dsus2: x-x-0-2-3-0
Esus4: 0-2-2-2-0-0

Capo: 1

I don't have a capo

Transpose: 0

0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

Barre chords ask a lot of the fretting hand. The barre course walks through hand position, pressure, and the cleanest way to land each shape. Practice barre chords

Sus2 and sus4 swap the third in a chord for a second or fourth. The sus course covers the shapes and how to drop them into a progression. Practice sus chords

This is the original studio version of Brave by Sara Bareilles, capturing how the song was actually played on the recording. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart keeps the exact chord voicings and capo position in the original key of Bb major. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of Sara Bareilles's performance.

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