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You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

Youve Got to Hide Your Love Away was inspired by Bob Dylan and reflects the folk influences on the Beatles music. John Lennon wrote the lyrics as an expression of his feelings of alienation in relation to his fame. Lennon suggested that the lyrics were autobiographical, expressing his sense of isolation and the need to hide his true feelings.

Key: G

Introduction:

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   G             D       F             G 
Here I stand head in hand
   C                                   F9     C 
Turn my face to the wall
 G                 D           F             G 
If she' s gone I can' t go on
   C                             F     C     D 
Feeling two foot sma-a-all
 G           D       F             G 
Everywhere people stare
 C                             F  C 
Each and every day
 G           D               F               G 
I can see them laugh at me
 C                             F   C   D  D/C  D/B  D/A 
And I hear them sa-a-ay
   G                                 C                             D4  DDsus9 
Hey! You' ve got to hide your love away
   G                                 C                             D4  DDsus9 
Hey! You' ve got to hide your love away
   G           D  F       G 
How can I even try
 C                     F   C 
I can never win
 G                 D           F             G 
Hearing them   seeing them
   C                             F   C   D 
In the state I' m in-i-in
   G           D       F         G 
How can she say to me
 C                               F   C 
Love will find a way
 G                 D         F             G 
Gather ' round all you clowns
   C                           F   C   D  D/C  D/B  D/A 
Let me hear you sa-a-ay
 G                                 C                             D4  DDsus9 
Hey! You' ve got to hide your love away
 G                                 C                             D4  DDsus9 
Hey! You' ve got to hide your love away

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