Jessica Simpson - Practice What You Preach
Key: B
From the album "Open Book" (2020)
capo on 4th fret
and set the "Transpose" button to -4.
[Intro]
| C#m7 E | B F# |
| C#m E | B F# |
[Verse 1]
C#m EYou taught me how to stand up
B F# On two feet
C#m EHead, heart and hands up
B F#Giving everything
You said, "When everyone
C#m E B F#follows, be the one to lead"
C#mYou said, "Hit the ground
Erunning down the road less traveled"
B F#(Hit the ground running down the road less traveled)
[Verse 2]
C#mYou taught me how to love
Esomebody
B F# Just like you
C#mYou taught me how to leave
Esomebody
B F#And it's hard to do
C#mYou said keep my shit together
E Bwhen the world unravels,
F#oh-oh-oh
C#mAnd put a brave face on in the
Eheat of the battle
B F# So that's what I did
[Chorus]
EWhen you said, "Navigate with
Byour heart
F#Even if it's gonna lead you
G#mdown to head rock bottom
E B Go and pick up your head
F# G#mEven if the higher ground is the place you've forgotten
E B May your actions speak louder than words
F# G#m Give them hell as hard as it hurts"
C#m'Cause that's what I learned
B/D# Efrom you, so take it from me
C#m E BPractice what you preach
F#
[Verse 3]
C#m EThe greatest pretenders
B F#How they forget to remember
C#m EWho they are fooling
B F#Oh, who they are in the first place
C#m EDon't shy away from the mirror
B F#Don't complicate it, it couldn't be clearer
C#m E Just burn that disguise
B F#'Cause I, I see you, I see me, I see us
C#m EI see all the years looking at you
B F#All the years that you never lost but you never found
C#m E I see fear looking dead at you
B F#So give 'em hell at Heaven's gate
[Chorus]
E B Navigate with your heart
F#Even if it's gonna lead you
G#mdown to head rock bottom
E B Go and pick up your head
F# G#mEven if the higher ground is the place you've forgotten
E B May your actions speak louder than words
F# G#m Give them hell as hard as it hurts
C#m'Cause that's what I learned
B/D# Efrom you, so take it from me
C#m E BPractice what you preach
F#
[Bridge]
C#m E I see a little kid crying in you
B F#I see a little kid dressed in their Sunday best
C#m EWell, I'm a little kid crying at you
B F#Don't you see me now? Don't you hear me now?
C#m EOh, wherever you lead, I will follow
B F# Yesterday, today and tomorrow
C#m E You're spinning all around out there
B F#All alone out there but your home's right here, yeah
[Chorus]
E B Navigate with your heart
F#Even if it's gonna lead you
G#mdown to head rock bottom (Whoa-oh-oh-oh)
E B Go and pick up your head
F# G#mEven if the higher ground is the place you've forgotten
(It's the place you've forgotten)
E B May your actions speak louder than words (Louder than words)
F# G#m Give them hell as hard as it hurts (As hard as it hurts)
C#m'Cause that's what I learned
B/D# Efrom you, so take it from me
C#m EPractice what you preach,
B F#oh-oh-oh-oh
[Outro]
C#m EPractice what you preach,
B F#oh-oh-oh-oh
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