Bein’ Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes)
REO Speedwagon
From the Album-REO II
1972
Written by Kevin Cronin
Tabbed by Ray Scheidler
Intro/Verse Pattern
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Emsus2 Em7sus4
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Emsus2 Em7sus4 Emsus2 Em7sus4
Please don’t worry now about the morning
Emsus2 Em7sus4 Emsus2 Em7sus4
When it’s time we’ll sip our wine and sleep
Asus2 Em7sus4 A C + Riff 1
But I’ve been known to love more than one person
Riff 1
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Oh and I’ve been shown
A C Emsus2
That bein’ kind can hurt someone sometimes
(Intro/Verse Pattern)
Emsus2 Em7sus4 Emsus2 Em7sus4
Listen to my words now look no further
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What you’ve seen is what I mean no more
Asus2 Em7sus4 A C + Riff 1
But I’ve been known to love more than one person
Asus2 Em7sus4 A
Oh and I’ve been shown that bein’ kind
C Em
Can hurt someone sometimes
D A Em G G D D A Em G G D D
Don’t dream of answers I’ve none to give
A Em
They burn like cancers
G G D A Emsus2 + Intro
And they just won’t let you live no no
Interlude:
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I’ve been known to love more
C + Riff 1 Asus2 Em7sus4
Than one person oh and I’ve been shown that
A C Em
Bein’ kind can hurt someone sometimes
D A Em
Don’t dream of answers
G G D A Em G
D D
Cause you know I’ve none to give
A Em
We move like dancers
A A A A A A
Stepping on each other to live
And bouncin’ hard
We’re both animals in the yard
D D D D D D
And there’s no healin’ broken feelin’
C D
There’s no denyin’ that bein kind
A A A A A
Can hurt someone sometimes
D
Oh there’s no denyin’ oh lord there’s no denyin’
C D Em Em EmEm Em
That bein’ kind can hurt someone sometimes
Repeat and fade