Sting - Be Still My Beating Heart: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Be Still My Beating Heart" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Am
Be still my beating heart
It would be better to be cool
It's not time to be open just yet
A lesson once learned is so hard to forget
Be still my beating heart
Or I'll be taken for a fool

It's not healthy to run at this pace
The blood runs so red to my face
             Dm            E
I've been to every single book I know
F                           D/F#      G
To soothe the thoughts that plague me so

Chorus:
   Am                             Em
I sink like a stone that's been thrown
in the ocean
    F                      G            Dm
My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion
Dm               Em
Stop before you start
                     Am
Be still my beating heart
Am
Still my beating heart
Still my beating heart
Still my beating heart

Restore my broken dreams
Shattered like a falling glass
I'm not ready to be broken just yet
A lesson once learned is so hard to forget
Be still my beating heart
You must learn to stand your ground

It's not healthy to run at this pace
The blood runs so red to my face
I've been to every single book I know
To soothe the thoughts that plague me so

Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart
Never to be wrong
Never to make promises that break
It's like singing in the wind
Or writing on the surface of a lake
And I wriggle like a fish caught on dry land
And I struggle to avoid any help at hand

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

D

Guitar chord D

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Be Still My Beating Heart" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Be Still My Beating Heart" by Sting.