Beautiful Chords

BEAUTIFUL
By Belle & Sebastian
 
From the EP '3... 6... 9... Seconds of Light'
Transcribed by M. R. Waggner
Submitted by Thelonius
 
[Intro]
A  Emaj7  A  Emaj7  A  G#m  F#m  E
 
A                                    Emaj7
She lay in bed all night watching the colors change
 
A                                    Emaj7
She lay in bed all night watching the morning change
 
A                                    G#m
She lay in bed all night watching the morning change 
     F#m            E
into green and gold
 
A                                   Emaj7
The doctor told her years ago that she was ill
 
A                                   Emaj7
The doctor told her years ago to take a pill
 
A                                   G#m                 F#
The doctor told her years ago that she'd go blind if she wasn't careful
 
 
C#m7              B
They let Lisa go blind
 
A                                     G#
The world was at her feet and she was looking down
 
C#m7              B
They let Lisa go blind
 
A                                    Amaj7
And everyone she knew thought she was beautiful
 
      E
Only slightly mental
 
Amaj7
Beautiful
 
     E
Only tempermental
 
Amaj7
Beautiful
 
      E
Only slightly mental
 
Amaj7
Beautiful
 
A                                 Emaj7
She thought it would be fun to try photograghy
 
A                                 Emaj7
She thought it would be fun to try pornography
 
A                                      G#m
She thought it would be fun to try most anything
 
        F#
She was tired of sleeping
 
C#m7              B                 A                  G#
They let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind
 
C#m7              B
They let Lisa go blind
 
      A
She's looking like a queen
 
            E                          A
But if you knew what's going on in her life
 
             F#m                              B
There'd be a thousand barren mothers there to talk to her
 
         E                         A
If you knew what's going on in her life
 
              F#m                            B
There'd be two hundred troubled teenagers to sit with her
 
    B
And talk to her
 
       E                          D
If you knew what's going on in her life
 
                      A
What's going on in her life
 
                C#               F#
There would be a documentary on Radio 4
 
(Trumpet solo spot...)
 
A  E  A  E  A  E  A  B
 
E  B  C#m7  G#m  C#m7  G#m  A  E
 
E  B  C#m7  G#m  A  E  A E A B C#
 
 
    A                          Emaj7
She made herself a pair of orthopaedic shoes
 
    A                              Emaj7
She thought it was an answer to the fashion blues
 
    A                              Emaj7
She thought it was an answer to the fashion blues
 
         F#
But she walked with a limp
 
C#m7             B                  A                 G#
They let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind...
 
C#m7  B  A  G#
repeats to the end
 
(for the little tidbit at the very end, just repeat the 1st chorus)
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