We Were Beautiful Chords by Belle And Sebastian
Tempo:
71.65 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Bm]
[A] I was blind as I [Em] could be, hearing voices telling me to walk away from [G] everything.
The world wasn't meant to [Em] go far away from those I know, who sometimes are left [G] below.
[C] [Bm] We were in the overseas, [Em] where they grind the coffee beans, and the women are [G] oblique.
The boys are paper [Em] thin, ragged beers upon their chin, we're on the outside [G] looking in.
[C] [Bm]
[A] Rise
[Am] above the [Bm] present day, [Am] rise above the [Em] popular melee.
[Am] I see [Bm] you the way you are, [C] I see [Dm] you in the sky.
[F] We were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] this [G] went down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] we [G] escaped to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] we [G] got wise.
We [F] were [G] beautiful, [Am] with sky [C] and black [B] head, laying low.
[A]
I am hanging [Em] on the line, I'm on duty all the time.
I am your [G] Samaritan, I'm called.
I could try my best to heal [Em] all the emptiness you feel, in the giving I will be [G] aligned.
We were raptor on the roots, [Em] nothing on except our boots.
We were intimate around [G] the waist.
We were settling [Em] our scores, we were healing all the sores.
We were living [G] out the pleasure that we lost.
We were beautiful [C] before this [G] went down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] before we escaped [G] to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] for all the time and [G] space.
I will [F] tell [C] it to the sun, [G] and I will tell it too.
[F] If you listen [G] to the night, we can hear the madmen [Am] fight.
Hear [F] the foxes making out.
But the people are [G] immune, sleeping silent in [C] their rooms.
Growing [Bb] bodies with their sleep.
Making [Ab] plans inside their heads.
Making [F] laughter [G] shadows.
[Am] [C]
[G] We [F] were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] this [G] went down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] before we [G] escaped to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] for all the weak [G] and wise.
We [F] were [G] beautiful, [C] the sun and blanket, [G] breathing down.
We were beautiful [C] before this [G] went down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] before we escaped [G] to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] for all the time and [G] space.
I will [F] tell [C] it to the sun, and I will [G] tell it to you.
[G] [Am] [C] [G] [G] [Am]
[G] [G] [Am]
[A] I was blind as I [Em] could be, hearing voices telling me to walk away from [G] everything.
The world wasn't meant to [Em] go far away from those I know, who sometimes are left [G] below.
[C] [Bm] We were in the overseas, [Em] where they grind the coffee beans, and the women are [G] oblique.
The boys are paper [Em] thin, ragged beers upon their chin, we're on the outside [G] looking in.
[C] [Bm]
[A] Rise
[Am] above the [Bm] present day, [Am] rise above the [Em] popular melee.
[Am] I see [Bm] you the way you are, [C] I see [Dm] you in the sky.
[F] We were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] this [G] went down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] we [G] escaped to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] we [G] got wise.
We [F] were [G] beautiful, [Am] with sky [C] and black [B] head, laying low.
[A]
I am hanging [Em] on the line, I'm on duty all the time.
I am your [G] Samaritan, I'm called.
I could try my best to heal [Em] all the emptiness you feel, in the giving I will be [G] aligned.
We were raptor on the roots, [Em] nothing on except our boots.
We were intimate around [G] the waist.
We were settling [Em] our scores, we were healing all the sores.
We were living [G] out the pleasure that we lost.
We were beautiful [C] before this [G] went down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] before we escaped [G] to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] for all the time and [G] space.
I will [F] tell [C] it to the sun, [G] and I will tell it too.
[F] If you listen [G] to the night, we can hear the madmen [Am] fight.
Hear [F] the foxes making out.
But the people are [G] immune, sleeping silent in [C] their rooms.
Growing [Bb] bodies with their sleep.
Making [Ab] plans inside their heads.
Making [F] laughter [G] shadows.
[Am] [C]
[G] We [F] were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] this [G] went down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] before we [G] escaped to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] for all the weak [G] and wise.
We [F] were [G] beautiful, [C] the sun and blanket, [G] breathing down.
We were beautiful [C] before this [G] went down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] before we escaped [G] to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] for all the time and [G] space.
I will [F] tell [C] it to the sun, and I will [G] tell it to you.
[G] [Am] [C] [G] [G] [Am]
[G] [G] [Am]
Key:
G
C
F
Am
Em
G
C
F
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ I was blind as I [Em] could be, hearing voices telling me to walk away from [G] everything.
The world wasn't meant to [Em] go far away from those I know, who sometimes are left [G] below. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ We were in the overseas, [Em] where they grind the coffee beans, and the women are [G] oblique.
The boys are paper [Em] thin, ragged beers upon their chin, we're on the outside [G] looking in. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ Rise _ _ _
[Am] above the [Bm] present day, [Am] rise above the [Em] popular melee.
[Am] I see [Bm] you the way you are, _ [C] I see [Dm] you in the sky.
_ [F] We were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] this [G] went down.
_ We [F] were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] we [G] escaped to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] we [G] got wise.
We [F] were [G] beautiful, [Am] with sky [C] and black [B] head, laying low.
_ [A] _
_ I am hanging [Em] on the line, I'm on duty all the time.
I am your [G] Samaritan, I'm called.
I could try my best to heal [Em] all the emptiness you feel, in the giving I will be [G] aligned.
We were raptor on the roots, [Em] nothing on except our boots.
We were intimate around [G] the waist.
We were settling [Em] our scores, we were healing all the sores.
We were living [G] out the pleasure that we lost.
We were beautiful [C] before this [G] went down.
_ We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] before we escaped [G] to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] for all the time and [G] space.
_ I will [F] tell [C] it to the sun, [G] and I will tell it too.
_ _ [F] If you listen [G] to the night, we can hear the madmen [Am] fight.
Hear [F] the foxes making out.
But the people are [G] immune, sleeping silent in [C] their rooms.
Growing [Bb] bodies with their sleep.
Making [Ab] plans inside their heads.
Making [F] laughter [G] shadows.
[Am] _ [C] _
[G] _ _ We [F] were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] this [G] went down.
_ We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] before we [G] escaped to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] for all the weak [G] and wise.
_ We [F] were [G] beautiful, [C] the sun and blanket, [G] breathing down.
We were beautiful [C] before this [G] went down.
_ We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] before we escaped [G] to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] for all the time and [G] space.
_ I will [F] tell [C] it to the sun, and I will [G] tell it to you.
_ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ I was blind as I [Em] could be, hearing voices telling me to walk away from [G] everything.
The world wasn't meant to [Em] go far away from those I know, who sometimes are left [G] below. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ We were in the overseas, [Em] where they grind the coffee beans, and the women are [G] oblique.
The boys are paper [Em] thin, ragged beers upon their chin, we're on the outside [G] looking in. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ Rise _ _ _
[Am] above the [Bm] present day, [Am] rise above the [Em] popular melee.
[Am] I see [Bm] you the way you are, _ [C] I see [Dm] you in the sky.
_ [F] We were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] this [G] went down.
_ We [F] were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] we [G] escaped to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] we [G] got wise.
We [F] were [G] beautiful, [Am] with sky [C] and black [B] head, laying low.
_ [A] _
_ I am hanging [Em] on the line, I'm on duty all the time.
I am your [G] Samaritan, I'm called.
I could try my best to heal [Em] all the emptiness you feel, in the giving I will be [G] aligned.
We were raptor on the roots, [Em] nothing on except our boots.
We were intimate around [G] the waist.
We were settling [Em] our scores, we were healing all the sores.
We were living [G] out the pleasure that we lost.
We were beautiful [C] before this [G] went down.
_ We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] before we escaped [G] to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] for all the time and [G] space.
_ I will [F] tell [C] it to the sun, [G] and I will tell it too.
_ _ [F] If you listen [G] to the night, we can hear the madmen [Am] fight.
Hear [F] the foxes making out.
But the people are [G] immune, sleeping silent in [C] their rooms.
Growing [Bb] bodies with their sleep.
Making [Ab] plans inside their heads.
Making [F] laughter [G] shadows.
[Am] _ [C] _
[G] _ _ We [F] were [G] beautiful [Am] before [C] this [G] went down.
_ We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] before we [G] escaped to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] for all the weak [G] and wise.
_ We [F] were [G] beautiful, [C] the sun and blanket, [G] breathing down.
We were beautiful [C] before this [G] went down.
_ We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] before we escaped [G] to the upside down.
We [F] were [G] beautiful [C] for all the time and [G] space.
_ I will [F] tell [C] it to the sun, and I will [G] tell it to you.
_ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _