Chords for Malvina Reynolds: The World's Gone Beautiful

_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ The world's [F#m] gone beautiful _ [B] because it's about [F#] to die. _
_ [D] I never saw [F#m] such flower faces [D] or so intense a [F#m] sky. _
_ _ [D] I never heard such [C#] _
lines _ [Bm] from horns [F#m] and violins
[G] or saw such lavish girls, such [F#] dandy boys. _ _ _
And I know [Em] why. _ _ _
It's that the [D] world is asking _ _ _ not [F#] to die. _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ I never [F#m] saw such hands _ [B] _ flexing like [F#] silver leaves.
_ [D] _ I never knew [F#m] such a _ [D] _ moorling to [F#m] so good a breeze.
_ [D] _ Even the [C#] tears I cry, _ _ [Bm] they aren't salt [F#] but clear.
_ [G] Or seabirds riding the wind, _ [F#] calling their love _ _ their wild [Em] goodbye. _ _ _ _
The [D] world is asking _ _ not [F#] to die. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ I want to hold [F#m] this world _ _ [B] _ and never let [F#] it go. _
_ _ [D] I want the sun [F#m] to always [D] rise on the kids next [F#m] door.
_ _ [D] Where do I go [C#] or stay?
_ _ [Bm] That question still [F#m] _
abides.
_ [G] Hosed by rainbows in the [F#] river's spray.
_ What _ _ answer do [E] you give [Em] a world that asks [D] so bitterly _ _ to _ [F#] live? _ _ _ _
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