Chords for Mike + The Mechanics - Beggar On A Beach Of Gold (Official Video)

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I didn't know [F#m] when I [D] was lucky, [E] _ _ [A] [F#m] miscontented, feeling [D] bad,
[E] _ [A] filled with [F#m] envy [D] for possessions [E] other people [D] had.
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[D] [E] I [A] found my [F#m] pride had [D] always hurt [E] me,
[A] for the [F#m] world to gain [D] [E] control.
Not _ _ [A] [F#m] realizing _ [D] I was [E] sitting on a beach [D] of gold.
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Oh Lord, I'm a poor man _ [D] _
with [A] all the riches I can hold.
_ I'm a beggar and I'm sitting on a beach [D] of gold.
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_ The [F#m] problems I [D] [E] encountered _ [A] gave me [F#m] strength, helped me [D] [E] sustain.
To [A] know the [F#m] pleasure, _ _ [D] first I [E] have to cure [D] the pain.
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[E] When [A] I was [F#m] searching for [D] [E] solutions, I [A] found the [F#m] answer lay in me.
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_ [A] I'm a [F#m] drifter, _ [D] but I'm [E] drifting on a silver [D] _ sea.
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Oh Lord, I'm a poor man _ _ with all the riches I [D] can hold.
_ [A] I'm a beggar and I'm sitting on a beach [D] of gold.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ didn't have courage, my life [E] was as dark as night. _ _
_ _ [G] _ When alone in the darkness, I saw [E] the brightest light.
Let the light shine.
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_ [A] _ [F#m] I'm out there now on [D] empty.
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_ [A] Feel you've [F#m] nothing left [D] to [E] give.
_ [A] Sick of [F#m] trying.
Have _ _ [D] [E] you lost the will [D] to live?
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_ [E] [A] Be [F#m] driving in [D] the [E] shallows, _ [A] with the [F#m] beach so near at [D] [E] hand.
Hear [A] the [F#m] voice say, [D] stand up, [E]
get up and [D] join me on the [A] gilded sand.
Come and join me on the beach.
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With all [A] the riches I [D] can [A] hold.
Cause I'm a beggar _ and I'm sitting on a beach of [D] gold.
_ [A] _ Oh Lord, I'm a poor man _ _ _ with all the riches I can hold. _
_ I'm a beggar _ and I'm sitting on a beach of [D] _ gold.
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My children, my salvation, _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] the [Bm] Father told this [F#m] man.
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[A] They're my teachers, _ _ [D] [A] hanging on the golden [D] sand.
_ _ [A] With my browning, _ _ _ _ _ I've all the riches I can hold.
I'm a [Bm] beggar and _ [F#m] [E] I'm sitting on a [A] beach of gold. _ _ _ _
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