Beautiful
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Capo 1
Intro: C G Am F (2x)
C G
There are days when I wake up
Am F
I don't know what I'm doing here
C G Am F
I barely recognize the pair of eyes staring back at me in the mirror
C
But there was a day when I was free
G
Not a care that I could see
Am F
So good I could barely believe it was happening
F
Oh take me back again
C G
When I was sixteen with an open heart
Am F
Windows down in a beat up car
C G
When I was dumb and the world was young
Am F
And she was beautiful
C G
She was beautiful
Am F
She was beautiful
C G
How do we end up like this
Am F
Living lives that we don't care about
C G Am
Too busy fixing things on computer screens while the grass grows green me
F
I'm screaming out
C
There was a day that I was free
G
Not a care that I could see
Am F
So good I could barely believe it was happening
F
Oh take me back again
C G
Oh I was sixteen with an open heart
Am F
Windows down in a beat up car
C G
When I was dumb and the world was young
Am F
And she was beautiful
C G
She was beautiful
Am F
She was beautiful
C G
She was beautiful
Am F
She was beautiful yeah yeah yeah
Interlude: C G Am F
C
But there was a day when I was free
G
Not a care that I could see
Am F
So good I could barely believe it was happening
F
Oh take me back again
C G
When I was sixteen with an open heart
Am F
Windows down in a beat up car
C G
When I was dumb and the world was young
Am F
And the world was young
C G
She was beautiful
Am F
She was beautiful
C
It was you
G
It was you
Am F
And you were beautiful yeah
C G
When I was sixteen with an open heart
Am F
Windows down in a beat up car
C G
When I was dumb and the world was young
Am F
And she was beautiful
End on C
How to play Beautiful
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.