Beautiful Thing

CAPO: 7 Intro: C ~ ~ Surrogates and shadowy henchmen galore Am Party hacks and swift-boating talk-show whores F C Look at all the lies it takes, the job of making kings ~ ~ You can own the truth, you just gotta conceive it Am Put it on the television screens, they'll believe it Dm7 F It's a beautiful thing C It's a beautiful thing ~ ~ We wonder how our leaders could ever deceive us Am While the profiteers count their cash and praise Jesus F C The press sings another Chorus, “Let Freedom Ring” ~ ~ We send our boys away to come home in parts Am Believe the lies with all our hearts Dm7 F It's a beautiful thing C It's a beautiful thing Bridge: F C Dissension is a song only fools and traitors sing F G Just look at all the benefits that global economy brings C ~ ~ Today we sing the gilded age's song Am The 20th century's dead and gone Dm7 F It's a beautiful thing C It's a beautiful thing Instrumental: C Am F C Am Dm7 F C ~ ~ I live in a land of hope and betrayal Am I get up each morning and try to tell the tale F C And so, until my dying day, whatever fate may bring ~ ~ A dark age looms, there's evil at hand Am Somehow I still believe in the goodness of man Dm7 F It's a beautiful thing C It's a beautiful thing Dm7 F It's a beautiful thing C It's a beautiful thing