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Beautiful People

Big Country
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Intro
 
If  beauty is an ecstacy And  anger keeps you poor
A  hungry man is never free A  rich man never cured
Things  were never what they  used to be
For  all the folks who can  run the world, drive  cabs or cut  your hair
 The sun may set without your help but you're beautiful people to me
 You may fall before you're pushed but it's beautiful people I see
 If you only see the stars when it's dark that's enough for me
 An empty soul with a full opinion is beautiful people to me
 It’s all the same in different hats
 The proof of the missing link
 A nation talking to its self
 And none of us can think
 Things were never what they used to be
 A silent fool may still be wise
 But there’s no way you can tell
 The captain more scarred than his crew
 Is beautiful people to me
 And the finest government you could buy
 Its beautiful people I see
 If you could give five to one against
 It’s good enough for me
 Can’t use two steps to cross a canyon
 You’re beautiful people to me
 If you don’t see the same trees I see
 You’re beautiful people to me
 Make deserts bloom and oceans die
 Just beautiful people to me
 If you’re lost and dying of civilisation
 That’s enough for me
 If you believe your own blind eye
 You’re beautiful people to me
 And you may miss what you never had
 And have what you never want
 I'm not too sure if the above is totally right. Any comments or suggestions would
 be most welcome.

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Readable chord sheet for Beautiful People by Big Country

Intro   [G]       [G/f#]    [Em]      [D]       [C]       [D]       [Em]
        [G]       [G/f#]    [Em]      [D]       [C]       [D]       [G]

[C]If beauty is an [G]ecstacy         [C]And anger keeps you [G]poor
[Em]A hungry man is never f[Am]ree      [C]A rich man never c[D]ured
[C]Things were [Em]never [D]what [G]they used to [D]be

[Bm]For all the folks who c[Em]an run the world, [Am]drive cabs or [D]cut your hair

[G]       [G/f#]    [Em]      [D]         [C]      [D]       [Em]
The sun may set without your help but you're beautiful people to me

[G]       [G/f#]    [Em]      [D]         [C]      [D]       [G]
You may fall before you're pushed but it's beautiful people I see

[G]      [G/f#]     [Em]      [D]         [C]      [D]         [Em]
If you only see the stars when it's dark that's enough for me

[G]        [G/f#]      [Em]     [D]       [C]        [D]       [G]
An empty soul with a full opinion is beautiful people to me

It’s all the same in different hats
The proof of the missing link
A nation talking to its self
And none of us can think
Things were never what they used to be

A silent fool may still be wise
But there’s no way you can tell
The captain more scarred than his crew
Is beautiful people to me
And the finest government you could buy
Its beautiful people I see
If you could give five to one against
It’s good enough for me

Can’t use two steps to cross a canyon
You’re beautiful people to me

If you don’t see the same trees I see
You’re beautiful people to me
Make deserts bloom and oceans die
Just beautiful people to me
If you’re lost and dying of civilisation
That’s enough for me
If you believe your own blind eye
You’re beautiful people to me

And you may miss what you never had
And have what you never want

I'm not too sure if the above is totally right. Any comments or suggestions would
be most welcome.

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