Beautiful by Belle And Sebastian #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 18:17:30 +0100 From: Fred Felix Subject: b/belle_and_sebastian/beautiful.crd BEAUTIFUL By Belle & Sebastian >From the EP '3... 6... 9... Seconds of Light' Transcribed by M. R. Waggner Submitted by Thelonius Intro A C#m7 A C#m7 A G#m F#m E A C#m7 She lay in bed all night watching the colors change A C#m7 She lay in bed all night watching the morning change A G#m F#m E She lay in bed all night watching the morning change into green and gold A C#m7 The doctor told her years ago that she was ill A C#m7 The doctor told her years ago to take a pill A G#m F# The doctor told her years ago that she'd go blind if she wasn't careful C#m7 B They let Lisa go blind A G# The world was at her feet and she was looking down C#m7 B They let Lisa go blind A C#m7 But everyone she knew thought she was beautiful E Only slightly mental C#m7 Beautiful E Only tempermental Cm7 Beautiful A C#m7 She thought it would be fun to try photograghy A C#m7 She thought it would be fun to try pornography A G#m She thought it would be fun to try most anything F# She was tired of sleeping C#m7 B A G# They let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind C#m7 B They let Lisa go blind She's looking like a queen C#m7 A But if you knew what's going on in her life F#m B There'd be a thousand barren mothers there to talk to her C#m7 A If you knew what's going on in her life F#m B There'd be two hundred troubled teenagers to sit with her B And talk to her E D If you knew what's going on in her life A What's going on in her life C# There would be a documentary on Radio 4 (Trumpet solo spot...) G# E G# E G# E G# B E B C#m7 B C#m7 B C#m7 B E B C#m7 B C#m7 B C#m7 B C# A C#m7 She made herself a pair of orthopaedic shoes A C#m7 She thought is was the answer to the fashion blues A G#m She made herself a pair of orthopaedic shoes F# But she walked with a limp C#m7 B A G# They let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind, let Lisa go blind... C#m7 B A G# repeats to the end (for the little tidbit at the very end, just repeat the 1st chorus) Belle & Sebastian fans would be well advised to browse Paul Mitchell's appealing site 'Sinister' at www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~mitchell/sinister/ www.TAB6.com