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Verse 1
(A minor) I was (G major) (A minor) beautiful,
my Jackie told (G major) me so
But that was long (F major) ago and far away (E major)
But (A minor) I was beautiful,
he was my (G major) soldier boy
We had one (F major) taste of joy,
(E major) then they sent him away
(A minor) And I was (C major) terrified,
I sat up half (G major) my nights
The radio said (F major) the fights were terrible,
many were (E major) slain
And then that (C major) golden day,
I answered the (G major) telephone
My soldier boy (F major) was home,
(E major) home safe again
(A minor) And we went to the (G major) pictures,
and we went to (C major)
We had a life (E major) of our own,
and lived life tacky and (A minor) gay
Oh, the sum (G major) mers came and went,
and the children grew (C major)
I was still (E major) beautiful to him,
and love was still (A minor) new (G major) (A minor)
We were older now,
the children moved (G major) away
Then came the (F major) longed -for day
when Jackie re (E major) tired
At first (A minor) he seemed content,
he did some (G major) gardening
There was a garden (F major) swing
that (E major) he rewired (A minor)
But as the time (C major) went by,
he seemed to (G major) drift away
He found it hard (F major) to play attention,
his memory grew
(E major) dim the kids all (C major) rallied round
they loved their (G major) daddy so he
didn't seem (F major) to know
they (E major) were strangers to (A minor) him though
we'd been to the (G major) pictures
and we'd been to the (C major) sea
we'd had a life (E major) of our own
a little like Jackie and (A minor) me
Oh, the sum (G major) mers had come and gone
and the children grew (C major)
I was still (E major) beautiful
if your mad love was (A minor) still new (G major) (A minor)
I was terrified and I was (G major) all alone
The children had (F major) their homes,
I know that's life (E major)
And my sol (A minor) dier boy
who used to kiss (G major) my hands
Now fails to (F major) understand
that (E major) I'm even his (A minor) wife
He sits and (C major) stares at me
and there is noth (G major) ing there
He doesn't seem (F major) to care
what happens to him or to (E major) me
But I was (C major) beautiful, he was my sol (G major) dier
We had our taste (F major) of joy,
(E major) in my own memory
(A minor) But did we go to the (G major) pictures,
did we go to the (C major) sea?
Did (G major) we have (E major) a life of our own,
my Jackie and (A minor) me?
Oh, the (G major) summers came and went,
and the children grew (C major)
Was I ever (E major) beautiful to him?
Was love ever new? (A minor)
Was I ever beau (E major) tiful to him?
Was love ever new? (A minor) (G major) (F major)
(E major) (A minor) you
I Was Beautiful
Tom Paxton
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