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It's A Beautiful Life chords by
Don Mclean
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
G
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Bm
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I wish my brain would
Bb
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operate instead of standing still.
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Abm
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It's all so complicated,
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The thread of my own thoughts seems
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to be disappearing into what seems
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To be a logical conclusion.
Bm
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Bbm
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Abm
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I guess I just ran out of ideas.
Verse 2
Eb
Eb
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C#
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C#
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I've heard a million song
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s about this and that,
Bm
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G

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And they gave me sat isfaction
C
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G

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But I see,
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It's a Beautiful life.
Verse 3
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G

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Now comes the second verse and I have
C
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to at least keep the measures
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Straight.
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It's been a long time now and i'm really
Cm
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insecure about it all.
Bbm
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Eb
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I guess I didn't like seeing all the things I saw,
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Cm
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C#m
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Who needs it?
D
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Am
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It's been a little painful and I hope I don't like the pain,

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Abm
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E
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Cause I'd hate to think of myself like that
Interlude 1
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Abm
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Bm
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Eb
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Eb
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'Cause I see,
Verse 4

Eb
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It's a Beautiful life.

I like the old things,
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But I just can't give up the idea
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Gm
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Of try ing something a little bit different,
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Even if it's stupid
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'Cause I see,
Verse 5

E
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It's a Beautiful life.
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Yes, I see,
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It's a Beautiful life.
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And I see,
Am
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It's a Beautiful life
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • E

  • Bm

    2

  • Am

  • F

  • Bb

  • A

  • Abm

    4

  • Bbm

  • Eb

    6

  • C#

    4

  • C

  • Cm

    3

  • C#m

    4

  • D

  • Em

  • Gm

    3

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of It's A Beautiful Life by Don McLean is G major.

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