temporary beauty chords by Graham Parker

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Verse 1
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F 
C 
G 
Am 
F 
C 
G 
Ebm 
 (A minor) You  (F major)  (C major)  (G major) have to do  (A minor) your  (F major) best to  (C major)  (G major) come up to  (E flat minor) par,
from straight off the
Production line like a car,
Till everything you put on is a put- on,
and you don't know who's face
You're gazing upon
Could be anyone you're sending out there tonight,
is it any wonder all of
Am 
The lights are too bright?  (A minor) 
F 
C 
And you need  (F major) temporary  (C major) beauty,
G 
Am 
and pray to God that it  (G major) doesn't  (A minor) rain
F 
You need  (F major) temporary beauty,
C 
G 
Ebm 
 (C major) even  (G major) though it  (E flat minor) might be love in vain
The world is full of little people like you,
they have to read a book to
Learn what to do
Am 
They hang around in second  (A minor) - hand[?] clothes,
F 
C 
G 
and  (F major)  (C major) every kind of  (G major) pressure
Ebm 
Steps on their  (E flat minor) toes
Em 
C 
Am 
Love doesn't  (E minor) fall out of  (C major)  (A minor) a   magazine,
F 
C 
G 
Am 
you  (F major) mustn't always believe  (C major) what  (G major) you've  (A minor) seen
F 
And you need  (F major) temporary beauty,
C 
G 
Ebm 
 (C major) and pray  (G major) to God  (E flat minor) that it doesn't rain
You need temporary beauty,
even though it might be love in vain
Ah- ah temporary beauty, ah- ah temporary beauty,
ah- ah temporary beauty
You might be the sweetest little
Am 
F 
C 
 (A minor) girl in your  (F major)  (C major) heart,
G 
But still the  (G major) world [?] knows that
Am 
F 
C 
 (A minor) and tears you  (F major)  (C major) apart
G 
You think of the parties  (G major) you'll never attend,
Ebm 
 (E flat minor) you dream of someone who's
More than a friend
Love doesn't jump out of a magazine,
you mustn't always believe what you've seen
And you need temporary beauty,
and pray to God that it doesn't rain
You need temporary beauty,
even though it might be love, even though it
Might be love,
Even though it might be love in vain