Chords for Back When We Were Beautiful - Emmy Lou Harris and Rodney Crowell
Tempo:
155.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Em
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [G] [D]
[Em]
[D] [G]
[D]
I guess you [G] had to be [D]
there, [Em] she said [Bm] you had to [G] [D] be
[Em]
[D] She handed [G] me a yellow [D] [Em] photograph [D] and then said [A] see
[D]
This [A]
[D] was my greatest [A] love, [F#m] my [D] one and [G] only love
And [C] this [G] is me,
[F#]
back when we [Bm] were beautiful, [A]
[D] see
[G]
I [D]
don't feel [G] very [D] different, she [Em] said, I [G] know it's [D] strange
[Em]
[D] I guess I've [G] gotten [D] used to these [Em] little aches and [A] pains
[D]
[A] But I [D] still love to [A] dance, [F#m] you [D] know we used [G] to dance
The night away,
[F#]
back when we [C#] were [Bm]
beautiful, [A]
beautiful, [D] yeah
[Em]
[D] I hate it [A] when they say I'm aging [D] gracefully
I fight it [A] every day, I guess they [D] never see
I don't [A] like [Bm] this at all, what's happening [F#] to me
[Bm] But
[F#]
[Bm]
[F#]
[D]
[G] [D]
I really [G] love my [D] grandkids, she [Em] said, they're sweet to [D] hold
[G]
[D] They would've loved [G] their [D] grandpa, [Em] those [D] awful jokes [Em] he [A] told
[D] [A]
You know sometimes for a laugh, [F#m] the two of us [G] would act
Like we were all, [Bm]
[G] [Bm] [F#m] back when we [Bm] were beautiful,
[D] [A] beautiful,
[E] [Bm] beautiful
[A] Beautiful, beautiful,
[D] beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
But [G]
[D] I guess you had [G] to be [F#m]
there
[G] [D] [N]
[Em]
[D] [G]
[D]
I guess you [G] had to be [D]
there, [Em] she said [Bm] you had to [G] [D] be
[Em]
[D] She handed [G] me a yellow [D] [Em] photograph [D] and then said [A] see
[D]
This [A]
[D] was my greatest [A] love, [F#m] my [D] one and [G] only love
And [C] this [G] is me,
[F#]
back when we [Bm] were beautiful, [A]
[D] see
[G]
I [D]
don't feel [G] very [D] different, she [Em] said, I [G] know it's [D] strange
[Em]
[D] I guess I've [G] gotten [D] used to these [Em] little aches and [A] pains
[D]
[A] But I [D] still love to [A] dance, [F#m] you [D] know we used [G] to dance
The night away,
[F#]
back when we [C#] were [Bm]
beautiful, [A]
beautiful, [D] yeah
[Em]
[D] I hate it [A] when they say I'm aging [D] gracefully
I fight it [A] every day, I guess they [D] never see
I don't [A] like [Bm] this at all, what's happening [F#] to me
[Bm] But
[F#]
[Bm]
[F#]
[D]
[G] [D]
I really [G] love my [D] grandkids, she [Em] said, they're sweet to [D] hold
[G]
[D] They would've loved [G] their [D] grandpa, [Em] those [D] awful jokes [Em] he [A] told
[D] [A]
You know sometimes for a laugh, [F#m] the two of us [G] would act
Like we were all, [Bm]
[G] [Bm] [F#m] back when we [Bm] were beautiful,
[D] [A] beautiful,
[E] [Bm] beautiful
[A] Beautiful, beautiful,
[D] beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
But [G]
[D] I guess you had [G] to be [F#m]
there
[G] [D] [N]
Key:
D
G
A
Em
Bm
D
G
A
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
I guess you [G] had to be [D] _
there, [Em] she said _ [Bm] you had to [G] [D] be
_ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ She _ handed [G] me a yellow [D] _ _ [Em] photograph _ _ [D] and then said [A] see
_ [D] _
This [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] was my greatest [A] _ love, [F#m] my [D] one and [G] only love
And [C] this [G] is _ me, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
back when we [Bm] were _ _ beautiful, _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] see
_ _ [G] _ _
_ I [D] _ _ _ _ _
don't feel [G] very _ _ [D] different, _ she [Em] said, _ I [G] know it's [D] strange
_ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ I guess I've [G] gotten _ [D] used to _ these [Em] _ little aches and _ [A] pains
_ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ But I [D] still love to [A] dance, _ [F#m] you [D] know we used [G] to dance
The night _ _ away, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
back when we [C#] were _ [Bm] _ _
beautiful, _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
beautiful, _ _ [D] yeah
_ [Em] _ _
_ [D] I _ _ _ _ _ hate it [A] when they say _ I'm aging _ [D] gracefully _
I fight it [A] every day, I guess they [D] never see
I don't [A] like [Bm] this at all, _ _ what's happening _ [F#] to _ me
_ _ _ [Bm] But _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ I really [G] love my _ _ [D] grandkids, _ she [Em] said, _ they're sweet to [D] hold
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ They would've loved [G] their _ [D] grandpa, _ _ _ [Em] those _ [D] awful jokes [Em] he [A] told
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ You know sometimes for a laugh, _ [F#m] the two of us [G] would act
_ Like we were all, _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [F#m] back when we [Bm] were beautiful, _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ beautiful, _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ beautiful _
_ [A] Beautiful, _ _ beautiful, _
_ [D] _ beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
But [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ I guess you had [G] to _ be [F#m]
there
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
I guess you [G] had to be [D] _
there, [Em] she said _ [Bm] you had to [G] [D] be
_ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ She _ handed [G] me a yellow [D] _ _ [Em] photograph _ _ [D] and then said [A] see
_ [D] _
This [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] was my greatest [A] _ love, [F#m] my [D] one and [G] only love
And [C] this [G] is _ me, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
back when we [Bm] were _ _ beautiful, _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] see
_ _ [G] _ _
_ I [D] _ _ _ _ _
don't feel [G] very _ _ [D] different, _ she [Em] said, _ I [G] know it's [D] strange
_ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ I guess I've [G] gotten _ [D] used to _ these [Em] _ little aches and _ [A] pains
_ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ But I [D] still love to [A] dance, _ [F#m] you [D] know we used [G] to dance
The night _ _ away, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
back when we [C#] were _ [Bm] _ _
beautiful, _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
beautiful, _ _ [D] yeah
_ [Em] _ _
_ [D] I _ _ _ _ _ hate it [A] when they say _ I'm aging _ [D] gracefully _
I fight it [A] every day, I guess they [D] never see
I don't [A] like [Bm] this at all, _ _ what's happening _ [F#] to _ me
_ _ _ [Bm] But _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ I really [G] love my _ _ [D] grandkids, _ she [Em] said, _ they're sweet to [D] hold
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ They would've loved [G] their _ [D] grandpa, _ _ _ [Em] those _ [D] awful jokes [Em] he [A] told
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ You know sometimes for a laugh, _ [F#m] the two of us [G] would act
_ Like we were all, _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [F#m] back when we [Bm] were beautiful, _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ beautiful, _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ beautiful _
_ [A] Beautiful, _ _ beautiful, _
_ [D] _ beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
But [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ I guess you had [G] to _ be [F#m]
there
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _