Beautiful World Chords by Colin Hay

[G] _ _ _ _ My, [D] my, my, it's a beautiful [G] world _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] I like swimming in the [G] sea
_ I _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] like [D] to go out beyond the [Em] wide _ [G] breakers _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] Where a [D] man can still [Em] be free
Or a woman if you are one
_ [C] _ _ [G] I [D] like swimming in the [G] sea _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ My, [D] my, my, it's a beautiful [G] _ world
I _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G]
[D] like drinking [G] Irish tea _ _
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Or with [D] a little bit of _ [Em] lapsang _ [G] souchong
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I [D] like making my [G] own tea _ _ _ _ _ _
My, [D] my, my, it's a beautiful [G] world _
_ I _ _ _ _ _ like [D] driving in my [G] car
_ Or _ _ _ [C] _ _
roll the [D] top down, _ [Em] sometimes we travel quite [G] far
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Drive to the [D] ocean, _ _ _ [Em] _
stare up at the [G] stars
_ _ I _ [D] like driving in [G] my car
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All around [C] is anger, _ _ [D] _ _
[G] automatic guns
_ There's death in [C] large numbers, no [D] respect for women [G] or our little ones
[Em] I tried talking [C] to Jesus, _ _ [D] but he just put me [G] on _ hold
[Em] Said he'd been [C] swamped by causes weak [G] and he could not shake [D] his _ _ _ _ cold _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ Still [D] this emptiness _ _ [G] persists _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ Perhaps this [D] is as good [G] as it gets
_ _ When _ _ _ [C] you've given up [D] the drink and [Em] those nasty _ [G] cigarettes _
_ _ [C] _ Now leave the [D] party early, _ _ [Em] _ at least with no regrets
_ [C] I watch the [D] sun as it comes up, [G] I watch it as it sets
_ _ [C] _ [G] Yeah, this [D] is as good as [G] it gets _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ My, [D] my, my, it's a beautiful [G] world
_ _ I _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] like sleeping with [G] Marie
_ _ She _
_ _ _ [C] _ has [D] one sexy girl, _ [Em] _ full of [G] mystery _
She [C] _ says she doesn't [D] love me, _ [Em] but she likes my company
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For [C] _ _ now [D] that's good enough [G] for me _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ My, [D] my, my, it's a beautiful [G] _ world
I _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] like swimming in [G] the sea _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] I [D] like to go out beyond the [Em] white breakers _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] Where [D] a man can still [Em] be free
Or [G] a woman if you are one
_ [C] _ _ I [D] like swimming in [G] the sea _ _ _ _
Oooo
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