Chords for Colin Hay - Beautiful World
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15 million records.
That's like, that's a shitload of records.
[Eb] I mean, when you're thinking of that, [Em] that's [N] a lot.
And then, fucking nothing.
And I thought, that's weird.
Yeah, you'd think you'd kind of drop down a bit.
But, you know, just fucking nothing.
I got dropped by the major labels, and so I was pretty much on my own, you know.
So, it's depressing and it's liberating at the same time.
I wrote this wee song, it's called Beautiful World.
And it's been sitting around for a while.
People have discovered it over the last 10 [B] years, mainly because it's been [E] on the [Eb] telly.
And that [Dm] young boy, Zach Braff, I see he's a young boy, as [Cm] young as far as I'm [Eb] concerned.
He was in that show Scrubs.
And he used to come and see me play in Hollywood.
[E]
And I remember, [Cm] before he got in that show, [Eb] I remember seeing him at a party.
And he said, I've got this gig in this television show and I'm going to be the star.
I said, good man, off you go.
[E] So I took the CDs in there and see if I could get them played.
I said, you do that.
[D] [Eb] You do that [N] very thing.
And he did.
He got two twos worked.
And so he brought this guy, Bill Laurence, down that created the show Scrubs.
And he liked my show.
And he said, you know, these songs are good.
[Eb] Why are they not on the radio?
I said, that's a fucking good question.
[F] I have no answer for that.
He said, I'm going to use a bunch of songs on my [G] television show and see if they make a difference.
And that's what he did.
True to his word.
So I'm indebted to them.
And he became obsessed [Ab] with the song Overkill.
[N] So he wrote an episode called My Overkill.
And he says, come in and be in the show.
I said, fine, I'll do that.
So I went in there.
And it's a lot of people's favorite episode of that show.
And while I was doing it, Zach Braff said to me, I'm writing a film called Garden State.
I want to use one of your songs.
He said, you fucking do that.
I said, I'm standing in your way.
Anyway, this song Beautiful World.
I worked with a sound guy [G] in Los Angeles.
His name's Aaron.
And he came to work one day and he was limping.
I said, [N] what happened to you?
And he said to me, well, you'll never [Cm] ever guess.
I said, I probably won't.
What happened to him was, I can never play [N] this song without thinking of poor Aaron.
Because he was in the ocean.
And he was just lolling back.
He was on holidays in Hawaii.
And he wasn't that far out.
But he was kind of beyond the first waves that broke.
And he was lying there.
And he was singing this song, my, my, my, it's a beautiful world.
Got bitten by a [Fm] fucking shark.
[Em] Bit him in the [Ab] ankle.
Spat him out.
[C] [A] And the shark just kind of [Eb] was beside him.
And he just started to swim to shore.
And as he was swimming, the shark was kind of swimming along with him.
And he said, the only thing he could think of [N] to do was to keep singing that song.
And he said, I swear to you, he said, I think the shark was thinking,
oh, it was thinking about biting you.
That's not a bad way to end a song.
[G]
[D] [G] Woo!
[D] [G]
My, my, [D] my, [G] it's a beautiful world.
I [D] like swimming in the [G] sea.
I like to [D] go out [G] beyond the white breakers.
Where [D] a man [G] can still be free.
Or a woman, if you are one.
I [D] like swimming in [G] the sea.
My, [D] my, my, it's [G] a beautiful world.
I [D] like drinking [G] Irish tea.
With a little bit of La Pazan Sichon.
[D] I like making my [G] own tea.
[D] My, my, my, [G] it's a beautiful world.
[D] I like driving [G] in my car.
I [D] roll the top down [G] sometimes.
I travel quite far.
I drive [D] to the ocean.
[G] Scare my bad-ass stars.
[D] I like driving in my [G] car.
[Em] All [G] around is anger.
Automatic guns.
[D] [Em] [G] There's death in lots of numbers.
No respect [D] for women.
[G] Or our little ones.
I tried talking to Jesus.
He just put me on hold.
So I get swamped by calls this weekend.
He could not [D] shake his cold.
[G] Still this [D] emptiness [G] persists.
Perhaps [D] this is as good [G] as it gets.
You've [D] given up the drink.
And [Em] those nasty [G] cigarettes.
Now leave [D] the party early.
[Em] At least with no [G] regrets.
But watch the sun.
As [D] it comes up and [Em] out.
And watch it as [G] it sets.
Yeah, this [D] is as good as [G] it gets.
My, [D] my, my, it's a beautiful world.
My, [G] my, my, it's a beautiful world.
I [D] like sleeping with [G] Marie.
Not so much anymore.
[Cm] [D] She's my sexy girl.
[Em] It's a little mystery.
[G] She says she doesn't love [D] me.
But she [G] likes my company.
So now [D] that's good enough [G] for me.
So my, my, my, it's a beautiful world.
[D] I like swimming in [G] the sea.
I like [D] to go out beyond [Em] the white breakers.
[G] [D] Where a man can still [G] be free.
Or a woman if you want.
[D] I like swimming in [G] the sea.
Yeah.
[D]
[G] Yeah.
[D] [G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[G]
[N]
That's like, that's a shitload of records.
[Eb] I mean, when you're thinking of that, [Em] that's [N] a lot.
And then, fucking nothing.
And I thought, that's weird.
Yeah, you'd think you'd kind of drop down a bit.
But, you know, just fucking nothing.
I got dropped by the major labels, and so I was pretty much on my own, you know.
So, it's depressing and it's liberating at the same time.
I wrote this wee song, it's called Beautiful World.
And it's been sitting around for a while.
People have discovered it over the last 10 [B] years, mainly because it's been [E] on the [Eb] telly.
And that [Dm] young boy, Zach Braff, I see he's a young boy, as [Cm] young as far as I'm [Eb] concerned.
He was in that show Scrubs.
And he used to come and see me play in Hollywood.
[E]
And I remember, [Cm] before he got in that show, [Eb] I remember seeing him at a party.
And he said, I've got this gig in this television show and I'm going to be the star.
I said, good man, off you go.
[E] So I took the CDs in there and see if I could get them played.
I said, you do that.
[D] [Eb] You do that [N] very thing.
And he did.
He got two twos worked.
And so he brought this guy, Bill Laurence, down that created the show Scrubs.
And he liked my show.
And he said, you know, these songs are good.
[Eb] Why are they not on the radio?
I said, that's a fucking good question.
[F] I have no answer for that.
He said, I'm going to use a bunch of songs on my [G] television show and see if they make a difference.
And that's what he did.
True to his word.
So I'm indebted to them.
And he became obsessed [Ab] with the song Overkill.
[N] So he wrote an episode called My Overkill.
And he says, come in and be in the show.
I said, fine, I'll do that.
So I went in there.
And it's a lot of people's favorite episode of that show.
And while I was doing it, Zach Braff said to me, I'm writing a film called Garden State.
I want to use one of your songs.
He said, you fucking do that.
I said, I'm standing in your way.
Anyway, this song Beautiful World.
I worked with a sound guy [G] in Los Angeles.
His name's Aaron.
And he came to work one day and he was limping.
I said, [N] what happened to you?
And he said to me, well, you'll never [Cm] ever guess.
I said, I probably won't.
What happened to him was, I can never play [N] this song without thinking of poor Aaron.
Because he was in the ocean.
And he was just lolling back.
He was on holidays in Hawaii.
And he wasn't that far out.
But he was kind of beyond the first waves that broke.
And he was lying there.
And he was singing this song, my, my, my, it's a beautiful world.
Got bitten by a [Fm] fucking shark.
[Em] Bit him in the [Ab] ankle.
Spat him out.
[C] [A] And the shark just kind of [Eb] was beside him.
And he just started to swim to shore.
And as he was swimming, the shark was kind of swimming along with him.
And he said, the only thing he could think of [N] to do was to keep singing that song.
And he said, I swear to you, he said, I think the shark was thinking,
oh, it was thinking about biting you.
That's not a bad way to end a song.
[G]
[D] [G] Woo!
[D] [G]
My, my, [D] my, [G] it's a beautiful world.
I [D] like swimming in the [G] sea.
I like to [D] go out [G] beyond the white breakers.
Where [D] a man [G] can still be free.
Or a woman, if you are one.
I [D] like swimming in [G] the sea.
My, [D] my, my, it's [G] a beautiful world.
I [D] like drinking [G] Irish tea.
With a little bit of La Pazan Sichon.
[D] I like making my [G] own tea.
[D] My, my, my, [G] it's a beautiful world.
[D] I like driving [G] in my car.
I [D] roll the top down [G] sometimes.
I travel quite far.
I drive [D] to the ocean.
[G] Scare my bad-ass stars.
[D] I like driving in my [G] car.
[Em] All [G] around is anger.
Automatic guns.
[D] [Em] [G] There's death in lots of numbers.
No respect [D] for women.
[G] Or our little ones.
I tried talking to Jesus.
He just put me on hold.
So I get swamped by calls this weekend.
He could not [D] shake his cold.
[G] Still this [D] emptiness [G] persists.
Perhaps [D] this is as good [G] as it gets.
You've [D] given up the drink.
And [Em] those nasty [G] cigarettes.
Now leave [D] the party early.
[Em] At least with no [G] regrets.
But watch the sun.
As [D] it comes up and [Em] out.
And watch it as [G] it sets.
Yeah, this [D] is as good as [G] it gets.
My, [D] my, my, it's a beautiful world.
My, [G] my, my, it's a beautiful world.
I [D] like sleeping with [G] Marie.
Not so much anymore.
[Cm] [D] She's my sexy girl.
[Em] It's a little mystery.
[G] She says she doesn't love [D] me.
But she [G] likes my company.
So now [D] that's good enough [G] for me.
So my, my, my, it's a beautiful world.
[D] I like swimming in [G] the sea.
I like [D] to go out beyond [Em] the white breakers.
[G] [D] Where a man can still [G] be free.
Or a woman if you want.
[D] I like swimming in [G] the sea.
Yeah.
[D]
[G] Yeah.
[D] [G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[G]
[N]
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Em
15 million records.
That's like, that's a shitload of records.
[Eb] I mean, when you're thinking of that, [Em] that's [N] a lot.
_ And then, fucking nothing.
_ And I thought, that's weird. _ _ _
Yeah, you'd think you'd kind of drop down a bit.
_ But, you know, just fucking nothing.
_ I got dropped by the major labels, and so I was pretty much on my own, you know.
_ So, it's depressing and it's liberating at the same time.
I wrote this wee song, it's called Beautiful World.
And it's been sitting around for a while.
People have discovered it over the last 10 [B] years, mainly because it's been [E] on the [Eb] telly.
And that [Dm] young boy, Zach Braff, I see he's a young boy, as [Cm] young as far as I'm [Eb] concerned.
He was in that show Scrubs.
And he used to come and see me play in Hollywood.
_ [E]
And I remember, [Cm] before he got in that show, [Eb] I remember seeing him at a party.
And he said, I've got this gig in this television show and I'm going to be the star.
I said, good man, off you go.
[E] So I took the CDs in there and see if I could get them played.
I said, you do that.
_ [D] [Eb] You do that [N] very thing.
And he did.
He got two twos worked.
And so he brought this guy, Bill Laurence, down that created the show Scrubs.
And he liked my show.
And he said, you know, these songs are good.
[Eb] Why are they not on the radio?
I said, that's a fucking good question.
[F] I have no answer for that.
He said, I'm going to use a bunch of songs on my [G] television show and see if they make a difference.
And that's what he did.
True to his word.
So I'm indebted to them.
And he became obsessed [Ab] with the song Overkill.
[N] So he wrote an episode called My Overkill.
And he says, come in and be in the show.
I said, fine, I'll do that.
So I went in there.
And it's a lot of people's favorite episode of that show.
And while I was doing it, Zach Braff said to me, I'm writing a film called Garden State.
I want to use one of your songs.
He said, you fucking do that. _ _ _
_ I said, I'm standing in your way. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Anyway, _ this song Beautiful World.
I worked with a sound guy [G] in Los Angeles.
His name's Aaron.
And he came to work one day and he was limping.
I said, [N] what happened to you?
And he said to me, well, you'll never [Cm] ever guess.
I said, I probably won't.
What happened to him was, I can never play [N] this song without thinking of poor Aaron.
Because he was in the ocean.
And he was just lolling back.
He was on holidays in Hawaii.
And he wasn't that far out.
But he was kind of beyond the first waves that broke.
And he was lying there.
And he was singing this song, my, my, my, it's a beautiful world.
Got bitten by a [Fm] fucking shark.
_ _ [Em] Bit him in the [Ab] ankle.
Spat him out.
[C] _ _ [A] And the shark just kind of [Eb] was beside him.
And he just started to swim to shore.
And as he was swimming, the shark was kind of swimming along with him.
And he said, the only thing he could think of [N] to do was to keep singing that song.
_ And he said, I swear to you, he said, I think the shark was thinking,
oh, it was thinking about biting you.
That's not a bad way to end a song. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ Woo! _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ My, my, [D] my, [G] it's a beautiful world.
_ _ I [D] like swimming in the [G] sea.
_ _ I like to [D] go out [G] beyond the white breakers.
_ Where [D] a man [G] can still be free.
Or a woman, if you are one.
I [D] like swimming in [G] the sea.
_ _ _ My, [D] my, my, it's [G] a beautiful world.
_ _ I [D] like drinking [G] Irish tea.
_ _ _ _ With a little bit of La Pazan Sichon.
_ _ _ [D] I like making my [G] own tea.
_ _ _ [D] My, my, my, [G] it's a beautiful world.
_ _ _ [D] I like driving [G] in my car.
_ _ I [D] roll the top down [G] sometimes.
I travel quite far.
_ I drive [D] to the ocean.
_ [G] Scare my bad-ass stars.
_ [D] I like driving in my [G] car.
_ _ [Em] All [G] around is anger.
_ Automatic guns.
[D] _ [Em] [G] There's death in lots of numbers.
No respect [D] for women.
[G] Or our little ones.
I tried talking to Jesus.
_ He just put me on hold.
So I get swamped by calls this weekend.
He could not [D] shake his _ _ cold.
_ _ _ [G] _ Still this [D] emptiness [G] persists.
_ _ Perhaps [D] this is as good [G] as it gets.
_ _ You've [D] given up the drink.
And [Em] those nasty [G] cigarettes.
_ Now leave [D] the party early.
[Em] At least with no [G] regrets.
But watch the sun.
As [D] it comes up and [Em] out.
And watch it as [G] it sets.
_ Yeah, this [D] is as good as [G] it gets.
_ _ _ My, [D] my, my, it's a beautiful world.
My, [G] my, my, it's a beautiful world.
_ _ I [D] like sleeping with [G] Marie.
Not so much anymore.
[Cm] _ [D] She's my sexy girl.
[Em] It's a little mystery.
_ [G] She says she doesn't love [D] me.
But she [G] likes my company.
_ _ So now [D] that's good enough [G] for me.
_ _ So my, my, my, it's a beautiful world.
_ _ _ [D] I like swimming in [G] the sea.
_ _ _ I like [D] to go out beyond [Em] the white breakers.
[G] _ _ [D] Where a man can still [G] be free.
Or a woman if you want.
_ [D] I like swimming in [G] the sea.
Yeah.
_ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ Yeah.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
That's like, that's a shitload of records.
[Eb] I mean, when you're thinking of that, [Em] that's [N] a lot.
_ And then, fucking nothing.
_ And I thought, that's weird. _ _ _
Yeah, you'd think you'd kind of drop down a bit.
_ But, you know, just fucking nothing.
_ I got dropped by the major labels, and so I was pretty much on my own, you know.
_ So, it's depressing and it's liberating at the same time.
I wrote this wee song, it's called Beautiful World.
And it's been sitting around for a while.
People have discovered it over the last 10 [B] years, mainly because it's been [E] on the [Eb] telly.
And that [Dm] young boy, Zach Braff, I see he's a young boy, as [Cm] young as far as I'm [Eb] concerned.
He was in that show Scrubs.
And he used to come and see me play in Hollywood.
_ [E]
And I remember, [Cm] before he got in that show, [Eb] I remember seeing him at a party.
And he said, I've got this gig in this television show and I'm going to be the star.
I said, good man, off you go.
[E] So I took the CDs in there and see if I could get them played.
I said, you do that.
_ [D] [Eb] You do that [N] very thing.
And he did.
He got two twos worked.
And so he brought this guy, Bill Laurence, down that created the show Scrubs.
And he liked my show.
And he said, you know, these songs are good.
[Eb] Why are they not on the radio?
I said, that's a fucking good question.
[F] I have no answer for that.
He said, I'm going to use a bunch of songs on my [G] television show and see if they make a difference.
And that's what he did.
True to his word.
So I'm indebted to them.
And he became obsessed [Ab] with the song Overkill.
[N] So he wrote an episode called My Overkill.
And he says, come in and be in the show.
I said, fine, I'll do that.
So I went in there.
And it's a lot of people's favorite episode of that show.
And while I was doing it, Zach Braff said to me, I'm writing a film called Garden State.
I want to use one of your songs.
He said, you fucking do that. _ _ _
_ I said, I'm standing in your way. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Anyway, _ this song Beautiful World.
I worked with a sound guy [G] in Los Angeles.
His name's Aaron.
And he came to work one day and he was limping.
I said, [N] what happened to you?
And he said to me, well, you'll never [Cm] ever guess.
I said, I probably won't.
What happened to him was, I can never play [N] this song without thinking of poor Aaron.
Because he was in the ocean.
And he was just lolling back.
He was on holidays in Hawaii.
And he wasn't that far out.
But he was kind of beyond the first waves that broke.
And he was lying there.
And he was singing this song, my, my, my, it's a beautiful world.
Got bitten by a [Fm] fucking shark.
_ _ [Em] Bit him in the [Ab] ankle.
Spat him out.
[C] _ _ [A] And the shark just kind of [Eb] was beside him.
And he just started to swim to shore.
And as he was swimming, the shark was kind of swimming along with him.
And he said, the only thing he could think of [N] to do was to keep singing that song.
_ And he said, I swear to you, he said, I think the shark was thinking,
oh, it was thinking about biting you.
That's not a bad way to end a song. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ Woo! _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ My, my, [D] my, [G] it's a beautiful world.
_ _ I [D] like swimming in the [G] sea.
_ _ I like to [D] go out [G] beyond the white breakers.
_ Where [D] a man [G] can still be free.
Or a woman, if you are one.
I [D] like swimming in [G] the sea.
_ _ _ My, [D] my, my, it's [G] a beautiful world.
_ _ I [D] like drinking [G] Irish tea.
_ _ _ _ With a little bit of La Pazan Sichon.
_ _ _ [D] I like making my [G] own tea.
_ _ _ [D] My, my, my, [G] it's a beautiful world.
_ _ _ [D] I like driving [G] in my car.
_ _ I [D] roll the top down [G] sometimes.
I travel quite far.
_ I drive [D] to the ocean.
_ [G] Scare my bad-ass stars.
_ [D] I like driving in my [G] car.
_ _ [Em] All [G] around is anger.
_ Automatic guns.
[D] _ [Em] [G] There's death in lots of numbers.
No respect [D] for women.
[G] Or our little ones.
I tried talking to Jesus.
_ He just put me on hold.
So I get swamped by calls this weekend.
He could not [D] shake his _ _ cold.
_ _ _ [G] _ Still this [D] emptiness [G] persists.
_ _ Perhaps [D] this is as good [G] as it gets.
_ _ You've [D] given up the drink.
And [Em] those nasty [G] cigarettes.
_ Now leave [D] the party early.
[Em] At least with no [G] regrets.
But watch the sun.
As [D] it comes up and [Em] out.
And watch it as [G] it sets.
_ Yeah, this [D] is as good as [G] it gets.
_ _ _ My, [D] my, my, it's a beautiful world.
My, [G] my, my, it's a beautiful world.
_ _ I [D] like sleeping with [G] Marie.
Not so much anymore.
[Cm] _ [D] She's my sexy girl.
[Em] It's a little mystery.
_ [G] She says she doesn't love [D] me.
But she [G] likes my company.
_ _ So now [D] that's good enough [G] for me.
_ _ So my, my, my, it's a beautiful world.
_ _ _ [D] I like swimming in [G] the sea.
_ _ _ I like [D] to go out beyond [Em] the white breakers.
[G] _ _ [D] Where a man can still [G] be free.
Or a woman if you want.
_ [D] I like swimming in [G] the sea.
Yeah.
_ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ Yeah.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _