Chords for Paul Young: Mike + The Mechanics - A Beggar On A Beach Of Gold - Live House Of Blues 1995

[N] _ _ [A] I was in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ the know when I was lucky, _ _ discontented, feeling bad
_ Filled with envy _ for possessions other people had
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_ [A] I found my pride had always hurt me, fought the world to gain control
Not realizing _ I was sitting on a beach of gold _ _
All the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ riches I cared for
_ I'm a beggar and I'm sitting on a beach of gold _ _
_ _ The problems I encountered _ made me strengthen my faith [D] to stand
[A] To know the pleasure, [D] _ _
first I [E] had to cure [D] the pain _ _ _
_ [A] When I was searching for [D]
solutions, [A] I found the answer lay [D] in me
_ [E] _ [A] I'm a drifter, _ [D] but I'm drifting [E] on a silver [D] sea
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[D] Oh Lord, [A] I'm a poor man _ _ _
_ All the riches I cared for
I'm a beggar and I'm sitting on a beach of gold
I _ _ _ [D] _ _ didn't have courage, my life [E] was as dark as night _
_ _ _ [G] _ When alone in the darkness, I saw [E] the fire in his eyes
Let the light [A] shine _ _ _
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_ _ Are you out [F#m] there now or [D]
empty?
[E] _ Feel you've [D] nothing left to give
[E] _ Sick of [A] trying, _ _ have you [C#m] lost the will [D] to live? _ _ _
_ _ [A] Don't be drowning in the shallows
_ With the beach so near at [D]
hand
[E] Hear [A] the voices
_ Stand up, get up and [D] join me on the gilded sand
[A] Come and join me on the beach
All _ _ _ the riches I cared for
Yes, I'm a _ beggar and I'm sitting on a beach of gold _ _
Oh Lord, I'm a poor man _ _ _
With all the riches I cared for
I'm a beggar and _ I'm sitting on a beach of gold _ _ _
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_ _ The father [Bm] told this [A] man
That my _ teacher's playing on the golden sand
_ _ With the _ family
All _ _ _ the riches I cared for
_ I'm a _ beggar and I'm sitting on a beach of gold _ _ _ _
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