Chords for The Lawrence Arms - Beautiful Things - 4/9/2018 - Paste Studios - New York, NY

_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ Typewriter, tell me [Em] what year it was
_ _ [G] _ Tapping to the rhythm of a [Em] century on the cusp
_ _ [C] _ We were riders smoking [E] on the sidewalks _ _
[C] We were lovers drinking [D] to another song on [A] the [Em] jukebox
Don't [C] kill [G] all the [D] beautiful things that [Em] were searching [C] for truth
[G] In the [D] dust of my days, [Em] yeah
I was [C] so lost [G] and I was [C] so young
_ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ Cinematic, I was [E] cynical [Em] on the city bus _ _
[G] _ Literary, I wrote lyrics [Em] like I thought I was
_ [C] We were sleeping, racing [E] for the future
_ We [C] were bicycle tires spinning [G] revolution
[D] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] Don't [G] kill all the _
[E] beautiful things [Em] I was searching [C] for truth
[G] It was the [A] dust of my days, yeah
[Em] I was [C] so lost [G] and I was [C] so young
_ [D] City _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [C] was sweating in [Em] the summer heat
[C] _ [Em] I wrote melodies [C] of regret [Bm] to a deaf and [C] empty street
[Em] Yeah, I was [C] so [G] lonely, it [D] started to rain
[Em] There [C] lightning and thunder, [A] been singing [D] my name
[Em] I thought those [C] songs would save me
I _ _ [Em] thought those songs could save me _
_ _ _ _ Don't [C] kill [G] all the [D] beautiful things [Em] I was searching for truth
[G] In the [D] dust of my [Em] days, I [C] was so [G] lost and I [C] was so young
_ _ [Em] We [D] was so lost [G] and we [C] was so _ young
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ Don't [Em] kill [G] all the [C] beautiful things
_ [G] _ _