Big Country – Beautiful People (Guitar)

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[Intro] G G/F# Em D C D Em G G/F# Em D C D G [Verse 1]
C               G       C                   G
If beauty is an ecstasy and anger keeps you poor

Em                    Am    C                D
A hungry man is never free, a rich man never cured

C                 Em        D       G   D
Things were never what they used to be
[Verse 2]
C                   G                  C                   G
Now every crowd has its silver lining, we all got stuff to sell

Em                         Am         C                      D
And you may live your life so bitter, but you remember it so well

C                 Em        D       G   D
Things were never what they used to be

Bm                    Em                 Am                D
For all the folks who can run the world, drive cabs or cut your hair
[Chorus]
G           G/F#    Em      D              C                D         Em
And the sun may set without your help, but you’re beautiful people to me

G        G/F#       Em     D           C              D        G
You may fall before you’re pushed, but it’s beautiful people I see

G      G/F#         Em              D     C      D          Em
If you only see the stars when it’s dark, that’s enough for me

G        G/F#        Em   D          C         D         G
An empty soul with a full opinion is beautiful people to me
[link] G Em D C D Em G Em D C D G [Verse 3]
C                 G                  C                        G
It’s all the same in different hats, the proof of the missing link

  Em                Am         C              D
A nation talking to itself and none of us can think

C                 Em        D       G    D
Things were never what they used to be

      Bm              Em             Am                     D
For a silent fool may still be wise, there’s no way you can tell
[Chorus]
    G   G/F#         Em              D    C            D         Em
And the captain more scared than his crew is beautiful people to me

G   G/F#              Em        D   C            D        G
The finest government you could buy is beautiful people I see

G      G/F#      Em     D       C         D          Em
If you live five to one against it’s good enough for me

G         G/F#         Em      D       C                D         G
Can’t use two steps to cross a canyon, you’re beautiful people to me
[Chorus]
G      G/F#          Em           D    C                D         Em
If you don’t see the same trees I see, you’re beautiful people to me

G      G/F#            Em     D         C         D         G
Make deserts bloom and oceans die, just beautiful people to me

G         G/F#           Em     D         C      D          Em
If you’re lost and dying of civilization, that’s enough for me

G      G/F#         Em        D           C         D        G
If you believe your own blind eye, you’re beautiful people to me
[Chorus]
Bm                    Em                Am                  D
And you may miss what you never had and have what you don’t need

G           G/F#    Em      D              C                D         Em
And the sun may set without your help, but you’re beautiful people to me

G        G/F#       Em     D           C              D        G
You may fall before you’re pushed, but it’s beautiful people I see

G      G/F#         Em              D     C      D          Em
If you only see the stars when it’s dark, that’s enough for me

G        G/F#        Em   D          C         D         G
An empty soul with a full opinion is beautiful people to me
[Chorus 2]
    G   G/F#         Em              D    C            D         Em
And the captain more scared than his crew is beautiful people to me

G   G/F#              Em        D   C            D        G
The finest government you could buy is beautiful people I see

G      G/F#      Em     D       C         D          Em
If you live five to one against it’s good enough for me

G         G/F#         Em      D       C                D         G
Can’t use two steps to cross a canyon, you’re beautiful people to me
[Outro]
G      G/F#          Em           D    C                D         Em
If you don’t see the same trees I see, you’re beautiful people to me

G      G/F#            Em     D         C         D         G
Make deserts bloom and oceans die, just beautiful people to me

G         G/F#           Em     D         C      D          Em
If you’re lost and dying of civilization, that’s enough for me

G      G/F#         Em        D           C         D        G
If you believe your own blind eye, you’re beautiful people to me