The Handsome Family – A Beautiful Thing (Guitar)

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From the album In the Air [INTRO] E [VERSE 1]
E                         A      E
Don't you remember that snowy December 

        C#m          F#m             B
when we went to see "Singing in the Rain"? 

    E                              A         E
I shouldn't have smuggled in that bottle of gin 

       C#m        A                    E
'cause after the film, I could barely walk 
[CHORUS]
      B
But, darling, don't you know 

           A                E
it's only human to want to kill 

    B         E
a beautiful thing
[VERSE 2]
E                        A        E
When I was seven summer lasted forever

   C#m           F#m                   B
I used to chase fireflies through the woods

E                           A           E
Tiny green lights circling warm August nights 

     C#m          G#     C#m           F#m  B
I'd catch them inside a washed-out old jar 

    E                            A         E
I dreamed of the stars with the jar by my bed, 

         C#m          A               E
but each morning my pretty bugs were dead 
[CHORUS]
     B
Oh, darling, don't you see

           A                E
it's only human to want to kill 

    B         E
a beautiful thing
[SOLO]
   E                      A       E      C#m           A     E
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------4----6------------------------------------------------|
D|---4-6--------4b------------7-7-6-----4-6-4------------------|
A|-7----------------7---7-4-7---------7-------7----------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------8---8/7---7/0-|
[VERSE 3]
     E                            A             E
We should have been dancing like lovers in the movie, 

       C#m             F#m          B
but I fell and cut my head in the snow 

   E                          A           E
I wanted to tell you all the ways that I loved you 

         C#m        A            E
but, instead I got sick on the train
[CHORUS]
      B
But, darling, don't you know 

           A                E
it's only human to want to kill 

    B         E
a beautiful thing

      B
But, darling, can't you see

           A                B
it's only human to want to kill 

              E
a beautiful thing
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