The Handsome Family – Beautiful William (Guitar)

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From the album Last Days of Wonder [INTRO]
   C       Am7/G
e|---------------|
B|-----1---------|
G|-----0---------|[Fill 1]
D|---2---------2-|
A|-3---------0---|
E|---------3-----|
[VERSE 1]
C          Am          F          G
Beautiful William one morning in May

      C             Am              F      
in a milk-white convertible drove slowly away
Fill 1 x2
C          Am           F             G
Beautiful William with curling black hair

      C            Am            F            
gold rings on his fingers as he held to the wheel
Fill 1 x2 [CHORUS]
        Am                   Em
Was he given a package by a man on the train?

             Dm                   Am         G
We found his car by the roadside later that day

   G
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|[Fill 2]
D|-0-2-3---2---0-2-0---|
A|-------------------3-|
E|---------------------|
[VERSE 2]
C             Am      F         G
Mirrored sunglasses, roses and wine

C            Am                 F           
laid on the empty seat, as he slowly drove by
Fill 1 x2
    C               Am          F                G
He left his lights burning. He left his perfect lawn

     C           Am        F             
His automatic sprinklers about to switch on
Fill 1 x2 [CHORUS]
        Am                         Em
Did he find a black glove on the cliffs by the bay?

Dm                      F                          
Why would he leave us, why would he leave us this way?
Fill 1 x2 [VERSE 3]
     C                Am           F           G
He drove through the town with a smile on his face

 C         Am             F           
waving to everyone as he went on his way
Fill 1 x2
 C         Am          F               G
Polly from Red River, Rose from Green Falls

       C           Am             F          
they drove to his house and they lay on the lawn
Fill 1 x1 [CHORUS]
         Am                         Em
Was he stopped in the airport by a man with a cane?

              Dm                  Am         G
We found his car by the roadside later that day
Fill 2 x1 [VERSE 4]
 C                Am                F            G
Rose smashed his windows till the glass was all gone

 C               Am                  F               
Polly broke the back door and she screamed down the hall
Fill 1 x2
     C         Am          F             G
But no answer sounded but wind flying through

       C            Am            F               
as we tore up the green lawn and torched all the rooms
Fill 1 x2 [CHORUS]
        Am                        Em
Did he find a white glove in the pines by the lake?

Dm                      F                          
Why would he leave us, why would he leave us this way?
Fill 1 x3 C