The Worlds Gone Beautiful - Malvina Reynolds Chords
Chords: C#7, F#m, Bm, F#, D, G, Em, B, C#
More chords by Malvina Reynolds
Genre: folk, protest, acoustic
C#7 F#m
The world's gone beautiful
Bm F#
Because it's about to die.
D F#m
I never saw such flower faces
D F#m
Or so intent a sky.
D C#7
I never heard such lines
Bm F#m
From horns or violins,
G F#
Or saw such lavish girls, such dandy boys,
Em
And I know why.
D F#
It's that the world is asking not to die.
C#7 F#m
I never saw such hands
B F#
Flexing like silver leaves,
D F#m
I never knew such air,
D F#m
Or leaned to so good a breeze.
D C#
Even the tears I cry,
Bm F#m
They aren't salt but clear,
G F#
For seabirds riding the wind, calling their last,
Em
Their wild goodbye.
D F#
The world is asking not to die.
C# F#
I want to hold this world
B F#
And never let it go,
D F#m
I want the sun to always rise
D F#
On the kids next door.
D C#
Whether I go or stay,
Bm F#m
That question still abides,
G F#
Posed by rainbows in the river spray.
Em
What answer do you give
D F#
A world that asks so bitterly to live?
More Malvina Reynolds Songs
ChordRoom - Free Guitar & Piano Chords