Back When We Were Beautiful - Emmylou Harris Chords
Chords: D, G, Em7, Dsus, A, Asus, F#m, F#7, Bm, A/C#
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Genre: country, folk, americana
[Verse]
D G D Em7 D Dsus D
I guess you had to be there, she said, you had to be
D G D Em7 A Asus A
She handed me a yellowed photograph, and then said, see?
A
This was my greatest love,
F#m G G
my one and only love, and this is me
F#7 Bm A D
Back when we were beautiful, See
[Verse]
D G D Em7 D Dsus D
I don't feel very different, she said, I know it's strange
D G D Em7 A Asus A
I guess I've gotten used to, these little aches and pains
A A/C# F#m G
But I still love to dance, you know we used to dance
G
The night away
F#m7 Bm A D
Back when we were beautiful, beautiful, yes
A A D
I hate it when they say, I'm aging gracefully
A D
I fight it every day, I guess they never see
D Bm F#
I don't like this at all, what's happening to me?
[Break]
Bm F# Bm F# D
[Verse]
D G D Em7 D Dsus D
But I really love my grand kids, she said, they're sweet to hold
D G D Em7 A Asus A
They would have loved their grandpa, those awful jokes he told
A A/C# F#m G
You know sometimes for a laugh, the two of us would act
G
Like we were old
F#m7 Bm A Bm A D
Back when we were beautiful, Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful yes
G D
But I guess you had to be there
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