{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":64197,"song":"How Beautiful You Are","artist":"The Cure","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/64197-how-beautiful-you-are-chords-by-the-cure/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64197?type=chord","rating":4.52876,"votes":49,"content":"From: Winston Campbell \r\n\r\nHow Beautiful You Are\r\n    (words & music by Robert Smith, Laurence Tolhurst, Boris Williams,\r\n     Porl Thompson, and Simon Gallup)\r\n\r\n\r\nThe intro bass riff is:\r\n\r\n[tab]G|-0-|-2--2--2--2-4-|-4------------|--------------|-------------0-|\r\nD|---|--------------|----2--2--0-2-|--------------|-2--0--2-0-2---|\r\nA|---|--------------|--------------|-0--0--0--0-0-|---------------|\r\nE|---|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nThe chords are:\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  (x4)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou want to know why I hate you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I'll try and explain...[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou remember that day in Paris[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen we wandered through the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd promised to each other[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat we'd always think the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd dreamed that dream to be two souls as one[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd stopped just as the sun set[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd waited for the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOutside a glittering building[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf glittering glass and burning light...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd in the road before us stood a weary greyish man\r\nWho held a child upon his back\r\nA small boy by the hand\r\nThe three of them were dressed in rags and thinner than air\r\nAnd all six eyes stared fixedly on you\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe father's eyes said beautiful[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow beautiful you are[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe boy's eyes said how beautiful[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShe shimmers like a star[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe child's eyes uttered nothing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut mute and utter joy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd filled my heart with shame for us[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor the way we are[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\n(The way we are)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI turned to look at you[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo read my thoughts upon your face[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd gazed so deep into your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo beautiful and strange[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUntil you spoke and showed me understanding is a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n-I hate these people staring[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMake them go away from me-[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nThe father's eyes said beautiful\r\nHow beautiful you are\r\nThe boy's eyes said how beautiful\r\nShe shimmers like a star\r\nThe child's eyes uttered nothing\r\nBut pride and utter joy\r\nAnd stilled my heart with sadness\r\nFor the way we are\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd this is why I hate you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd how I understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat no one ever knows or loves another[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr loves another[/tab]","plain_text":"From: Winston Campbell \n\nHow Beautiful You Are\n    (words & music by Robert Smith, Laurence Tolhurst, Boris Williams,\n     Porl Thompson, and Simon Gallup)\n\n\nThe intro bass riff is:\n\n\n\n\nThe chords are:\n\n[Intro]\nAm  D   C   D  (x4)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd in the road before us stood a weary greyish man\nWho held a child upon his back\nA small boy by the hand\nThe three of them were dressed in rags and thinner than air\nAnd all six eyes stared fixedly on you\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD    Am    D    Am   D   Am   F   F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe father's eyes said beautiful\nHow beautiful you are\nThe boy's eyes said how beautiful\nShe shimmers like a star\nThe child's eyes uttered nothing\nBut pride and utter joy\nAnd stilled my heart with sadness\nFor the way we are","chords":["G","D","A","E","Am","C","Bm","Em","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}