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How Beautiful You Are

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From: Winston Campbell 
How Beautiful You Are
    (words & music by Robert Smith, Laurence Tolhurst, Boris Williams,
     Porl Thompson, and Simon Gallup)
The intro bass riff is:
G|-0-|-2--2--2--2-4-|-4------------|--------------|-------------0-|
D|---|--------------|----2--2--0-2-|--------------|-2--0--2-0-2---|
A|---|--------------|--------------|-0--0--0--0-0-|---------------|
E|---|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
The chords are:
[Intro]
  Am     D     C    D(x4)
AmYou want to know why I Dhate you?
Well I'll Ctry and explainD...
You rAmemember that day in DParis
When we Cwandered through the Drain
And Ampromised to each Dother
That we'd Calways think the Dsame
And Amdreamed that dream to Dbe two souls as Cone
And Amstopped just as the Dsun set
And Cwaited for the Dnight
OutAmside a glittering Dbuilding
Of Cglittering glass and Dburning light...
And in the road before us stood a weary greyish man
Who held a child upon his back
A small boy by the hand
The three of them were dressed in rags and thinner than air
And all six eyes stared fixedly on you
The Bmfather's eyes said Ambeautiful
How Bmbeautiful you Amare
The Bmboy's eyes said how Ambeautiful
She Bmshimmers like a star
The Amchild's eyes uttered Emnothing
But Fmute and utter joy
And Amfilled my heart with Emshame for us
For the Fway we are
(The Amway we areEm)F  
D    Am    D    Am   D   Am   F   F
I Amturned to look at Dyou
To read my Cthoughts upon your Dface
And Amgazed so deep inDto your eyes
So Cbeautiful and sDtrange
UnAmtil you spoke and Dshowed me underCstanding is a Ddream
-I Amhate these people Dstaring
Make them Cgo away from mDe-
The father's eyes said beautiful
How beautiful you are
The boy's eyes said how beautiful
She shimmers like a star
The child's eyes uttered nothing
But pride and utter joy
And stilled my heart with sadness
For the way we are
And Dthis is why I Amhate you
And Dhow I underAmstand
That Dno one ever Amknows or loves anotFher
Or loves anotheAmr

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How Beautiful You Are

by The Cure

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

From: Winston Campbell

How Beautiful You Are

(words & music by Robert Smith, Laurence Tolhurst, Boris Williams,

Porl Thompson, and Simon Gallup)

The intro bass riff is:

G|-0-|-2--2--2--2-4-|-4------------|--------------|-------------0-|

D|---|--------------|----2--2--0-2-|--------------|-2--0--2-0-2---|

A|---|--------------|--------------|-0--0--0--0-0-|---------------|

E|---|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

The chords are:

[Intro]

Am D C D

(x4)

Am D

You want to know why I hate you?

C D

Well I'll try and explain...

Am D

You remember that day in Paris

C D

When we wandered through the rain

Am D

And promised to each other

C D

That we'd always think the same

Am D C

And dreamed that dream to be two souls as one

Am D

And stopped just as the sun set

C D

And waited for the night

Am D

Outside a glittering building

C D

Of glittering glass and burning light...

And in the road before us stood a weary greyish man

Who held a child upon his back

A small boy by the hand

The three of them were dressed in rags and thinner than air

And all six eyes stared fixedly on you

Bm Am

The father's eyes said beautiful

Bm Am

How beautiful you are

Bm Am

The boy's eyes said how beautiful

She shimmers like a star

Am Em

The child's eyes uttered nothing

But mute and utter joy

Am Em

And filled my heart with shame for us

For the way we are

Am Em F

(The way we are)

D Am D Am D Am F F

Am D

I turned to look at you

C D

To read my thoughts upon your face

Am D

And gazed so deep into your eyes

C D

So beautiful and strange

Am D C D

Until you spoke and showed me understanding is a dream

Am D

-I hate these people staring

C D

Make them go away from me-

The father's eyes said beautiful

How beautiful you are

The boy's eyes said how beautiful

She shimmers like a star

The child's eyes uttered nothing

But pride and utter joy

And stilled my heart with sadness

For the way we are

D Am

And this is why I hate you

D Am

And how I understand

D Am F

That no one ever knows or loves another

Or loves another

About How Beautiful You Are Chords by The Cure

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