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Beautiful Disaster

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Song: Beautiful Disaster
::Standard Tuning::
[Verse 1]
GShe loves her mama’s lemonade 
CHates the sounds that goodbyes make
EmShe prays one day she’ll find someone to Cneed her
[Verse 2]
GShe swears that there’s no difference
CBetween the lies and complements 
EmIt’s all the same if everybody Cleaves her 
[Pre-Chorus]
AmAnd every magazine tCells her she’s not good enough
AmThe pictures that she sees make Cher cry
[Chorus]
GAnd she would change evDerything, Emeverything just asCk her
GCaught in the in Dbetween of bEmeautiful dCisaster 
AmAnd she needs someCadd9one to take her hEmomeCadd9  Em  Cadd9  
[Verse 3]
GShe’s giving boys what they want 
CTries to act so nonchalant 
EmAfraid they’ll see that she’s lost her Cdirection
[Verse 4]
GShe never stays the same for long
CAssuming that she’ll get it wrong
EmPerfect only in her imperCfection
[Pre-Chorus]
AmShe’s not a drama queen
CShe doesn’t want to feel this way 
AmOnly seventeen but tCired
[Chorus]
GShe would change evDerything for haEmppy ever afCter
GCaught in the in Dbetween of beEmautiful disCaster
AmBut she just needs soCadd9meone to take her hEmome
[Bridge]
EmCuz she’s just the Cway she is 
Dadd9But no ones told her that’s oCk
[Chorus]
GAnd she would change evDerything, eEmverything just asCk her 
GCaught in the in Dbetween of beEmautiful disCaster
GAnd she would change evDerything for hEmappy ever aCfter 
GCaught in the in Dbetween of beEmautiful disCaster
But Amshe just needs sCadd9omeone to take her hEmomeC  
And Amshe just needs sCadd9omeone to take her hoEmme
Chord Chart:
e |---|---|-Gx-|---|---|          e |---|---|C---|---|---|
B |---|---|---|---|---|          B |-x-|---|---|---|---|
G |---|---|---|---|---|          G |---|---|---|---|---|
D |---|---|---|---|---|          D |---|-x-|---|---|---|
A |---|-x-|---|---|---|          A |---|---|-x-|---|---|
E |---|---|-x-|---|---|          E |---|---|---|---|---|
e |---|---|D-x-|---|---|          e |---|---|Am---|---|---|
B |---|-x-|---|---|---|          B |-x-|---|---|---|---|
G |---|---|-x-|---|---|          G |---|-x-|---|---|---|
D |---|---|---|---|---|          D |---|-x-|---|---|---|
A |---|---|---|---|---|          A |---|---|---|---|---|
E |---|---|---|---|---|          E |---|---|---|---|---|
e |---|---|Em---|---|---|          e |---|---Cadd9|---|---|---|
B |---|---|---|---|---|          B |---|---|-x-|---|---|
G |---|---|---|---|---|          G |---|---|---|---|---|
D |---|-x-|---|---|---|          D |---|-x-|---|---|---|
A |---|-x-|---|---|---|          A |---|---|-x-|---|---|
E |---|---|---|---|---|          E |---|---|---|---|---|
e |---|---Dadd9|---|---|---|          
B |---|---|-x-|---|---|         
G |---|-x-|---|---|---|          
D |---|---|---|---|---|          
A |---|---|---|---|---|          
E |---|---|---|---|---|         

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Beautiful Disaster

by Jon McLaughlin

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Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

Dadd9

Song: Beautiful Disaster

::Standard Tuning::

[Verse 1]

She loves her mama’s lemonade

Hates the sounds that goodbyes make

Em C

She prays one day she’ll find someone to need her

[Verse 2]

She swears that there’s no difference

Between the lies and complements

Em C

It’s all the same if everybody leaves her

[Pre-Chorus]

Am C

And every magazine tells her she’s not good enough

Am C

The pictures that she sees make her cry

[Chorus]

G D Em C

And she would change everything, everything just ask her

G D Em C

Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster

Am Cadd9 Em Cadd9 Em Cadd9

And she needs someone to take her home

[Verse 3]

She’s giving boys what they want

Tries to act so nonchalant

Em C

Afraid they’ll see that she’s lost her direction

[Verse 4]

She never stays the same for long

Assuming that she’ll get it wrong

Em C

Perfect only in her imperfection

[Pre-Chorus]

She’s not a drama queen

She doesn’t want to feel this way

Am C

Only seventeen but tired

[Chorus]

G D Em C

She would change everything for happy ever after

G D Em C

Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster

Am Cadd9 Em

But she just needs someone to take her home

[Bridge]

Em C

Cuz she’s just the way she is

Dadd9 C

But no ones told her that’s ok

[Chorus]

G D Em C

And she would change everything, everything just ask her

G D Em C

Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster

G D Em C

And she would change everything for happy ever after

G D Em C

Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster

Am Cadd9 Em C

But she just needs someone to take her home

Am Cadd9 Em

And she just needs someone to take her home

Chord Chart:

G C

e |---|---|-x-|---|---| e |---|---|---|---|---|

B |---|---|---|---|---| B |-x-|---|---|---|---|

G |---|---|---|---|---| G |---|---|---|---|---|

D |---|---|---|---|---| D |---|-x-|---|---|---|

A |---|-x-|---|---|---| A |---|---|-x-|---|---|

E |---|---|-x-|---|---| E |---|---|---|---|---|

D Am

e |---|---|-x-|---|---| e |---|---|---|---|---|

B |---|-x-|---|---|---| B |-x-|---|---|---|---|

G |---|---|-x-|---|---| G |---|-x-|---|---|---|

D |---|---|---|---|---| D |---|-x-|---|---|---|

A |---|---|---|---|---| A |---|---|---|---|---|

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

Em Cadd9

e |---|---|---|---|---| e |---|---|---|---|---|

B |---|---|---|---|---| B |---|---|-x-|---|---|

G |---|---|---|---|---| G |---|---|---|---|---|

D |---|-x-|---|---|---| D |---|-x-|---|---|---|

A |---|-x-|---|---|---| A |---|---|-x-|---|---|

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

Dadd9

e |---|---|---|---|---|

B |---|---|-x-|---|---|

G |---|-x-|---|---|---|

D |---|---|---|---|---|

A |---|---|---|---|---|

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

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