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Beautiful Wreck

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Eminor

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1/8

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 8Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Standard tuning CAPO 2:
(all chords are relative to capo)
Intro:
Em7, D, Cadd9, G  
Em7, D, Cadd9  
I?ve lost Em7count of the Dtimes I?ve given Cadd9up on yoGuEm7  D  Cadd9  
But you Em7make such a Dbeautiful Cadd9wreck you GdoEm7  D  Cadd9  
There?s a Em7tavern on the Dcorner called the Cadd9Milky WGayEm7  D  Cadd9  
                Em7               DCadd9*           G      Em7      D      Cadd9  
And you look so at home there if makes-me-a-fraid
And at the Gdark end of this Em7bar
What a beautiful Cadd9wreck you arDeG  
When you go too Em7far, beautiful Cadd9wreck you aDre
Well all the Em7plans that yoDu had from seven Cadd9years agGoEm7  D  Cadd9  
Like all the Em7promises you Dmade I watched them Cadd9come and GgoEm7  D  Cadd9  
You put your Em7keys in the Dcar but it wCadd9ouldn?t GdriveEm7  D  Cadd9  
                    Em7               DCadd9*        G     Em7      D  Cadd9  
With your hands on the wheel lookin? bare-ly-a-live
I?m still Em7sitting here Dwaiting on the paCadd9ssenger Gside
For A7you to make up your mind For Cyou to make up your mind
And at the Gdark end of this Em7bar
What a beautiful Cadd9wreck you arDeG  
When you go too Em7far, beautiful Cadd9wreck you aDreG  
What a beautiful, Em7such a beautifulCadd9  
Beautiful Dwreck you areG  
What a beautiful, Em7such a beautifulCadd9  
DWreck 
Interlude:
Em7, D, Cadd9, G  
Em7, D, Cadd9, G  
Em7, D, Cadd9*, G  
Em7, D, Cadd9, G  
I?ve lost Em7count of the Dtimes I?ve given Cadd9up on yoGuEm7  D  Cadd9  
But you Em7make such a Dbeautiful Cadd9wreck you GdoEm7  D  Cadd9  
Yeah you Em7make such a Dbeautiful Cadd9wreck you do
And at the Gdark end of this Em7bar
What a beautiful Cadd9wreck you arDeG  
When you go too Em7far, beautiful Cadd9wreck you aDreG  
What a beautiful, Em7such a beautifulCadd9  
Beautiful Dwreck you areG  
What a beautiful, Em7such a beautifulCadd9  
Beautiful Dwreck Gyou Em7are Cadd9  D  
Outro:
G, Em7, Cadd9, D  
Em7, D, G**, C  
e|----------3--|
B|----------3--|
G|----------0--|
D|----------0--|
A|-3--2--0--2--|
E|----------3--|
**There is an ascending bass lick when transitioning from the G to C in the outro. It goes as such:
e|-3--------0--|
B|-3--------1--|
G|-0--------0--|
D|-0--------2--|
A|-2--0--2--3--|
E|-3-----------|

All chords in this song (6)

Open

O22OOO

Minor chord - Sad, melancholic sound

✕ Mute Open Press

Skill · find home

E minor

This shape is home. Capo 2 makes it sound in F# minor. End the line on this chord.

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Beautiful Wreck

by Shawn Mullins

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

Cadd9

Standard tuning CAPO 2:

(all chords are relative to capo)

Intro:

Em7 D Cadd9 G

, , ,

Em7 D Cadd9

, ,

Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9

I?ve lost count of the times I?ve given up on you

Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9

But you make such a beautiful wreck you do

Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9

There?s a tavern on the corner called the Milky Way

Em7 D G Em7 D Cadd9

Cadd9*

And you look so at home there if makes-me-a-fraid

G Em7

And at the dark end of this bar

Cadd9 D G

What a beautiful wreck you are

Em7 Cadd9 D

When you go too far, beautiful wreck you are

Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9

Well all the plans that you had from seven years ago

Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9

Like all the promises you made I watched them come and go

Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9

You put your keys in the car but it wouldn?t drive

Em7 D G Em7 D Cadd9

Cadd9*

With your hands on the wheel lookin? bare-ly-a-live

Em7 D Cadd9 G

I?m still sitting here waiting on the passenger side

A7 C

For you to make up your mind For you to make up your mind

G Em7

And at the dark end of this bar

Cadd9 D G

What a beautiful wreck you are

Em7 Cadd9 D G

When you go too far, beautiful wreck you are

Em7 Cadd9

What a beautiful, such a beautiful

D G

Beautiful wreck you are

Em7 Cadd9

What a beautiful, such a beautiful

Wreck

Interlude:

Em7 D Cadd9 G

, , ,

Em7 D Cadd9 G

, , ,

Em7 D Cadd9 G

, , *,

Em7 D Cadd9 G

, , ,

Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9

I?ve lost count of the times I?ve given up on you

Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9

But you make such a beautiful wreck you do

Em7 D Cadd9

Yeah you make such a beautiful wreck you do

G Em7

And at the dark end of this bar

Cadd9 D G

What a beautiful wreck you are

Em7 Cadd9 D G

When you go too far, beautiful wreck you are

Em7 Cadd9

What a beautiful, such a beautiful

D G

Beautiful wreck you are

Em7 Cadd9

What a beautiful, such a beautiful

D G Em7 Cadd9 D

Beautiful wreck you are

Outro:

G Em7 Cadd9 D

, , ,

Em7 D G C

, , **,

e|----------3--|

B|----------3--|

G|----------0--|

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

A|-3--2--0--2--|

E|----------3--|

**There is an ascending bass lick when transitioning from the G to C in the outro. It goes as such:

e|-3--------0--|

B|-3--------1--|

G|-0--------0--|

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

A|-2--0--2--3--|

E|-3-----------|

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