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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]
AmD  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
    Bm
She shimmers like a star
    Am                   Em
The child's eyes uttered nothing
    F
But mute and utter joy
    Am                   Em
And filled my heart with shame for us
        F
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
               Am
Or loves another

How Beautiful You Are chords and lyrics

Free chords for How Beautiful You Are by The Cure. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

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:
The chords are:
[Intro]
Am  D   C   D  (x4)
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
D    Am    D    Am   D   Am   F   F
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

How Beautiful You Are Chords by The Cure

Learn how to play How Beautiful You Are by The Cure with free guitar chords, lyrics, and interactive chord diagrams. Search for “How Beautiful You Are chords”, “How Beautiful You Are guitar chords”, or “The Cure How Beautiful You Are chords” and you will find this page — transpose to any key, tap chords for diagrams, and use auto-scroll while you play. Perfect for beginners looking for easy How Beautiful You Are chords and for experienced players who want accurate How Beautiful You Are lyrics and chords in one place. Common chords in this song include G, D, A, E, Am, C.

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Is "How Beautiful You Are" easy to play on guitar?

Many players learn "How Beautiful You Are" by The Cure with our free chords. Use transpose and chord diagrams to simplify tricky shapes, and browse related songs by The Cure below.

What key is "How Beautiful You Are" in?

The chords for "How Beautiful You Are" show the original chord names (including G, D, A, E, Am, C). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.