Belle and Sebastian - We Were Beautiful: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "We Were Beautiful" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn We Were Beautiful Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Belle and Sebastian
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "We Were Beautiful" smoothly on your guitar.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
Em I was blank as I could be Hearing voices telling me G "Walk away from everything" Em But where was I meant to go? Far away from those I know G C Bm To some desolate below We were in the uber scene Where they grind the coffee bean Where the women are oblique And the boys are paper thin Ragged beards upon their chin We were on the outside looking in Am Bm Am Em Rise above the present day, rise above the popular melee Am Bm C Dm I see you the way you are, I see you the star Chorus: F G Am C G We were beautiful before this went down F G Am C G We were beautiful before the years came, turned it upside down F G Am C G We were beautiful before we got wise F G Am C Bm A We were beautiful with sky and blanket laying low I am hanging on the line I'm on duty all the time I am your Samaritan on call I could try my best to heal All the emptiness you feel In the giving, I will be alive We were wrapped around our roots Nothing on except our boots We were intimate around the waist We were settling our scores We were healing over sores We were living out the pleasure that we lost Chorus: We were beautiful before this went down We were beautiful before the years came And turned it upside down We were beautiful for all of time and space I will tell it to the sun and I will tell it to F G If you listen to the night, Am F we can heard the madmen fight, hear the foxes making out F G But the people all immune, C sleeping silent in their rooms, growing bodies A# with their sleep G# Making plans inside their heads, Fm D# making love to shallow friends Fm D# shallow friends Chorus: We were beautiful before this went down We were beautiful before the years came And turned it upside down We were beautiful before we got wise We were beautiful with sky and blanket fading out We were beautiful before this went down We were beautiful before the years came And turned it upside down We were beautiful for all of time and space I will tell it to the sun and I will tell it to your face You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  A#  Am  Bm  C  D#  Dm  Em  F  Fm  G  G#  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "We Were Beautiful" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "We Were Beautiful" by Belle and Sebastian.