Eric Clapton - Beautiful Thing: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Beautiful Thing" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

 G                   A
I've told you once, now you should know
     A7                     D
The reason that I'm coming down
  G                     A
There ain't no time to repeat again
 A7                     D
Just need to bring it around

Chorus:
G7  C     G7         C
We had a beautiful thing going
G7            C            G7  C
You couldn't see things my way
G7  C     G7         C
We had a beautiful thing going
C
Something just got in our way

And I told you once that it was rough
I looked on you as my friend
Because that did not seem to be good enough
And now it is time to begin

Chorus - x2

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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A7

Guitar chord A7

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

G

Guitar chord G

G7

Guitar chord G7

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 "Beautiful Thing" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Beautiful Thing" by Eric Clapton.

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