Beautiful World Lyrics
by Colin Hay
Taken from the Going Somewhere album, though its on several.
Chords used:
D/F# - 200032
Em7/D - 020032 (I don't know what this one is called, but it'll do)
In the acoustic version on Going Somewhere he generally doesn't play the high notes on
chord for most of the strumming. What he plays in the verse is something like this:
If you're playing alone then it may be preferable to play the full chords, in which case
the G - G/D change over I recommend strumming the chords:
Mostly because unless you are stupidly dextrous it is difficult to change over on the
string whilst keeping the chord formation, as its done quickly you don't notice the
notes.
My my my it's a beautiful world
I like swimming in the sea
I like to go out beyond the white breakers
Where a man can still be free, or a woman if you are one
I like swimming in the sea
This is the same for the whole song except for a bridge part which is played after the
verse:
The end bit of that is played quite quickly with one strum of each chord on the last
like this:
All around is anger, Automatic guns
There's death in large numbers no respect for women or our little ones
Tried talking to Jesus, but he just put me on hold
m7
Said he's been swamped by calls this week and he could not shake his
cold
And then back to the verse.
One last thing, on the "Man At Work" album there is more electric version of this song,
which variations of the following little riff are used during the verse, it works well
the acoustic version if you have a spare guitarist handy:
Thats all I've got, I tried to be thorough, alot of the chords for this song I've seen
right but don't show the fiddly bits. Enjoy, and feel free to comment.
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