Matraca Berg Back When We Were Beautiful written by Matraca Berg Kris Wilkinson viola Tammy Rogers viola Craig Nelson bass Reese Wynans piano DGDEDDDbus Db Gb Db Ebm DbDbsus I guess you had to be there, she said, you had to be Gb Db Ebm AbAbsus She handed me a yellowed photograph and then said, see This was my greatest love, Fm Gb AbmGb My one and only love and this is me Gbm Bbm Absus Ab Db Back when we were beautiful beautiful, see Db Gb Db Ebm Db DbsuDb I don't feel very different, she said, I know it's strange Db Gb Db Ebm Ab AAbus I guess I've gotten used to these little aches and pains But I still love to dance, Fm Gb Abm Gb You know we used to dance the night away Gbm Bbm Absus Ab Db Back when we were beautiful beautiful yeah Fm Ab Db I hate it when they say I'm aging gracefully Ab Db I fight it every day, I guess they never see Bbm Faug Bbm Absus Ab I don't like this at all, what's happening to me Ab Db To me Gb Db Ebm Db DDbus But I really love my grandkids, she said, they're sweet to hold GAbsus Ab They would've have loved their grandpa, those awful jokes he told Abm Gb You know, sometimes for a laugh the two of us would act like we were old Gbm Bbm Absus Ab Db Back when we were beautiful, beautiful, yeah Db Ab Db But I guess you had to be there From Matraca Berg "Sunday Morning To Saturday Night" Rising Star Records 1997 1995 August Wind Music, Longitude Music Co., Great Broad Music Co., Admin. by Longitude Music Co., BMI