How Beautiful You Are…

Date: Thu, 7 Sep 95 22:29:33 EDT From: Winston Campbell Subject: HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE by The Cure 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: Am D C D (4x) 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 A The father~s eyes said beautiful Bm A How beautiful you are Bm A 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 EF (The way we are) DADADAFF 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