Intro (x2): Db Ab Bbm Gb Db Ab There are days when I wake up Bbm Gb I don't know what I'm doing here Db Ab Bbm Gb I barely recognize the pair of eyes staring back at me in the mirror Db But there was a day when I was free Ab Not a care that I could see Bbm Gb So good I could barely believe it was happening Gb Oh take me back again Db Ab When I was sixteen with an open heart Bbm Gb Windows down in a beat up car Db Ab When I was dumb and the world was young Bbm Gb And she was beautiful Db Ab She was beautiful Bbm Gb She was beautiful Db Ab How do we end up like this Bbm Gb Living lives that we don't care about Db Ab Bbm Too busy fixing things on computer screens while the grass grows green me Gb I'm screaming out Db There was a day that I was free Ab Not a care that I could see Bbm Gb So good I could barely believe it was happening Gb Oh take me back again Db Ab Oh I was sixteen with an open heart Bbm Gb Windows down in a beat up car Db Ab When I was dumb and the world was young Bbm Gb And she was beautiful Db Ab She was beautiful Bbm Gb She was beautiful Db Ab She was beautiful Bbm Gb She was beautiful yeah yeah yeah Interlude: Db Ab Bbm Gb Db But there was a day when I was free Ab Not a care that I could see Bbm Gb So good I could barely believe it was happening Gb Oh take me back again Db Ab When I was sixteen with an open heart Bbm Gb Windows down in a beat up car Db Ab When I was dumb and the world was young Bbm Gb And the world was young Db Ab She was beautiful Bbm Gb She was beautiful Db It was you Ab It was you Bbm Gb And you were beautiful yeah Db Ab When I was sixteen with an open heart Bbm Gb Windows down in a beat up car Db Ab When I was dumb and the world was young Bbm Gb And she was beautiful Outro: Db This arrangement is its contributor’s own interpretation, shared for private study, education and non-commercial use. The underlying song, lyrics and music remain the property of their copyright owners. To request removal, see Legal & Copyright.
Beautiful chords by Ben Rector
Suggested strumisland strum
1
d
&
–
2
d
&
u
3
–
&
u
4
d
&
u
Also works: everywhere 4/4 d – d u – u d –
How to play Beautiful on ukulele
A good starting strum for this style is the island strum: d – d u – u d u. This arrangement is in Db major. The fretting hand earns its keep in this one: I have the chords at the proficient level. For easier shapes, shift it down 1 half-step with the transposer and clip a capo on fret 1 to land back in the same key.
4 ukulele chords used in "Beautiful" by Ben Rector: Bbm, Db, Gb and Ab
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I prefer to play it at +1. I prefer to sing with it at that pitch, and the chords are easier
I prefer to play it at +1. I like the pitch better to sing with, and the chords are easier
Thanks! It’s awesome!