The Beauty Way Chords

KeyF Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays313

The Beauty Way by Lucy Kaplansky is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords F, C, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: F  C  F  C  F 

                        C 
My father made a pretty damn good living 
        F                       C  F 
Playing music on the Beauty Way 
                         C            Am     G 
He's gonna die with some money in his pocket 
                           Am                  G 
Wish I could do the same today, little darling 
                           Am 
Wish I could do the same today 


F                  C 
Doe-eyed kid and a little transistor 
F                   C    
Tuned into Wolfman Jack 
  F                             C       Am      G 
I picked up a guitar, heard the siren's whisper 
                   Am                   G 
And I never looked back, little darling 
                    Am   F 
And I never looked back 


                             C              F 
I worked the clubs along the Sangre Cristos 
                            C 
Polished the diamond in the rough 
       F                      C             Am     G 
By the time I hit L.A., I was hotter than a pistol 
                      Am                    G 
But you're never hot enough, little darling 
                      Am     F 
You never really hot enough 


                         C               F 
I felt the lights on the big, big stages 
                   C     F 
Fire burning in my soul 
                              C      Am     G 
I've had those nights when my guitar rages 
                              Am                   G 
But it's not something you control, little darling 
                          Am 
It's not something you control 


Instrumental:

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante