The Beauty Way Chords
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.
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
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