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[Verse 1]
EmG/D
I was blank as I could be, hearing voices telling me, “Walk away from everything”
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But where was I meant to go, far away from those I know, to some desolate below
EmG/D
We were in the uber scene, where they grind the coffee bean, where the women are oblique
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And the boys are paper thin, ragged beards upon their chin, we were on the outside looking in
[Prechorus]
AmBmAmEm
Rise above the present day, rise above the popular melee
AmBmCDm
I see you the way you are, I see you the star
[Chorus]
FGAmCG
We were beautiful before this went down
FGAmCG
We were beautiful before the years came, turned it upside down
FGAmCG
We were beautiful before we got wise
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We were beautiful with sky and blanket laying low
[Verse 2]
EmG/D
I am hanging on the line, I’m on duty all the time, I am your Samaritan on call
EmG/D
I could try my best to heal, all the emptiness you feel, in the giving I will be alive
EmG/D
We were wrapped around our roots, nothing on except our boots, we were intimate around the waist
EmG/D
We were settling our scores, we were healing over sores, we were living out the pleasure that we lost
[Chorus]
FGAmCG
We were beautiful before this went down
FGAmCG
We were beautiful before the years came, turned it upside down
FGAmCG
We were beautiful for all of time and space
FGAmCG
I will tell it to the sun and I will tell it to
[Bridge]
FGAmF
If you listen to the night, we can heard the madmen fight, hear the foxes making out
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But the people all immune, sleeping silent in their rooms, growing bodies with their sleep
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Making plans inside their heads, making love to shallow friends
[Chorus]
FGAmCG
We were beautiful before this went down
FGAmCG
We were beautiful before the years came, turned it upside down
FGAmCG
We were beautiful before we felt wise
FGAmCBmA
We were beautiful with sky and blanket fading out
[Chorus]
FGAmCG
We were beautiful before this went down
FGAmCG
We were beautiful before the years came, turned it upside down
FGAmCG
We were beautiful for all of time and space
FGAmCG
I will tell it to the sun and I will tell it to your face