"Beautiful & Tragic" (MacDonald/Ryder)
From "Time Capsule" (2016)
Band kicks in with riff after first verse.
Ab Absus4 Ab
Remember the way that we used to get around,
Ab Absus4 Ab
all of the people we wanted to be?
Ab Absus4 Ab
All of the masks that we wore kept breaking down,
Ab Absus4 Ab
running away from our history.
MAIN RIFF over Ab:
e|-----------11---13-11-------------|---------11--13-11--------|
b|-----11-13---13------13-11--------|----11-13--13------13-11v-| X2
g|--13----------------------13-10---|-13-----------------------|
D|-------------------------------13-|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
Ab Absus4 Ab
How does it feel to be on your own again?
Ab Absus4 Ab
Hitting the ground on your own two feet
Ab Absus4 Ab
Gotta believe that there's nothing better than
Ab Absus4 Ab
nowhere to go and nothing to be.
PRE-CHORUS:
C# Fm
But you were some kinda magic
Eb
You were so fantastic
Eb
Beautiful and tragic
C#
turning it up, turning me on!
CHORUS:
Ab
Ba-da-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-da-ba-da-da
Ab
Ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-da (hey hey!) X2
Ab Absus4 Ab
Picture yourself in the perfect photograph
Ab Absus4 Ab
making a face you want them to see
Ab Absus4 Ab
gotta believe we're all just living that
Ab
highly curated reality.
C# Fm
But you were some kinda magic
Eb
You were so fantastic
Eb
Beautiful and tragic
C#
turning it up, turning me on!
CHORUS:
Ab
Ba-da-ba-da-ba-ba-ba-da-ba-da-da
Ab
Ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-da (hey hey!) X2
SOLO: |Fm Ab | X4
Bridge:
Ab C# Ab Fm Eb
Running on we all go, looking for to stay,
Ab C# Ab Fm Eb
Trying to find our way home, we're closer every day.
Ab C# Ab Fm Eb
Running on we all go, up and on our way
Ab C# Ab Fm Eb
Trying to find our way home, closer every day.
Repeat PRE-CHORUS (with tacit chords) and CHORUS to end