Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) – John Lennon (1980)
Key: D
Tuning: Standard
[Intro]
(Lead):
e|-7--5-----------------|
B|-7--5--7-----5--3--7--|
G|-------7-----4--2--7--|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
Main chord progression (D – D6):
D D6
e|-----2-----2-------------|
B|-----3-----0-------------|
G|-----2-----2-------------|
D|-----0-----0-------------|
A|-----x-----x-------------|
E|-----x-----x-------------|
S.p. D D U U D U
Beat: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4
[Verse 1]
D D6 D D6
Close your eyes
D D6 D D6
have no fear.
D D6 D D6 D D6 D D6
The monster's gone, he's on the run and your Daddy's here
[Chorus 1]
Em7 D D6 D D6
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
Em7 D D6 D D6
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
[Verse 2]
D D6 D D6
Before you go to sleep
D D6 D D6
say a little prayer
D D6 D D6 D D6 D D6
Every day, in every way, it's getting better and better
[Chorus 2]
Em7 D D6 D D6
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
Em7 Bm
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
[Bridge]
Bm BmMaj7 Bm7 B7
Out on the ocean, sailing away
G D7
I can hardly wait!
G D7
To see you come of age!
G D7 A
But I guess we'll both just have to have patience
G D7
Cause it's a long way to go
G D7
A hard row to hoe
G D7 A
Yes it's a long way to go but in the meantime...
[Verse 3]
D D6 D D6
Before you cross the street
D D6 D D6
take my hand
D D6 D D6 D D6 D D6
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans
(Repeat Chorus 1)
[Verse 4]
D D6 D D6
Before you go to sleep
D D6 D D6
say a little prayer
D D6 D D6 D D6 D D6
Every day, in every way, it's getting better and better
[Chorus 3]
Em7 D D6 D D6
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
Em7 D D6 D D6
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
Em7 D6
Darling, darling, darling Sean
(Chords)
D: xx0232
D6: xx0202
Em7: 022030
Bm: x24432
BmMaj7: x24332
Bm7: x24232
B7: x24242
G: 320003 or 320033
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| x Dead note
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