Knowledge Of Beauty chords by Dexys Midnight Runners

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Bb

G5 xxx033

* always strum once

Intro:

G       |Bm      |C       :Bm  DG       |Bm      |C   D C :G   D
G       |Bm      |C       :Bm  DG       |Bm      |C   D C :G   D

Verse 1:

     G
I've o---ften
         Bm
Thought about
              C
The men where I came from
           Bm  D
And times ago
      G
Their so-----ns
               Bm
These days are fo---und
        C      D  C   G   D
In U.S. and Britannia care

    G
And a---s
         Bm
I think about
       C                             Bm*      N.C.  D*
In her eyes I look and see the story there - (What)
G
  You know
Bm               C
    Knowle---dge of beauty
   D C    G   G7
In itself rare

Chorus:

C     G     F     G*  G5
Mmmh, mmmh, mmmh, mmmh
C     G     F     G*  G5
Mmmh, mmmh, mmmh, mmmh

C            G            F            G*  G5
Bum-bum-bum, bum-bum-bum, bum-bum-bum, bum
C            G            F            G*
Bum-bum-bum, bum-bum-bum, bum-bum-bum, bum

Verse 2:

   G
Go we---st
        Bm
Go west young man
        C
West of hollow words
                  Bm   D
And all that lies there
   G
Go we-----st
             Bm
I'll sing an a---ir
            C
For all the previous
D          C     G   D
Wild black curly ha-----ir

         G
For what u---se
      Bm
Is anything
       C
Oh, if I don't have
                      Bm                    D
The wisdom and warmth of my past generations
           G
If I need stre---ngth
            Bm
To take bad o---n
       C
I just look back to
      D C    G   G5
Where I camе fro---m

Chorus:

 C                   G               F        G*  G5
(Bum-bum-bum ) - I look back where I-I came from
 C                   G               F        G*
(Bum-bum-bum ) - I look back where I-I came from

           C    G
To-doo-doo-do----oh
           F    G*  G5
To-doo-doo-do----oh
           C    G
To-doo-doo-do----oh
           F    G*
To-doo-doo-do----oh

Instrumental:

G       |Bm      |C       :Bm  DG       |Bm      |C   D C :G   D

Chorus:

 C                   G               F        G*  G5
(Bum-bum-bum ) - I look back where I-I came from

Bridge:

 C                           G                       F    G
(Bum-bum-bum ) - I'm sorry for the things I trusted ?:
 C
(To-doo-doo-do-----oh) - I've had respect, money and love
G
    I've denied my beautiful heritage
F                     G*  G5
    Gone away from my roots
                                             C
(To-doo-doo-do-----oh) - And come back home again
G                           F
  I gave away my individuality
                    G*            G5
And listened to the now generation
                              C
(To-doo-doo-do-----oh) - When really I'm not one of those
G       :F

G                                     C
But love has brought me closer to the truth
          G
And right now I couldn't be any closer
F       :G

C                  G                         F    G
    To love your father is a fulfilling thing

Outro:

            C    G    F    G
(To-doo-doo-do-----oh)
               C        G             F          G
Oh, yes I just - I--- look back where I--- came from
                  C        G             F          G
Oh, yes I got the - I--- look back where I--- came from
                 C        G             F          G
Yes, I do, Yes I - I--- look back where I--- came from
         C                G                      F          G
Oh, yes, look right back, look right back, where I--- came from
           C                G                        F          G
Oh, yes, I look right back, I look right back, where I--- came from
       C                   G                     F          G*  G5
Oh, my national pride is a personal pride, where I--- came from
C       |G       |F       :GC       |G       |F       :GC       |G       |F       :GC       |G       |F       :G