A Beautiful Thing chords by The Handsome Family

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E                         A      E
Don't you remember that snowy December
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when we went to see "Singing in the Rain"?
    E                              A         E
I shouldn't have smuggled in that bottle of gin
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'cause after the film, I could barely walk

      B
But, darling, don't you know
           A                E
it's only human to want to kill
    B         E
a beautiful thing

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When I was seven summer lasted forever
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I used to chase fireflies through the woods
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Tiny green lights circling warm August nights
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I'd catch them inside a washed-out old jar
    E                            A         E
I dreamed of the stars with the jar by my bed,
         C#m          A               E
but each morning my pretty bugs were dead

     B
Oh, darling, don't you see
           A                E
it's only human to want to kill
    B         E
a beautiful thing

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We should have been dancing like lovers in the movie,
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but I fell and cut my head in the snow
   E                          A           E
I wanted to tell you all the ways that I loved you
         C#m        A            E
but, instead I got sick on the train

      B
But, darling, don't you know
           A                E
it's only human to want to kill
    B         E
a beautiful thing

      B
But, darling, can't you see
           A                B
it's only human to want to kill
              E
a beautiful thing