Back When We Were Beautiful chords by Emmylou Harris

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Verse:
D                 G   D          Em7             D   Dsus  D
I guess you had to be there, she said, you had to be
D                  G     D           Em7         A  Asus  A
She handed me a yellowed photograph, and then said, see?
A
This was my greatest love,
F#m                G         G
my one and only love, and this is me
 F#7              Bm        A   D
Back when we were beautiful
See

Verse:
D                  G   D           Em7            D  Dsus  D
I don't feel very different, she said, I know it's strange
D                   G   D           Em7              A  Asus  A
I guess I've gotten used to, these little aches and pains
A                    A/C#       F#m             G
But I still love to dance, you know we used to dance
G

The night away
F#m7                Bm         A         D
Back when we were beautiful, beautiful, yes

A                  A              D
I hate it when they say, I'm aging gracefully
                 A                       D
I fight it every day, I guess they never see
D                   Bm                       F#
I don't like this at all, what's happening to me?

Break:
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Verse:
D                     G   D           Em7                   D  Dsus  D
But I really love my grand kids, she said, they're sweet to hold
D                           G    D          Em7               A  Asus A
They would have loved their grandpa, those awful jokes he told
A                         A/C#      F#m             G
You know sometimes for a laugh, the two of us would act
 G
Like we were old
 F#m7                Bm         A         Bm          A          D
Back when we were beautiful, Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful yes

                        G     D
But I guess you had to be there