Back When We Were Beautiful Chords by Emmylou Harris

Back When We Were Beautiful Chords

by Emmylou Harris

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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: Bm F# Bm F# D 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

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Published: November 17, 2025
Last Updated: March 28, 2026