Tabs
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Reasons To Be Beautiful by Hole
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This song is actually really simple, mostly power chords. Standard tuning, played with
heavy distortion.
INTRO/VERSE: (repeated through song):
"Love hangs herself / With the bed sheets in her cell"
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--5--5--5--5-5---13-13-13-13----8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8------------|
A augmentedA|--5--5--5--5-5---13-13-13-13----8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8------------|
E MajorE|--3--3--3--3-3---11-11-11-11----6-6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6------------|
"Threw myself on fires for you / Ten good reasons to stay alive / Ten good reasons that
I can't find"
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--5--5--5--5-5---13-13-13-13----8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8------------|
A augmentedA|--5--5--5--5-5---13-13-13-13----8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8------------|
E MajorE|--3--3--3--3-3---11-11-11-11----6-6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6------------|
CHORUS:
"Oh give me a reason to be beautiful"
e|------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------5-5-5-5---------------------|
D MajorD|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-----------|
A augmentedA|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7-----------|
E MajorE|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------5-5-5-5-----------|
"So sick in his body, so sick in his soul"
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------5-5-5-5--------------------------|
D MajorD|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--------------------------|
A augmentedA|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------1-1-1-1------------------------------------|
"Oh, give me a reason to be beautiful"
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9---3-3-3-3---------------------------|
A augmentedA|--7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9---3-3-3-3---------------------------|
E MajorE|--5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---1-1-1-1---------------------------|
"Oh, and everything I am"
e|----------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------|
G+G|--5-5-5-5-------------------------|
D MajorD|--5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---------------|
A augmentedA|--3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7---------------|
E MajorE|------------5-5-5-5---------------|
BRIDGE:
"Miles and miles of perfect skin / I swear I do, I fit right in"
e|--------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6----7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3-----------|
A augmentedA|--3-3-3-3--6-6-6-6----7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3-----------|
E MajorE|-----------4-4-4-4----5-5-5-5---1-1-1-1-----------|
"My love burns through everything / I cannot breathe"
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--5-5-5-5----------------------------5-5------------------------|
D MajorD|--5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6--------7-7-7-7----5-5--7-7-------------------|
A augmentedA|--3-3-3-3--6-6-6-6--------7-7-7-7----3-3--7-7-------------------|
E MajorE|-----------4-4-4-4--------5-5-5-5---------5-5-------------------|
(**Repeat chorus and verse throughout song until outro**)
OUTRO (CHORDS):
G+G A augmentedA
"Hey, you were right
FF D MajorD
Named a star for your eyes
C majorC
Did you freeze?
A augmentedA
Did you weep?
BB C majorC
Turn to gold, baby sleep"
(**Repeat chord progression for last outro verse, and then on the last line, "And is no
Other versions of Reasons To Be Beautiful
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Reasons to be beautiful (Ver. 2) by Hole
