Beauty Queen chords by Roxy Music

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

C*   x32013
Csus4Csus4 x33010

Intro:
C majorC  D MajorD  FF  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G N.C.

Verse 1:
     C majorC    C* C majorC
Valerie, please - believe
  Csus4Csus4    D MajorD     D7D7 D MajorD
It never could work out
         FF
The time to make plans
  C majorC
Has passed
    D MajorD  D7D7 D MajorD G+G N.C.
Faded away

Verse 2:
         C majorC   C* C majorC
Ooh, the way you look
     Csus4Csus4    D MajorD    D7D7 D MajorD
Makes my starry eyes shiver
       FF  C majorC
Then I look awa-a-ay
         D MajorD  D7D7 D MajorD G+G N.C.
Too much for one day

Verse 3:
       C majorC   C* C majorC
One thing we share
    Csus4Csus4  D MajorD    D7D7 D MajorD
Is an ideal of beauty
      FF
Treasure so rare
C majorC          D MajorD     D7D7 D MajorD G+G N.C.
  That even devils might care

Verse 4:
          C majorC   C* C majorC
Your swimming pool eyes
        Csus4Csus4 D MajorD    D7D7 D MajorD
In sea breezes they flutter
      FF
The coconut tears
         C majorC
Heavy-lidded they shed
           D MajorD
Swaying palms at your feet
      D7D7  D MajorD    G+G N.C.
You're the pride of your street

Verse 5:
           C majorC
While you worship the sun
       C* C majorC
Summer lover of fun
   Csus4Csus4    D MajorD     D7D7 D MajorD D7D7 D MajorD
Gold number with neighbours
D7D7    D MajorD       FF
Who said that you'll go far
          C majorC
Maybe someday be a star
         D MajorD
A augmentedA fast-mover like you
     D7D7   D MajorD       G+G N.C.
And your dreams will all come true

Instrumental:
G+G

Verse 6:
     C majorC   C* C majorC
All of my hope
  Csus4Csus4  D MajorD    D7D7 D MajorD
And my inspiration
      FF
I drew from you
               C majorC
Our life's pattern's drawn in sand
             D MajorD
But the winds could not erase
  D7D7   D MajorD    G+G N.C
The memory of your face

Verse 7:
      C majorC   C* C majorC
Deep in the night
      Csus4Csus4  D MajorD   D7D7 D MajorD
Plying very strange cargo
          FF
Our soul ships pass by
C majorC          D MajorD   D7D7 D MajorD
 Solo trips to the stars
    G+G N.C.
In the sky

Verse 8:
      C majorC  C* C majorC
Gliding so far
     Csus4Csus4   D MajorD    D7D7 D MajorD
That the eye cannot follow
       FF
Where do they go
C majorC       D MajorD  G+G N.C.
  We'll never know