Chords
Back When We Were Beautiful

Key: D

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
 Db                                 Gb  Db                 Ebm                           DbDb4 
I guess you had to be there, she said, you had to be
                                 Gb     Db                 Ebm                                 AbAb4 
She handed me a yellowed photograph and then said, see
This was my greatest love,
       Fm                     Gb                       Abm  Gb 
My one and only love and this is   me
 Gbm                             Bbm                  Ab     Db 
Back when we were beautiful beautiful, see
 Db                               Gb     Db               Ebm                             DbDb4 
I don't feel very different, she said, I know it's strange
 Db                                   Gb     Db             Ebm                             AbAb4 
I guess I've gotten used to these little aches and pains
But I still love to dance,
         Fm                           Gb                           Abm  Gb 
You know we used to dance the night away
 Gbm                             Bbm                      Ab   Db 
Back when we were beautiful   beautiful   yeah
     Fm                               Ab                               Db 
I hate it when they say I'm aging gracefully
                                   Ab                                           Db 
I fight it every day, I guess they never see
                                           Bbm                                           F+     BbmAb4  Ab 
I don't like this at all, what's happening to me
 Ab  Db 
To me
                                           Gb     Db             Ebm                                         DbDb4 
But I really love my grandkids, she said, they're sweet to hold

 Ab 
They would've have loved their grandpa, those awful jokes he told

 Gb 
You know, sometimes for a laugh the two of us would act like we were
old
 Gbm                             Bbm                    Ab     Db 
Back when we were beautiful, beautiful, yeah
 Db                                         Ab   Db 
But I guess you had to be there
From Matraca Berg "Sunday Morning To Saturday Night"