Matraca Berg Back When We Were Beautiful written by Matraca Berg
Kris Wilkinson viola
Tammy Rogers viola
Craig Nelson bass
Reese Wynans piano
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[Db]I guess you had to [Gb]be [Db]there, she [Ebm]said, you had to [Db]be[Dbsus][Db]
She handed me a [Gb]yello[Db]wed photogr[Ebm]aph and then said, s[Ab]ee[Absus][Ab]
This was my greatest love,
My [Fm]one and only [Gb]love and this [Abm]is [Gb]me
[Gbm]Back when we were [Bbm]beautiful [Absus]beauti[Ab]ful, [Db]see
[Db]I don't feel very [Gb]diffe[Db]rent, she [Ebm]said, I know it's [Db]str[Dbsus]ange[Db]
[Db]I guess I've gotten [Gb]used [Db]to these [Ebm]little aches and p[Ab]ain[Absus]s[Ab]
But I still love to dance,
You [Fm]know we used to [Gb]dance the night [Abm]away[Gb]
[Gbm]Back when we were [Bbm]beautiful [Absus]beautif[Ab]ul [Db]yeah
I [Fm]hate it when they [Ab]say I'm aging grac[Db]efully
I fight it every [Ab]day, I guess they never [Db]see
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I don't like this at all, what's happening to me
[Ab]To [Db]me
But I really love my [Gb]grand[Db]kids, she[Ebm] said, they're sweet to [Db]hol[Dbsus]d[Db]
[Gb] [Db][Ebm][Ab][Absus]
[Ab]They would've have loved their grandpa, those awful jokes he told
[Fm][Gb][Abm]
[Gb]You know, sometimes for a laugh the two of us would act like we were
old
[Gbm]Back when we were [Bbm]beautiful,[Absus] beauti[Ab]ful, [Db]yeah
[Db]But I guess you had to [Ab]be t[Db]here
From Matraca Berg "Sunday Morning To Saturday Night"
Rising Star Records 1997
1995 August Wind Music, Longitude Music Co., Great Broad Music Co.,
Admin. by Longitude Music Co., BMI
Kris Wilkinson viola
Tammy Rogers viola
Craig Nelson bass
Reese Wynans piano
[Db] [Gb] [Db] [Ebm] [Db] [Dbsus] [Db]
[Db]I guess you had to [Gb]be [Db]there, she [Ebm]said, you had to [Db]be[Dbsus][Db]
She handed me a [Gb]yello[Db]wed photogr[Ebm]aph and then said, s[Ab]ee[Absus][Ab]
This was my greatest love,
My [Fm]one and only [Gb]love and this [Abm]is [Gb]me
[Gbm]Back when we were [Bbm]beautiful [Absus]beauti[Ab]ful, [Db]see
[Db]I don't feel very [Gb]diffe[Db]rent, she [Ebm]said, I know it's [Db]str[Dbsus]ange[Db]
[Db]I guess I've gotten [Gb]used [Db]to these [Ebm]little aches and p[Ab]ain[Absus]s[Ab]
But I still love to dance,
You [Fm]know we used to [Gb]dance the night [Abm]away[Gb]
[Gbm]Back when we were [Bbm]beautiful [Absus]beautif[Ab]ul [Db]yeah
I [Fm]hate it when they [Ab]say I'm aging grac[Db]efully
I fight it every [Ab]day, I guess they never [Db]see
Bbm Faug Bbm Absus Ab
I don't like this at all, what's happening to me
[Ab]To [Db]me
But I really love my [Gb]grand[Db]kids, she[Ebm] said, they're sweet to [Db]hol[Dbsus]d[Db]
[Gb] [Db][Ebm][Ab][Absus]
[Ab]They would've have loved their grandpa, those awful jokes he told
[Fm][Gb][Abm]
[Gb]You know, sometimes for a laugh the two of us would act like we were
old
[Gbm]Back when we were [Bbm]beautiful,[Absus] beauti[Ab]ful, [Db]yeah
[Db]But I guess you had to [Ab]be t[Db]here
From Matraca Berg "Sunday Morning To Saturday Night"
Rising Star Records 1997
1995 August Wind Music, Longitude Music Co., Great Broad Music Co.,
Admin. by Longitude Music Co., BMI
