Beautiful Thing

INTRO: C

                                    
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Surrogates and shadowy henchmen 
galore
Am
Party hacks and swift-boating 
talk-show whores
F                                 
Look at all the lies it takes, the
               C
 job of making kings
                                    
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You can own the truth, you just 
gotta conceive it
       Am
Put it on the television screens, 
they'll believe it
       Dm7               F
It's a beautiful thing
                   C
It's a beautiful thing


                                    
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We wonder how our leaders could ever
 deceive us
          Am
While the profiteers count their 
cash and praise Jesus
    F                              
The press sings another chorus, 
          C
“Let Freedom Ring”
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We send our boys away to come home 
in parts
  Am
Believe the lies with all our hearts
       Dm7               F
It's a beautiful thing
                   C
It's a beautiful thing


BRIDGE:
   F                               
Dissension is a song only fools and
          C
 traitors sing
     F                             
Just look at all the benefits that 
               G
global economy brings
  C                                
Today we sing the gilded age's song
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    Am
The 20th century's dead and gone
       Dm7               F
It's a beautiful thing
                   C
It's a beautiful thing


INSTRUMENTAL: C    Am    F    C 

      Am    Dm7  F  C


                                    
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I live in a land of hope and 
betrayal
  Am
I get up each morning and try to 
tell the tale
    F                              
And so, until my dying day, 
           C
whatever fate may bring
                                    
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A dark age looms, there's evil at 
hand
    Am
Somehow I still believe in the 
goodness of man
       Dm7               F
It's a beautiful thing
                   C
It's a beautiful thing
       Dm7               F
It's a beautiful thing
                   C
It's a beautiful thing