Corrinne May
Beautiful Life (from the album Crooked Lines; I bought her CD ^^)

Standard tuning
(If you want easier chords, 
Capo 1st fret and F#, Ab, Bbm and C# become F, G, Am and C respectively)

Verse 1:
          F#          Ab
It's in living every moment
     Bbm              C#
Like it could be our last
         F#          Ab
For our hearts are restless
           Bbm             C#
Till they rest in love's caress

And the moments we remember
They interweave our hearts
Like a tapestry surrounding us
That we forget to touch

Bridge:
             F#            Ab
It's why we wake up every morning
             Bbm               C#
It's why we seek each other's smile
             F#                 Ab
It's why we know that it's all worth it
             Bbm                 C#(hold)
It's why we hold on, we make the sacrifice

Chorus 1:
             F#        Ab
It's in the eyes of a child
       Bbm              C#
As you hold her in your arms
          F#             Ab        Bbm     C#
And your heart starts to beat once again
          F#         Ab
And your world is reborn
        Bbm             C#
In the freshness of her song
F#(hold)       Ab(hold)
Smile, it's a beautiful life

F# Ab Bbm C# (x2)

Verse 2 (repeat the chord pattern):
It's in the hope of the poor man
As he struggles to make ends meet
It's in the laughter of his children
As they play in the street

Don't need a million dollars
To raise a happy child
You just need a pair of loving arms
And thhe time to make her smile

Bridge

Chorus 2:
             F#         Ab
It's in the tears of a friend
        Bbm           C#
As you finally make amends
          F#             Ab           Bbm   C#
And your soul starts to breathe once again
          F#           Ab
And the weight of the world
       Bbm           C#
Falls away with one word
F#(hold)        Ab(hold)
Smile, it's a beautiful life

F# Ab Bbm C# (x2)

F#    Ab
Oh woah Oh...
Bbm    C#
Oh woah oh...
F#     G#(strum twice and hold)
Oh woah

Chorus 3:
             F#          Ab
It's in the touch of her lips
        Bbm           C#
As she leans in for a kiss
          F#              Ab          Bbm   C#
And your world starts to spin once again
         F#           Ab
And two hearts become one
      Bbm      C#
As a dream is begun
F#(hold)        Ab(hold)
Smile, it's a beautiful life

F# Ab Bbm       
       C#       F#    Ab Bbm
It's a beautiful life
       C#       F#    Ab Bbm
It's a beautiful life
       C#       F#    Ab Bbm (fade out)
It's a beautiful life


Done by ear, hope it's okay. :) Remember, if you have a capo with you capo the 1st 
fret and use F, G, Am and C instead. Cheers!~
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