Reasons To Be Beautiful by Hole
INTRO/VERSE: (repeated through song):
"Love hangs herself / With the bed sheets in her cell"
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 13 13 13 13 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 13 13 13 13 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 3 11 11 11 11 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
"Threw myself on fires for you / Ten good reasons to stay alive / Ten good reasons that
I can't find"
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 13 13 13 13 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 13 13 13 13 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 3 11 11 11 11 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
CHORUS:
"Oh give me a reason to be beautiful"
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| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 |
| A | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 |
| E | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 |
"So sick in his body, so sick in his soul"
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| E | 1 1 1 1 |
"Oh, give me a reason to be beautiful"
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| B | |
| G | |
| D | 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 3 3 3 3 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 3 3 3 3 |
| E | 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 |
"Oh, and everything I am"
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 |
| A | 3 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 |
| E | 5 5 5 5 |
BRIDGE:
"Miles and miles of perfect skin / I swear I do, I fit right in"
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 |
| A | 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 |
| E | 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 |
"My love burns through everything / I cannot breathe"
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 5 5 7 7 |
| A | 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 3 3 7 7 |
| E | 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
(**Repeat chorus and verse throughout song until outro**)
OUTRO (CHORDS):
G A
"Hey, you were right
F D
Named a star for your eyes
C
Did you freeze?
A
Did you weep?
B C
Turn to gold, baby sleep"
(**Repeat chord progression for last outro verse, and then on the last line, "And is no
more", strum progression A, G, C, G)