Beautiful Boy Darling Boy Chords

Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) – John Lennon (1980)
Key: D
Tuning: Standard
 
 
[Intro]
 
(Lead):
 
e|-7--5-----------------|
B|-7--5--7-----5--3--7--|
G|-------7-----4--2--7--|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
 
 
Main chord progression (D – D6):
       D    D6
e|-----2-----2-------------|
B|-----3-----0-------------|
G|-----2-----2-------------|
D|-----0-----0-------------|
A|-----x-----x-------------|
E|-----x-----x-------------|
 
S.p.   D  D  U     U  D  U
Beat:  1  &  2  &  3  &  4
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
D          D6    D  D6
Close your eyes       
D       D6    D  D6
have no fear.
D             D6    D           D6           D       D6    D  D6
The monster's gone, he's on the run and your Daddy's here
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
Em7                                        D  D6    D  D6
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
Em7                                        D  D6    D  D6
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
D                D6    D  D6
Before you go to sleep
D            D6    D  D6
say a little prayer
D     D6      D     D6                D          D6     D  D6
Every day, in every way, it's getting better and better
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
Em7                                        D  D6    D  D6
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
Em7                                        Bm
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
 
 
[Bridge]
 
Bm         BmMaj7     Bm7       B7
 Out on the ocean,    sailing away
G            D7
I can hardly wait! 
G                  D7
To see you come of age!
G                 D7                   A
But I guess we'll both just have to be patient
G                        D7
Cause it's a long way to go
G             D7
A hard row to hoe
G                      D7               A
Yes it's a long way to go but in the meantime...
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
           D         D6    D  D6
Before you cross the street 
D       D6    D  D6
take my hand
D       D6              D                D6          D     D6    D  D6
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans
 
 
[Chorus 3]
 
Em7                                        D  D6    D  D6
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
Em7                                        D  D6    D  D6
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
D                D6    D  D6
Before you go to sleep
D            D6    D  D6
say a little prayer
D     D6      D     D6                D          D6    D  D6
Every day, in every way, it's getting better and better
 
 
[Chorus 4]
 
Em7                                        D  D6    D  D6
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
Em7                                 D6
Darling, darling, darling, darling Sean
 
 
Chords:
 
D        xx0232
D6       xx0202
Em7      022030
Bm       x24432
BmMaj7   x24332
Bm7      x24232
B7       x24242
G        320003 or 320033
 
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