A Beautiful Thing chords by The Handsome Family

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E             A   E
Don't you remember that snowy December
    C#m     F#m       B
when we went to see "Singing in the Rain"?
  E               A     E
I shouldn't have smuggled in that bottle of gin
    C#m    A          E
'cause after the film, I could barely walk

   B
But, darling, don't you know
      A        E
it's only human to want to kill
  B     E
a beautiful thing

E            A    E
When I was seven summer lasted forever
  C#m      F#m          B
I used to chase fireflies through the woods
E              A      E
Tiny green lights circling warm August nights
   C#m     G#   C#m      F#m B
I'd catch them inside a washed-out old jar
  E              A     E
I dreamed of the stars with the jar by my bed,
     C#m     A        E
but each morning my pretty bugs were dead

   B
Oh, darling, don't you see
      A        E
it's only human to want to kill
  B     E
a beautiful thing

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   E              A       E
We should have been dancing like lovers in the movie,
    C#m       F#m     B
but I fell and cut my head in the snow
  E             A      E
I wanted to tell you all the ways that I loved you
     C#m    A      E
but, instead I got sick on the train

   B
But, darling, don't you know
      A        E
it's only human to want to kill
  B     E
a beautiful thing

   B
But, darling, can't you see
      A        B
it's only human to want to kill
       E
a beautiful thing