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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3Beautiful 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 boy Em7 D D6 D D6 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 boy Em7 Bm 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 boy Em7 D D6 D D6 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 boy Em7 D6 Darling, darling, darling Sean Chords: D xx0232 D6 xx0202 Em7 022030 Bm x24432 BmMaj7 x24332 Bm7 x24232 B7 x24242 G 320003 or 320033 ************************************ | x Dead note ************************************