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:

^DClose your ^D6eyes ^D ^D6 ^Dhave no ^D6fear. ^D ^D6 ^DThe monster's ^D6gone, ^Dhe's on the ^D6run and your ^DDaddy's ^D6here ^D ^D6

Chorus 1:

^Em7Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ^Dboy^D6 ^D ^D6 ^Em7Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ^Dboy^D6 ^D ^D6

Verse 2:

^DBefore you go to ^D6sleep ^D ^D6 ^Dsay a little ^D6prayer^D ^D6 ^DEvery ^D6day, in ^Devery ^D6way, it's getting ^Dbetter and ^D6better ^D ^D6

Chorus 2:

^Em7Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ^Dboy^D6 ^D ^D6 ^Em7Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ^Bmboy

Bridge:

^Bm Out on the^Bm7sus2 ocean, ^Bm7 sailing ^B7away ^GI can hardly ^D7wait! ^GTo see you come of ^D7age! ^GBut I guess we'll ^D7both just have to have ^Apatience ^GCause it's a long way to ^D7go ^GA hard row to ^D7hoe ^GYes it's a long way to ^D7go but in the mea^Antime...

Verse 3:

Before you ^Dcross the ^D6street^D ^D6 ^Dtake my ^D6hand ^D ^D6 ^DLife is ^D6what happens to ^Dyou while you're ^D6busy making ^Dother ^D6plans ^D ^D6

Repeat Chorus 1 Verse 4:

^DBefore you go to ^D6sleep ^D ^D6 ^Dsay a little ^D6prayer^D ^D6 ^DEvery ^D6day, in ^Devery ^D6way, it's getting ^Dbetter and ^D6better^D ^D6

Chorus 3:

^Em7Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ^Dboy^D6 ^D ^D6 ^Em7Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ^Dboy^D6 ^D ^D6 ^Em7Darling, darling, darling ^D6Sean

Chords: D: xx0232 D6: xx0202 Em7: 022030 Bm: x24432 Bm7sus2: x24322 Bm7: x24232 B7: x24242 G: 320003 or 320033