Beautiful People by Big Country Intro G G/F# Em D C D Em G G/F# Em D C D G Verse C G C G If beauty is an ecstacy And anger keeps you poor Em Am C D A hungry man is never free A rich man never cured C Em D G D Things were never what they used to be Bm Em Am D For all the folks who can run the world, drive cabs or cut your hair Chorus G G/F# Em D C D Em The sun may set without your help but you're beautiful people to me G G/F# Em D C D G You may fall before you're pushed but it's beautiful people I see G G/F# Em D C D Em If you only see the stars when it's dark that's enough for me G G/F# Em D C D G An empty soul with a full opinion is beautiful people to me Middle link It’s all the same in different hats The proof of the missing link A nation talking to its self And none of us can think Things were never what they used to be A silent fool may still be wise But there’s no way you can tell The captain more scarred than his crew Is beautiful people to me And the finest government you could buy Its beautiful people I see If you could give five to one against It’s good enough for me Can’t use two steps to cross a canyon You’re beautiful people to me If you don’t see the same trees I see You’re beautiful people to me Make deserts bloom and oceans die Just beautiful people to me If you’re lost and dying of civilisation That’s enough for me If you believe your own blind eye You’re beautiful people to me And you may miss what you never had And have what you never want I'm not too sure if the above is totally right. Any comments or suggestions would be most welcome.