Belle and Sebastian - We Were Beautiful: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "We Were Beautiful" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn We Were Beautiful ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "We Were Beautiful" smoothly on your ukulele.

                       Em
I was blank as I could be
Hearing voices telling me
                       G
"Walk away from everything"
                         Em
But where was I meant to go?
Far away from those I know
                    G C Bm
To some desolate below

We were in the uber scene
Where they grind the coffee bean
Where the women are oblique
And the boys are paper thin
Ragged beards upon their chin
We were on the outside looking in

Am              Bm         Am               Em
Rise above the present day, rise above the popular
melee
Am             Bm         C               Dm
I see you the way you are, I see you the star

Chorus:
         F     G     Am    C        G
We were beautiful before this went down
         F     G     Am       C           G
We were beautiful before the years came, turned
it upside down
         F     G     Am   C      G
We were beautiful before we got wise
         F     G        Am       C      Bm       A
We were beautiful with sky and blanket laying low

I am hanging on the line
I'm on duty all the time
I am your Samaritan on call
I could try my best to heal
All the emptiness you feel
In the giving, I will be alive

We were wrapped around our roots
Nothing on except our boots
We were intimate around the waist
We were settling our scores
We were healing over sores
We were living out the pleasure that we lost

Chorus:
We were beautiful before this went down
We were beautiful before the years came
And turned it upside down
We were beautiful for all of time and space
I will tell it to the sun and I will tell it to

F                     G
If you listen to the night,
                         Am                    F
we can heard the madmen fight, hear the foxes making
out
F                     G
But the people all immune,
                          C
sleeping silent in their rooms, growing bodies
A#
with their sleep
                G#
Making plans inside their heads,
                 Fm           D#
making love to shallow friends
 Fm           D#
shallow friends

Chorus:
We were beautiful before this went down
We were beautiful before the years came
And turned it upside down
We were beautiful before we got wise
We were beautiful with sky and blanket fading out

We were beautiful before this went down
We were beautiful before the years came
And turned it upside down
We were beautiful for all of time and space
I will tell it to the sun and I will tell it
to your face

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A

Ukulele chord A

A#

Ukulele chord A#

Am

Ukulele chord Am

Bm

Ukulele chord Bm

C

Ukulele chord C

D#

Ukulele chord D#

Dm

Ukulele chord Dm

Em

Ukulele chord Em

F

Ukulele chord F

Fm

Ukulele chord Fm

G

Ukulele chord G

G#

Ukulele chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "We Were Beautiful" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "We Were Beautiful" by Belle and Sebastian.

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