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Reasons To Be Beautiful by Hole
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This song is actually really simple, mostly power chords. Standard tuning, played with
heavy distortion.
INTRO/VERSE: (repeated through song):
"Love hangs herself / With the bed sheets in her cell"
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5--5--5--5-5---13-13-13-13----8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8------------|
A|--5--5--5--5-5---13-13-13-13----8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8------------|
E|--3--3--3--3-3---11-11-11-11----6-6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6------------|
"Threw myself on fires for you / Ten good reasons to stay alive / Ten good reasons that
I can't find"
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5--5--5--5-5---13-13-13-13----8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8------------|
A|--5--5--5--5-5---13-13-13-13----8-8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8------------|
E|--3--3--3--3-3---11-11-11-11----6-6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6------------|
CHORUS:
"Oh give me a reason to be beautiful"
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B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------5-5-5-5---------------------|
D|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-----------|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7-----------|
E|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------5-5-5-5-----------|
"So sick in his body, so sick in his soul"
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------5-5-5-5--------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--------------------------|
E|--------------------1-1-1-1------------------------------------|
"Oh, give me a reason to be beautiful"
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B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9---3-3-3-3---------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9---3-3-3-3---------------------------|
E|--5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---1-1-1-1---------------------------|
"Oh, and everything I am"
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B|----------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5-------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---------------|
A|--3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7---------------|
E|------------5-5-5-5---------------|
BRIDGE:
"Miles and miles of perfect skin / I swear I do, I fit right in"
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B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6----7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3-----------|
A|--3-3-3-3--6-6-6-6----7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3-----------|
E|-----------4-4-4-4----5-5-5-5---1-1-1-1-----------|
"My love burns through everything / I cannot breathe"
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B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5----------------------------5-5------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6--------7-7-7-7----5-5--7-7-------------------|
A|--3-3-3-3--6-6-6-6--------7-7-7-7----3-3--7-7-------------------|
E|-----------4-4-4-4--------5-5-5-5---------5-5-------------------|
(**Repeat chorus and verse throughout song until outro**)
OUTRO (CHORDS):
"Hey, you were right
Named a star for your eyes
Did you freeze?
Did you weep?
Turn to gold, baby sleep"
(**Repeat chord progression for last outro verse, and then on the last line, "And is no
more", strum progression A, G, C, G)