Temporary Beauty — Graham Parker
Chords and lyrics for Temporary Beauty by Graham Parker (key of E).
Intro
[E] [A] [E] [B] [E] [A] [E] [B]
Verse 1
[E]You have to do your [A]best to come up to [C#m]par
From [C#m]straight off the [A]production [B]line like a [E]car
Till everything you [A]put on is a [C#m]put-on
And you don't know who's [A]face you're [F#m]gazing [C#m]upon
[C#m]Could be anyone you're [A]sending out there tonight
[C#m]Is it any wonder [B]all the lights are too bright?
Chorus
And you [E]need temporary [A]beauty
[G#m]And hope to [E]God that it [B]doesn't rain
You [E]need temporary [A]beauty
[G#m]Even [C#m]though it [F#m]might be [B]love in [E]vain, [A]vain, [E]vain, [B]vain
Verse 2
[E]The world is full of [A]little people like[C#m] you
They [C#m]have to read a [A]book to [B]learn what to [E]do
They hang around in [A]second hand stores for[C#m] clothes
And every kind of [A]pressures [F#m]steps on their[C#m] toes
[C#m]Love doesn't [A]fall out of a magazine
[C#m]You mustn't [B]always believe what you see
Chorus
And baby you [E]need temporary [A]beauty
[G#m]And hope to [E]God that it [B]doesn't rain
You [E]need temporary [A]beauty
[G#m]Even [C#m]though it [F#m]might be [B]love in [E]vain
[A]Ah-ah-ah [B]temporary beauty
[A]Ah-ah-ah [B]temporary beauty
[A]Ah-ah-ah [B]temporary [A]beauty[B][E]
Verse 3
[E]You might be the [A]sweetest little girl in your[C#m] heart
But[C#m] still the world [A]ignores that and [B]tears you [E]apart
You think of the [A]parties you'll never [C#m]attend
You dream of [A]someone who's [F#m]more than a [C#m]friend
[C#m]Love doesn't [A]jump out of a magazine
[C#m]You mustn't [B]always believe what you see
Chorus
And baby you [E]need temporary [A]beauty
[G#m]And hope to [E]God that it [B]doesn't rain
You [E]need temporary [A]beauty
[G#m]Even [C#m]though it [F#m]might be [B]love
[G#m]Even [C#m]though it [F#m]might be [B]love
[G#m]Even [C#m]though it [F#m]might be [B]love in
[E]Vain, [A]vain, [E]vain, [B]vain
[E]Vain, [A]vain, [E]vain, [B]vain[E]
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