Biography:
Linda Thompson (born Linda Pettifer) started her singing career in the 1960s, doing advertising jingles for money and singing in folk clubs for enjoyment. She changed her name to Linda Peters, and was romantically linked to Martin Carthy before working with Richard Thompson, whom she married in 1972. As part of Richard & Linda Thompson she sang on a string of critically acclaimed albums until a bitter split in 1982. After battling voice problems over the years since, she resurfaced with a solo album in 1996, and has worked sporadically since.
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Linda Thompson - Beauty
CAPO: 6th Fret
[Intro]
Em Am Dm F G C
[Verse 1]
Em
Beauty, you make me sad
F C
All you beautiful babies been had
Dm G C Am D7
Who’ll be able to love you for what you
F G
What you really are?
[Verse 2]
C Em
Beauty, what is your face?
F C
What has it given the human race?
Dm G C Am D7
All that it has given me is a longing for
F G
People and things I could never afford
[Bridge]
Em B7
Ah, beauty, now that the walls of Troy are tumbling down
Em
And poor Oscar Wilde’s verdict is out
B7
And the Hope diamond’s up for auction
Em
And what about Michael Jackson?
G A G
And I’m smoking again in the morning looking at
[Verse 3]
C Em
Beauty, look at me
F C
You who did line the apple once offered Eve
Dm G C Am
I fear you line the world we see
D7 F G
Filled with goodness only hidden by
[Verse 4]
C Em
Beauty, you make me sad
You make me sad
C
You make me sad
CAPO: 6th Fret
[Intro]
Em Am Dm F G C
[Verse 1]
Em
Beauty, you make me sad
F C
All you beautiful babies been had
Dm G C Am D7
Who’ll be able to love you for what you
F G
What you really are?
[Verse 2]
C Em
Beauty, what is your face?
F C
What has it given the human race?
Dm G C Am D7
All that it has given me is a longing for
F G
People and things I could never afford
[Bridge]
Em B7
Ah, beauty, now that the walls of Troy are tumbling down
Em
And poor Oscar Wilde’s verdict is out
B7
And the Hope diamond’s up for auction
Em
And what about Michael Jackson?
G A G
And I’m smoking again in the morning looking at
[Verse 3]
C Em
Beauty, look at me
F C
You who did line the apple once offered Eve
Dm G C Am
I fear you line the world we see
D7 F G
Filled with goodness only hidden by
[Verse 4]
C Em
Beauty, you make me sad
You make me sad
C
You make me sad
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