Beautiful Boy Darling Boy Cifras

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           Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) – John Lennon
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Written by: John Lennon
From: "Double Fantasy" (1980)
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
 
The | D D6 | changes in the verses are not really played, I think. They
are just a substitute if you’re playing alone and the riff isn’t there.
If there is a second player for the riff, a plain D as accompaniment is
fine throughout the verses.
 
The marimba plays a downward movement in the middle 8. The acoustic
guitars, I think, keep playing A, though. With two players it might sound
nice if one guitar stayed on the A, while the other plays the “[Link] (high)”
voicings. For one player the “[Link] (low)” could be an option to include
these chords. Further suggestions are highly welcome!
 
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[Riff]
  D
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|7---------------|----------------|
B|7-10--7---------|------7---------|
G|--9---7-------9-|7---9-7---------|
D|--------------9-|7---9-----------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
 
[Chorus]
  Em     Em/G      Em/B   Em7/D     D     D6         D     D6
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|2-----2---------|2-----2---------|
B|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|
G|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|2-----4---------|2-----4---------|
D|2-------2-------|x-------0-------|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|
A|2-------x-------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|0-------3-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
 
[Link] (low)                             [Link] (high)
  A      G/A      F#m/A   Em/A A         A      G/A      F#m/A   Em/A A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---------------|----------------|    |9-------7-------|5-------3---0---|
B|2-------0-------|2-------0---2---|    |10------8-------|7-------5---2---|
G|2-------0-------|2-------0---2---|    |9-------7-------|6-------4---2---|
D|2-------0-------|4-------2---2---| or |11------9-------|7-------5---2---|
A|0-------0-------|0-------0---0---|    |0-------0-------|0-------0---0---|
E|----------------|----------------|    |----------------|----------------|
 
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CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
D        x-x-0-2-3-2
D6       x-x-0-4-3-2
Em       0-2-2-0-0-0
Em/G     3-x-2-0-0-0  (= G6)
Em/B     x-2-x-0-0-0
Em7/D    x-x-0-0-0-0
Bm(maj7) x-2-4-3-3-2
Bm7      x-2-4-2-3-2
B7       x-2-4-2-4-2
Asus2    x-0-2-2-0-0
A5       x-0-2-2-x-x
A7       x-0-2-0-2-0
 
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[Intro]
| D D6 | % | % | % |
 
[Verse 1]
D          D6    D  D6
Close your eyes
D       D6    D  D6
Have no fear
D             D6         D      D6
The monster's gone, he's on the run 
         D       D6    D  D6
And your Daddy's here
 
[Chorus]
Em         Em/G       Em/B      Em7/D    | D | % |
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
Em         Em/G       Em/B      Em7/D    | D | % |
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
 
[Verse 2]
           D     D6    D  D6
Before you go to sleep
      D      D6    D  D6
Say a little prayer
D     D6      D     D6
Every day, in every way
             D          D6     D  D6
It’s getting better and better
 
[Chorus]
Em         Em/G       Em/B      Em7/D    | D | % |
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
Em         Em/G       Em/B      Em7/D    | Bm | % |
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
 
[Middle 8]
Bm           Bm(maj7) Bm7        B7
  Out on the ocean,     sailing away
G             D
 I can hardly wait
G                   D
 To see you come of age
                                         |   A   |         %         |
G                  D                  or | A G/A | F#m/A  Em/A    A  |
 But I guess we'll both just have to have patient          (Cause it's a ...)
                                          [= [Link]]
      A      G           D
Cause it's a long way to go
G              D
 A hard row to hoe
                                    |   A   |        %       |
            G           D        or | A G/A | F#m/A  Em/A  A |
Yes, it's a long way to go but in the meantime          (Before you ...)
                                      [= [Link]]
[Verse]
  A        D         D6    D  D6
Before you cross the street 
D       D6    D  D6
Take my hand
D            D6         D
Life is what happens to you 
             D6          D     D6     D  D6
While you're busy making other plans
 
[Chorus]
Em         Em/G       Em/B      Em7/D    | D | % |
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
Em         Em/G       Em/B      Em7/D    | D | % |
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
 
[Verse 3]
           D     D6    D  D6
Before you go to sleep
      D      D6      D  D6
Say a little prayer
D     D6      D     D6
Every day, in every way
             D          D6      D
It’s getting better and better
 
[Chorus] (+ coda)
Em         Em/G       Em/B      Em7/D    | D | % |
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy
(break)
  Em7                                   D6
  Darling, darling, darling ... darling Sean
 
| D6 | % | % | % |
 (marimba and drums, freely)
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