Beautiful Boy

this isn’t the exact song as lennon plays it , but this version is really nice to play softly when you’re trying to get your twin boys to sleep ; ) D/B - basically just hammer off and on the B string as you strum a normal D chord . E | - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - 2 - - | B | - 0 - - 3h - 3 - 3 - - | G | - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - 2 - - | D | - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - 0 - - | A | - x - - x - - x - x - - | E | - x - - x - - x - x - - | the rest of the chords are pretty much the conventional versions : Em Bm B A7 G D F# E E | - 0 - - - | E | - 2 - - - | E | - 2 - - - | E | - 0 - - - | E | - 3 - - - | E | - 2 - - - | E | - 2 - - - | E | - 0 - - - | B | - 0 - - - | B | - 3 - - - | B | - 4 - - - | B | - 2 - - - | B | - 0 - - - | B | - 3 - - - | B | - 2 - - - | B | - 0 - - - | G | - 0 - - - | G | - 4 - - - | G | - 4 - - - | G | - 0 - - - | G | - 0 - - - | G | - 2 - - - | G | - 3 - - - | G | - 1 - - - | D | - 2 - - - | D | - 4 - - - | D | - 4 - - - | D | - 2 - - - | D | - 0 - - - | D | - 0 - - - | D | - 4 - - - | D | - 2 - - - | A | - 2 - - - | A | - 2 - - - | A | - 2 - - - | A | - 0 - - - | A | - 2 - - - | A | - x - - - | A | - 4 - - - | A | - 2 - - - | E | - 0 - - - | E | - 2 - - - | E | - 2 - - - | E | - x - - - | E | - 3 - - - | E | - x - - - | E | - 2 - - - | E | - 0 - - - | D/B close your eyes , have no fear the monster’s gone , he’s on the run and your Daddy’s here Em D/B beautiful , beautiful , beautiful boy Em D/B beautiful , beautiful , beautiful boy D/B before you go to sleep , say a little prayer every day , in every way , it’s getting better and better Em D/B beautiful , beautiful , beautiful boy Em D/B beautiful , beautiful , beautiful boy Bm B out on the ocean , sailing away G D i can hardly wait! G D to see you come of age! G D A7 G F# E but i guess we’ll both just have to have patience G D ’cause it’s a long way to go G D a hard row to hoe G D A7 G F# E yes it’s a long way to go but in the meantime . . . D/B before you cross the street , take my hand life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans Em D/B beautiful , beautiful , beautiful boy Em D/B beautiful , beautiful , beautiful boy Em D/B darling , darling , darling [ insert your boy’s name here ]