Pretty Hurts Chords
by Beyoncé
Pretty Hurts by Beyoncé is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Db with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords A, Bm, F#m, E and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: A Bm F#m E
A Bm
Mama said: you're a pretty girl
F#m E
What's in your head, it doesn't matter
A Bm
Brush your hair, fix your teeth
F#m E
What you wear is all that matters
A Bm F#m E
Just another stage, pageant the pain away
A Cm
This time I'm gonna take the crown
F#m E
Without falling down, down
A Bm F#m E
Pretty hurts, we shine the light on whatever's worse
A Bm F#m E
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
A Bm F#m E
Pretty hurts, we shine the light on whatever's worse
A Bm F#m
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
E
It's the soul that needs the surgery
A Bm
Blonder hair, flat chest
F#m E
TV says bigger is better
A Bm
South beach, sugar free
F#m E
Vogue says thinner is better
A Bm
Just another stage
F#m E
Pageant the pain away
A Bm
This time I'm gonna take the crown
F#m E
Without falling down, down
A Bm F#m E
Pretty hurts, we shine the light on whatever's worse
A Bm F#m E
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
A Bm F#m E
Pretty hurts, we shine the light on whatever's worse
A Bm F#m
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
E
It's the soul that needs the surgery
Bm
Ain't got no doctor or pill that can take the pain away
F#m
The pain's inside and nobody frees you from your body
A E
It's the soul, it's the soul that needs surgery (It's my soul that needs surgery)
Bm
Plastic smiles and denial can only take you so far
F#m
Then you break when the fake façade leaves you in the dark
A E
You left with shattered mirrors and the shards of a beautiful past
A Bm F#m E
Pretty hurts, we shine the light on whatever's worse
A Bm F#m E
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
A Bm F#m E
Pretty hurts, we shine the light on whatever's worse
A Bm F#m
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
E
It's the soul that needs the surgery
A Bm
When you're alone all by yourself
F#m E
And you're lying in your bed
A Bm
Reflection stares right into you
F#m E
Are you happy with yourself
A Bm
You stripped away the masquerade
F#m E
The illusion has been shed
A Bm
Are you happy with yourself?
F#m E
Are you happy with yourself?
Yes