Beautiful Times Chords
by Owl City
Beautiful Times by Owl City is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G C D
A spark soaring down through the pouring rain
Em G
and restoring life to the lighthouse
G C
A slow motion wave on the ocean
D Em G
Stirs my emotion up like a rain cloud
G Em D
When did the sky turn black?
D Em C
And when will the light come back?
G C D
A cab driver turned to skydiver then
Em G
To survivor dying to breakdown
G C
A blood brother, surrogate mother
D Em G
Hugging each other, crying their eyes out
G Em D
When did the sky turn black?
D Em C
And when will the light come back?
G C D
I'm ecstatic like a drug addict locked in the attic
Em G
Strung out and spellbound
Em
I fought all through the night
Am D
Oh, oh, but I made it alive
Em
The sun's starting to rise
Am D
Oh, oh, these are beautiful times
Am C Em D Am
This fight of my life is so hard, so hard, so hard
C
But I'm gonna survive
Em D
Oh, oh, these are beautiful times
violin solo
G C
A bad feeling burns through the ceiling
D Em G
leaving my healing heart with a new scar
G C
A dead fire rose and rose higher
D Em G
like a vampire up from the graveyard
G Em D
When did the sky turn black?
D Em C
And when will the light come back?
G C
We all suffer but we recover
D Em G
Just to discover life where we all are
Em
I fought all through the night
Am D
Oh, oh, but I made it alive
Em
The sun's starting to rise
Am D
Oh, oh, these are beautiful times
Am C Em D Am
This fight of my life is so hard, so hard, so hard
C
But I'm gonna survive
Em D
Oh, oh, these are beautiful times
Am C Em D Am
This fight of my life is so hard, so hard, so hard
C
But I'm gonna survive
Em D
Oh, oh, these are beautiful times
G C D
My heart's burning bad and it's turning black
Em G
but I'm learning how to be stronger
G C D
And sincerely, I love you dearly, oh
Em G
But I'm clearly destined to wander