A Beautiful Wreck Chords

KeyA Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays468

A Beautiful Wreck by Shawn Mullins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords F#m, D, Em, C, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
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  			 (All chords relative to the capo, 
first chord of verse is actually F#m) 
 
D 
Em D C G 
Em D C 
Em D C G (Walk Down bass roots) 
Em D C 
 
Em D C G Em D C 
I lost count of the times I given up on you 
Em D C G Em D C 
But you make such a beautiful wreck, you do 
Em D C G Em D C 
There's a tavern on the corner called the Milky Way 
Em D C G Em D C 
And you look so at home there it makes me afraid 
G Em 
And at the dark end of this bar 
C D 
What a beautiful wreck you are 
G Em C D 
When you go too far, beautiful wreck you are
 
Em D C G Em D C 
Well all the plans that you made from seven years ago 
Em D C G Em D C 
Like all the promises you made I watched them come and go 
Em D C G Em D C 
You put your keys in the car but it wouldn't drive 
Em D C G Em D C 
With your hands on the wheel lookin' barely alive 
Em D C G Em D C 
I'm still sitting here waiting on the passenger side 
Am 
For you to make your mind 
C 
For you to make up your mind 
G Em 
And at the dark end of this bar 
C D 
What a beautiful wreck you are 
G Em C D 
When you go too far, beautiful wreck you are 
What a beautiful, such a beautiful 
A beautiful wreck you are 
What a beautiful, such a beautiful wreck
Em D C G Em D C 
I lost count of the times I given up on you 
Em D C G Em D C 
But you make such a beautiful wreck you do 
Em D C G Em D C 
Yeah, you make such a beautiful wreck you do 
You make such a beautiful wreck you do 
At the dark end of this bar 
What a beautiful wreck you are 
When you go too far 
Beautiful wreck you are 
What a beautiful, such a beautiful, beautiful wreck you are 
What a beautiful, such a beautiful, beautiful wreck you are 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante