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Capo: 4th fret
INTRO: [D] [G]
[D]Paul's got a brand new haircut must have been the girl's first date
[G]baby blue front quarterpanel on his old dark green Chevrolet
[D]Probably never make the pages of People Magazine,
but you [G]ought to see those sick kids' faces when he shows up on Christmas Eve
[Bm]Dressed like old St. Nick that [E]missing tooth don't matter a bit
[G]there's a lot like him around in every town
CHORUS:
They're just [Bm]family friends and [A]neighbors
doin [G]what they've always done
loving [Bm]fathers, loving [A]daughters,
loving [G]mothers, loving sons
[C]they gather 'round old [G/B]glory
[A]'round the [D/F#]tables and the [G]steeples
the beautiful [D]people [G#dim]
the beautiful [G]people
[D]Debbie Jo down at the diner sunny side up, burn the toast
[G]raisin' up 2 kids solo can't afford no fitness coach
[D]She was goin' to california the year her momma got sick
so she [G]hung around to do what she could had the first one and that was it
[Bm]Then her mom passed on but she [E]still goes by the old folks' home
just to [G]sit a while and bring a smile
CHORUS
A wrinkled [Bm]old man wearing [A]medals
that he [G]earned on Omaha Beach
sayin' [Bm]goodbye to a [A]grandson
who was [G]killed outside Tikrit
[C]They gather 'round old [G/B]glory [A]
[D/F#]out behind the [G]steeple
the beautiful [D]people [G#dim]
the beautiful [G]people
the beautiful [D]people [G#dim]
man, they're beautiful [G]people
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