This is a pretty straightforward tune. I was watching a YouTube video of Shawn performing this solo
acoustic so I thought I'd take this time to make some minor corrections. I do not own the rights to
the song and this is solely for education purposes.
Standard tuning CAPO 2:
(all chords are relative to capo)
Intro:
Em7, D, Cadd9, G
Em7, D, Cadd9
Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9
I?ve lost count of the times I?ve given up on you
Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9
But you make such a beautiful wreck you do
Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9
There?s a tavern on the corner called the Milky Way
Em7 D Cadd9* G Em7 D Cadd9
And you look so at home there if makes-me-a-fraid
G Em7
And at the dark end of this bar
Cadd9 D G
What a beautiful wreck you are
Em7 Cadd9 D
When you go too far, beautiful wreck you are
Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9
Well all the plans that you had from seven years ago
Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9
Like all the promises you made I watched them come and go
Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9
You put your keys in the car but it wouldn?t drive
Em7 D Cadd9* G Em7 D Cadd9
With your hands on the wheel lookin? bare-ly-a-live
Em7 D Cadd9 G
I?m still sitting here waiting on the passenger side
A7 C
For you to make up your mind For you to make up your mind
G Em7
And at the dark end of this bar
Cadd9 D G
What a beautiful wreck you are
Em7 Cadd9 D G
When you go too far, beautiful wreck you are
Em7 Cadd9
What a beautiful, such a beautiful
D G
Beautiful wreck you are
Em7 Cadd9
What a beautiful, such a beautiful
D
Wreck
Interlude:
Em7, D, Cadd9, G
Em7, D, Cadd9, G
Em7, D, Cadd9*, G
Em7, D, Cadd9, G
Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9
I?ve lost count of the times I?ve given up on you
Em7 D Cadd9 G Em7 D Cadd9
But you make such a beautiful wreck you do
Em7 D Cadd9
Yeah you make such a beautiful wreck you do
G Em7
And at the dark end of this bar
Cadd9 D G
What a beautiful wreck you are
Em7 Cadd9 D G
When you go too far, beautiful wreck you are
Em7 Cadd9
What a beautiful, such a beautiful
D G
Beautiful wreck you are
Em7 Cadd9
What a beautiful, such a beautiful
D G Em7 Cadd9 D
Beautiful wreck you are
Outro:
G, Em7, Cadd9, D
Em7, D, G**, C
!!!NOTES!!!
*There is a descending bass lick when transitioning from the Cadd9 to G a couple of times throughout
the song that goes along with the vocal melody. I have the lyrics separated with hyphens to distinguish
where the notes should fall in that lick. It goes as such:
e|----------3--|
B|----------3--|
G|----------0--|
D|----------0--|
A|-3--2--0--2--|
E|----------3--|
**There is an ascending bass lick when transitioning from the G to C in the outro. It goes as such:
e|-3--------0--|
B|-3--------1--|
G|-0--------0--|
D|-0--------2--|
A|-2--0--2--3--|
E|-3-----------|
