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Chord transcription by Ian Chippett (from Pete's Monyash '97 rendition):
F Am
The green-covered place that I went to in spring
Gm7 Em
With a notebook and what cigarettes I could bring
A7 Dm
The cloverleaf crossing now ties in a ring
Bbm F
And how the beautiful changes
When the men with a dream who are never refused
Drum up the exciting to reap the unused
The lovers are judged and condemned unaccused
And the beautiful dies with the harvest
Now the loveliest creatures that God ever made
Have all picked a partner and joined the parade
Where they'll crack up together from making the grade
And how the beautiful changes
They pull into the kerb and they crowd out the bars
Watching an astronaut fall toward Mars
He's talking in clichés that put out the stars
And the beautiful dies with the harvest
Too late is the way a man finally learns
The light of salvation recedes and returns
As you freeze with the cold or you croak from the burns
And how the beautiful changes
In the pink of the sunset high over the park
The con-trails are tracing their spiral and arc
As the angels turn eastwards to fight back the dark
And the beautiful dies with the harvest
With gaps in the fabric, regrets never mend
I've seen the eternities crawl to their end
The comedown of many a fine-feathered friend
And how the beautiful changes
D7
G Bm
There's a fine line between love of living and greed
Am7 F#m
Say the men of affairs and deliberate speed
B7 Em
As the ugly goes into the ground with the seed
Cm G
And the beautiful dies with the harvest
Bm
Now the fire of redemption is a guttering flame
Am7 F#m
A man is an image before he's a name
B7 Em
And the deadly arrangement that fixes the game
A7 C
Is the way the inhuman is always the same
Em Cm G
And how the beautiful changes
Em Cm G
How the beautiful changes
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