Absolute beginners    (video)

 

    C ~        +  F - C    - F - G    - F - G   - F - C (2x)

 

                                     Am   - G                                       Dm

1. I’ve nothing much to offer,      there’s nothing much to take,

F                                 C       - Bb                              Am    - Dm - G

    I’m an absolute beginner,        but I’m absolutely sane.

C                                Am      - G                              Dm

    As long as we’re together,      the rest may go to hell,

F                      C           - Bb                                   Am

    I absolutely love you,        but we’re absolute beginners,

F                           C                - E                                 G

    with eyes completely open,       but nervous all the same.

 

          C                                       F

If our love song could fly over mountains,

                             Am                            E

could laugh at the oceans, just like the films.

     F      G    C                               F

There’s no reason to feel all the hard times,

                           Am                                    G

to lay down the hard lines, it’s absolutely true.

 

+  F - G    - F - G    - F - C

 

                                      Am       - G                              Dm

2. Nothing much could happen,      nothing we can’t shake,

F                                          C      - Bb                                   Am - Dm - G

   though we’re absolute beginners,   with nothing much at stake.

C                                        Am   - G                                      Dm

    As long as you’re still smiling,      there’s nothing more I need,

F                     C             - Bb                                   Am

    I absolutely love you,        but we’re absolute beginners,

F                              C           - E                                   G

    but if my love is your love,       we’re certain to succeed.

 

                   C                             F

If our love song could fly over mountains,

                          Am                                E

could sail over heartaches, just like the films.

F    G        C                                F

If there’s reasons to feel all the hard times,

                           Am                                   G

to lay down the hard lines, it’s absolutely true.

 

+  instrumental = CHORUS ....

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (David Bowie)