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[Verse 1]
D
     I knew a girl who said that beauty kills,
E/D
     Dulled the pain with wine and pills,
G                                      G6   D             Dsus2
    Took that slow ride down the hill---   ...to nowhere,
    D
She said, 'Pompeii crumbled, and Athens fell,
E/D
    Heathens stormed the citadel,
G                                              D               Dsus4 D
    A girl like me ain’t got a chance in hell ...against ‘em!'

[Chorus]
D       Am                                 Am7
    Oh,  ...pretty things, (Pretty things-----!)
G                     D                             Dsus2
    Pretty things gone ...to ruin, (Pretty things!)
D       Am                                 Am7
    Oh,  ...pretty things, (Pretty things-----!)
G                       D               Dsus2
    Pretty things gone ...to ruin!

[Verse 2]
D                                   E/D
   Rained three days, when we awoke ...sun came out and the levee broke,
G                                         D            Dsus2
   Like some cruel and cosmic joke God’s   ...playing,
D                                  E/D                                Esus4/D
   I don’t pretend that I believe,     I know there ain’t no guaran - tees,
G                                      D                 Dsus4  D
   Still, morning finds me on my knees   ...and praying!

[Chorus]
D       Am                                 Am7
    Oh,  ...pretty things, (Pretty things-----!)
G                     D                             Dsus2
    Pretty things gone ...to ruin, (Pretty things!)
D       Am                                 Am7
    Oh,  ...pretty things, (Pretty things-----!)
G                       D               Dsus2
    Pretty things gone ...to ruin!

[Break]
D       D/E   D/F#     Am       Am/B  Am/C
   Oo--, oo--, oo---!     Oo--, oo--, oo---!

G *      G/A   G *       D        Dsus2  D
   Oo--, oo--, oo---!    Oo------------!

D        D/E   D/F#     Am       Am/B  Am/C
   Oo--, oo--, oo---!      Oo--, oo--, oo---!

G *       G/A   G *     D        Dsus2
    Oo--, oo--, oo---!     Oo------------!

[Verse 3]
D
      Come the flood, you build an ark,
E/D
      Come the night, you curse the dark,
G                                     D               Dsus2
   Inside your broken heart you bear  ...the crosses,
D                               E/D
   Some of us have got it made,      some of us have more than paid,
G                                         D              Dsus4  D
   We’re all marching in this slow parade ...of losses!

[Chorus]
D       Am                                 Am7
    Oh,  ...pretty things, (Pretty things-----!)
G                      D                            Dsus2
    Pretty things gone ...to ruin, (Pretty things!)
D       Am                                 Am7
    Oh,  ...pretty things, (Pretty things-----!)
G                       D                           Dsus2
    Pretty things gone ...to ruin! (Pretty things!)

[Chorus ]    
D            Am                                 Am7
    Oh - oh,  ...pretty things, (Pretty things-----!)

G                      D                            Dsus2
    Pretty things gone ...to ruin, (Pretty things!)
D       Am                                 Am7
    Oh,  ...pretty things, (Pretty things-----!)
G                       D                           Dsus2
    Pretty things gone ...to ruin! (Pretty things!)

[Chorus ]    
D           Am                                 Am7
    Oh- oh,  ...pretty things, (Pretty things------!)

[Coda]
   D    D/E D/F#  Am   Am/B Am/C   G *    G/A G *    D   Dsus2 D
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