Played on ukulele, tabbed for guitar. The song is fingerpicked not strummed.
Standard tuning (EADGBe). Capo 8th Fret. Tabbed with respect to capo.
Riff 1:
e|----------------|----------------|
B|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
D|5---5---4---4---|2---2---0---0---|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Riff 2:
e|----------------|----------------|
B|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
D|2---2---0---0---|2---2---0---0---|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Riff 3:
e|----------------|----------------|
B|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
D|2---2---2---0---|2---2---2---0---|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
End (strummed):
e|----------------|
B|0---------------|
G|0---------------|
D|5---------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
Intro: 1
Verses: 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
Chorus: 2 1 3 1 3 (x2)
Ending: 1 1 End
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/p/pearl-and-the-beard/328435.html ]
Intro
Verse I
Chorus I
Verse II
Chorus II
Bridge
Verse III
Chorus III
Ending
VERSE I
Manek and Ilona
We designate you by a name though changed
From there, there to here
Lost in the survival
The anther sure will sting until it’s down and gone, it’s done.
CHORUS I
And why not?
And why not say everything is beautiful
Cause it is
Cause it is
Cause it is
VERSE II
Pictures of a watchman
Who meant the best but saw the worst
It was done, done to men, fragile men
Hearts they will be broken
No matter what the doctors say
He will sleep, then awake and ask to go
CHORUS II
And why not?
And why not?
Say everyone is beautiful?
Cause they are
Cause they are
Cause they are
BRIDGE
VERSE III
Me a living namesake
A stranger living side by side in a mirror
I am you, you are me, we are one
Will you not remember?
And forgive all the battles lost
And even those, those we thought had been won
CHORUS III
And why not?
And why not?
Say that we are beautiful?
Cause we are
Cause we are
Cause we are
And why not?
And why not say everything is beautiful?
Cause it is
Cause it is
