G  D/F#  Am
C   D   C  D

[Verse 1]
G        D/F#         Am
I need a room with a view 
    C
An armchair by the window 
          D                         C   D
a cup of coffee and a cigarette or two 
G         D/F#           Am
Watch the sky turn from hazy gray to black 
          C               
Watch my neighbours go to work 
            D                                    Am   D
and look exhausted and burned out when they get back 
               Em
Thinking about you 
       C            Am        G
Thank God for this beautiful view 
     G               D/F#
I recall you took me swimming
    Am
the sea was dark and cold
       C
You'd been there many times before
      D                              C    D
with many different girls, I'd been told
G            D/F#           Am
But what's a man without a past
    C
We love him for his lies
             D                                Am   D
and then we try to break him down to make it last
               Em
'til they come true
       C            Am        G
Thank God for this beautiful view

[Chorus]           
 C
Beautiful view
 C
You, you, you...
Am         G       D   Am   C
I still love you

[Verse 2]
G           D/F#             Am
The dark is falling and the city fills with lights
 C
Cars like shining pearls on strings
 D                               C    D
moving through the emptiness of night
G            D/F#          Am
The wine is running to my head
     C
I'm spellbound by the moment
          D                                     Am   D
can't get up, can't find the strength to go to bed
         Em
Without you
       C            Am         G
Thank God for this beautiful view

[Chorus]           
 C
Beautiful view
 C
You, you, you...
Am       G        D/F#   Am
I still love you
         C        D   C   D
I still love you
         G        D/F#  Am    
I still love you
C   D   Am  D  Em
C  Am  G

[Verse 3]
G          D/F#               Am
I've been blind too blind to tell false from true
      C
I've been so busy running
        D                                   C  D
never stopped to think where I was running to
G                    D/F#            Am
But I've learned my lesson from the tears I've had to cry
     C
Sometimes it helps to take your time
    D                               Am  D
to sit alone and watch the world go by
                Em
Cause every day it's new
       C            Am        G    D
Thank God for this beautiful view
                Em
Every day it's new
       C            Am        Em
Thank God for this beautiful view
       C            Am        G
Thank God for this beautiful view