D                      A
There was a young girl long ago
     D                G
Who lived a peaceful life I'm told
                    A        Bm
She understood that love was everything

    D                A
The jungle took her far away 
          D                 G
Where her daddy worked and she would play
                             A          Bm
With friends who taught her how to be a lady


[Pre-Chorus]
          G           D
She had no rings on her fingers 
        G               D
She had diamonds in her eyes
           G            D
She had no money to be reckoned with
         G              
She had love within her life
      G    A    D    G
And I heard her singing


[Chorus]
             G   D
Wouldn't you say
             G   D
Wouldn't you say
             G
Wouldn't you say
      A               D
That life is beautiful


[Verse]
     D                  A
She sang of things that pleased her soul
    D                    G
She questioned life and made it known
                         A               Bm
She stored her knowledge deep inside her mind


[Pre-Chorus]
         G             D
She had no mansions on a hillside 
        G             D
She had castles in the sky
            G       D
She had no gold for inheritance
        G
She had time on her side
    G     A      D   G
And I heard her singing


[Chorus]
             G   D
Wouldn't you say
             G   D
Wouldn't you say
             G
Wouldn't you say
      A               D
That life is beautiful


[Bridge]
           G        A
And as the years go by
              D       G
That peaceful girl was I
    G   A     D    G
And I'm still singing


[Chorus]
             G   D
Wouldn't you say
             G   D
Wouldn't you say
             G
Wouldn't you say
      A               D
That life is beautiful