Pretty Words (Costello Elvis)

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From michael@magick.net Fri May 16 08:02:13 1997
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 02:02:51 GMT
From: michael p mccullough 
To: schnitzi@east.isx.com, guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: Pretty Words ////// Elvis Costello
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab,alt.fan.elvis-costello

Pretty Words
Words & Music by: Elvis Costello
>From the album: TRUST

Note: This song was recorded in the key of 
F
 major,
but I transposed it to Gmajor. I am just more used
to the chords in 
G
. For the original key of 
F
 version
please refer to the songbook.
Also, I am not the world's finest transposer, so let
me know what what mistakes you find! thanks,   m.


G

I ask you nicely
                    
D
     
Em
      
F
  
C

Get my face slapped under wraps
G

What's going on precisely
                   
D
        
Em

Is there something wrong perhaps?
C
         
D7
 
G

Surprise, surprise (surprise, surprise)
D
 
C
                
D7
 
G
         
D
               
Em
  
D

    It's more like a booby trap than a booby prize
G
                                        
D
     
Em
     
F
 
C

Civil disobedience from a soldier with a dirty rifle
G
                                                    
D
     
Em

You're loosening all the screws that hold the hinges of my life
C
         
D7
 
G

Fat cats and army brats
C
        
D7
 
G
       
D
              
Em
       
F
 
C

Hep cats in dog tag pawing over girly mags

CHORUS:

G
                  
F
            
Bm
  
C#m
  
D
  
E6

Pretty words don't mean much anymore
G
                  
Bb
                
Em
 
F#m

I don't mean to be mean much anymore
G
             
C

All I see are snapshots, bigshots, tender spots
(1) mug shots, machine slots
(2) machine slots, mug shots
'Till you don't know what's what
                             
Em
 
F
 
C

You don't know what you got

G
                              
D
    
Em
  
F
 
C

Curious women running after curious men
G

Curiosity didn't kill the cat
         
D
        
Em

It was a poisoned pen
C
               
D7
  
G
                      
D

But there's not much choice (it's Hobson's choice)
C
       
D7
 
G
          
D
              
Em
   
D

Between a cruel mouth and a jealous voice
G

Got back to London
               
D
        
Em

Picked a paper from the man
G

No words of consolation
                  
D
      
Em

Just cartoons and titter tatter
C
         
D7
 
G

Well well, fancy that
C
                 
D7
 
G
                
C

Millions murdered for a kiss me quick hat
             
G

No backbone, blood and guts
D
                   
Em
     
F

Better keep your big mouth shut

(Chorus)

F
              
C
             
G

You don't know what you got . . . .


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Видео для песни «Pretty Words»:

Описание аккордов к песне (Генератор аккордов)

• F ↓

• G ↓

  

• D ↓

  

• Em ↓

  

• C ↓

  

• D7 ↓

  

• Bm ↓

  

• C#m ↓

  

• F#m ↓