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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.


GI (320003@1)ask you nicely
                    D (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)    F (133211@1)CGet (x32010@1)my face slapped under wraps
GWhat's (320003@1)going on precisely
                   D (xx0232@1)      EmIs (022000@1)there something wrong perhaps?
C (x32010@1)       D7G
Surprise, surprise (surprise, surprise)
DC                D7G         D (xx0232@1)             Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)   It's more like a booby trap than a booby prize
G (320003@1)                                      D (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)   FC
Civil disobedience from a soldier with a dirty rifle
G (320003@1)                                                  D (xx0232@1)   EmYou're (022000@1)loosening all the screws that hold the hinges of my life
C (x32010@1)       D7G
Fat cats and army brats
C (x32010@1)      D7G       D (xx0232@1)            Em (022000@1)     FC
Hep cats in dog tag pawing over girly mags

CHORUS:

G (320003@1)                F (133211@1)          Bm (x24432@1)C#m (x13321@4)D (xx0232@1)E6Pretty (04xxxx@1)words don't mean much anymore
G (320003@1)                Bb (x1333x@1)              EmF#m
I don't mean to be mean much anymore
G (320003@1)           CAll (x32010@1)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
                             EmF CYou (x32010@1)don't know what you got

G (320003@1)                            D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)FC
Curious women running after curious men
GCuriosity (320003@1)didn't kill the cat
         D (xx0232@1)      EmIt (022000@1)was a poisoned pen
C (x32010@1)             D7 (xx0212@1)G (320003@1)                    DBut (xx0232@1)there's not much choice (it's Hobson's choice)
C (x32010@1)     D7G          D (xx0232@1)            Em (022000@1) DBetween (xx0232@1)a cruel mouth and a jealous voice
GGot (320003@1)back to London
               D (xx0232@1)      EmPicked (022000@1)a paper from the man
GNo (320003@1)words of consolation
                  D (xx0232@1)    EmJust (022000@1)cartoons and titter tatter
C (x32010@1)       D7G
Well well, fancy that
C (x32010@1)               D7G                CMillions (x32010@1)murdered for a kiss me quick hat
             GNo (320003@1)backbone, blood and guts
D (xx0232@1)                 Em (022000@1)   FBetter (133211@1)keep your big mouth shut

(Chorus)

F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)           GYou (320003@1)don't know what you got . . . .


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