Artist: The Pretenders 
Song: Talk of the town
Tabbed by: DJ
6th July 2014

This is based on the full version of the original single,
which is found on The Pretenders 'Greatest Hits' album.
The 'Pretenders II' album had a shorter edited version.

Chrissie now plays a simplified version on acoustic sessions, but
I've tried to emulate what I can hear on the record, with the chords
taking into account a bit of what Pete Farndon was playing on bass.

(G/F#)= 2xxxxx   A7sus2= x02000   G/B   = x20033   D4  = xx0233
 G    = 320033   Am7   = x02010   Cadd9 = x32033   C/G = 332010
 C    = x32013   B7    = x21202   D     = xx0232

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   (G/F#) G                C
e |--------------3---|-----------3---| (x3)
B |--------------3---|-----------1---|
G |--------------0---|-----------0---|
D |--------------0---|--------2------|
A |----------2-------|---2-h3--------|
E |---2-h3-----------|---------------|


   (G/F#) G           A7sus2 Am7
e |--------------3---|---0----0---3----|
B |--------------3---|---0---h1---1----|
G |--------------0---|---0----0---0----|
D |--------------0---|---2----2---2----|
A |----------2-------|---0----0---0----|
E |---2-h3-----------|-----------------|

    A7sus2 Am7                     B7
e |---0----0---3---3-3-3---|---x---2---|
B |---0---h1---1---1-1-1---|---x---0---|
G |---0----0---0---0-0-0---|---x---2---|
D |---2----2---2---2-2-2---|---x---1---|
A |---0----0---0---0-0-0---|---x---2---|
E |------------------------|-----------|


             G      G/B               Am7
It's such a drag to want something sometime,
 C          D           D4        D
One thing leads to a - nother, I know,
B7         G            G/B           Am7   C     D   D4  D
    Was a time I wanted you for mine,     nobody knew!


B7                      G        G/B           Am7
    You arrived like a day, and passed like a cloud,
C         D       D4      D  Cadd9   G/B   G   D
I made a wish, I said it out loud-------,
     D4   D   Cadd9   G/B   G   D
A - loud in a crowd----------,
 D4      D    Cadd9   G/B   G   D
Every - body heard-----------,
           D4      D   C
'Twas the talk of the town------!

    A7sus2 Am7                     B7
e |---0----0---3---3-3-3---|---x---2---|
B |---0---h1---1---1-1-1---|---x---0---|
G |---0----0---0---0-0-0---|---x---2---|
D |---2----2---2---2-2-2---|---x---1---|
A |---0----0---0---0-0-0---|---x---2---|
E |------------------------|-----------|


             G        G/B          Am7
It's not my place to know what you feel,
 C            D             D4   D
I'd like to know, but why should I?
B7               G                G/B    Am7
   Who were you then, who are you now--------?
          C         D               D4     D
Common labourer by night, ...by day high - brow!


B7               G      G/B        Am7    C          D
    Back in my room, I wonder, then I ...sit on the bed,
     D4      D   Cadd9   G/B   G    D
And look at the sky-------------,
D4 D      Cadd9  G/B   G   D
Up in the sky-----------,
 D4    D         Cadd9   G/B   G   D
Clouds re - ar - ranged----------,
          D4      D   Cadd9  G/B   G       C
Like the talk of the town------------! | /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/ |
                                           ^  ^ ^  ^ ^  ^ ^

(G/F#) G               C/G    (G/F#) G        C/G
           Maybe to - morrow,           maybe some day,
(G/F#) G               C/G    (G/F#) G              C/G
           Maybe to - morrow,       maybe some day--------,
(G/F#) G          Cadd9
          You've changed, (You've changed!)
G                  Cadd9
  ...Your place in this world,
(G/F#) G          Cadd9
          You've changed, (You've changed!)
          G
...Your place in this world!


     Am7
e |---0--------------|-----------------|
B |---1--------------|-----------------|
G |---0--------------|-----------------|
D |---2--------------|-----------------|
A |---0--------------|-----------------|
E |------------------|-----------------|

    A7sus2 Am7                     B7
e |---0----0---3---3-3-3---|---x---2---|
B |---0---h1---1---1-1-1---|---x---0---|
G |---0----0---0---0-0-0---|---x---2---|
D |---2----2---2---2-2-2---|---x---1---|
A |---0----0---0---0-0-0---|---x---2---|
E |------------------------|-----------|


              G      G/B          Am7
Oh, but it's hard to live by the rules,
C         D               D4   D
I never could, and still never do,
B7                   G            G/B
     The rules, and such, never bothered you,
Am7    C             D              D4    D
      You call the shots, and they fol - low!


B7                G               G/B         Am7
     I watch you still ...from a distance then go...
  C          D        D4    D   Cadd9   G/B   G   D
Back to my room, you never know-----------------,
D4  D   Cadd9   G/B   G   D
I  want you-------------,
   D4   D       Cadd9  G/B  G   D
I want you, but now----------  
              D4      D   Cadd9  G/B   G       C
...who's the talk of the town------------? | /_/  /_/  /_/  /_/ |
                                                ^  ^ ^  ^ ^  ^ ^


(G/F#) G               C/G    (G/F#) G        C/G
           Maybe to - morrow,           maybe some day,
(G/F#) G               C/G    (G/F#) G              C/G
           Maybe to - morrow,       maybe some day--------,
(G/F#) G          Cadd9
          You've changed, (You've changed!) 
G                  Cadd9
  ...Your place in this world,
(G/F#) G          Cadd9
          You've changed, (You've changed!)
          G
...Your place in this world!


     Am7                                A7sus2 Am7
e |---0-------------|-----------------|---0----0---3------||
B |---1-------------|-----------------|---0---h1---1------||
G |---0-------------|-----------------|---0----0---0------||
D |---2-------------|-----------------|---2----2---2------||
A |---0-------------|-----------------|---0----0---0------||
E |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||