Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Prefab Sprout
Desire As (1985)
(Paddy McAloon)
From: "Steve McQueen"
I find it utterly impossible to play this alone on one guitar and still
preserve the textures of the original. It probably wasn?t meant to be
played like that, either.
It?s still very beautiful and what is here might give you some idea to work
out your own version. And if you by any chance find a name (and a possible
root) for the last triad in the intro and the chorus, please let me know!
The tuning of the original recording is somewhere in between things.
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INTRO / CHORUS
[ E5 ] [ Eb5 ] [ F#5 ] [?]
e | 7--------------- | 6--------------- | (b9)-------------- | 0--------------- |
B | (b9)-------------- | 7--------------- | 11-------------- | 2--------------- |
G | 8--------------- | 8--------------- | 11-------------- | 4--------------- |
D | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
A | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
E | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
B5 x-4-x-4-4-2
G#m7/9 4-6-4-4-4-6
E5 2-x-2-4-4-4
B5 x-6-4-4-4-x
G5 3-x-2-3-2-x
B5 2-x-4-4-4-2
C#/9 x-4-5-4-4-4
F#5 2-x-1-2-1-x
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INTRO
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them
B5 G#/9
They were the best times, the harvest years
F#5 E5
With jam to lace the bread
B5 G#/9
So goodness, goodness knows why I'd
F#5 E5
Throw it to the birds
F#5 E5
But there it is,
F#5 E5
And there we are
F#5 B5 G#5 G5
And all I ever want to be is far from the eyes that ask me
B5 G#5 C#/9 A5 F#5
In whose bed you gonna be and is it true you only see
E7M[/G#5 ] Eb5 F#5 [?]
Desire as a self-figured creature who changes her mind ?
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
Desire as a self-figured creature who changes her mind ?
B5 G#/9
It's perfect as it stands
F#5 [ E5 ]
So why then crush it in your perfect hands ?
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
Desire as a self-figured creature who changes her mind ?
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them
B5 G#/9
So tell me you must have thought
F#5
It all out in advance
B5 G#/9
Or goodness, goodness knows why you'd
F#5
Throw it to the birds
B5 G#/9
You mock the good things, you play the heart strings,
F#5
Play them one by one
F#5 E5
But there it is,
F#5 E5
And there we are
F#5 B5 G#5 G5
And all I ever want to be is far from the eyes that ask me
B5 G#5 C#/9 A5 F#5
In whose bed you gonna be and is it true you only see
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
Desire as a self-figured creature who changes her mind ?
B5 G#/9
It's perfect as it stands
F#5 [ E5 ]
So why then crush it in your perfect hands ?
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
Desire as a self-figured creature who changes her mind ?
B5 G#5 C#/9 A5 F#5
In whose bed you gonna be and is it true you only see
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
Desire as a self-figured creature who changes her mind ?
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them
B5 G#/9
It's perfect as it stands
F#5 [ E5 ]
So why then crush it in your perfect hands ?
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
Desire as a self-figured creature who changes her mind ?
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
Desire as a self-figured creature who changes her mind ?
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them
E5 Eb5 F#5 [?]
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them
(repeat and fade)
