----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paint AVulgar (x02220@1)Picture - The Smiths ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by:P.Bouyear Email:IronZeppelinGeek@aol.com Tuning:Standard Capo Second Fret If you just play the cd as you play along you will get it. This is how Marr wrote it and the key Morrissey sang it in. These are the chords E5E* (022xxx@1) G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am A (x02220@1) E F#m G7 e|-0--0--3--0--1--0--0--2--4--2--3--| B|-0--0--3--1--1--1--2--3--5--2--0--| G|-4--1--4--0--2--2--2--2--4--2--0--| D|----2--5--2--3--2--2--4--6--4--3--| A|----2--5--3--3--0--0--5--7--4--X--| E|----0--3-----1--------------2--3--| Intro |E5 |E* | | |G |C F (133211@1)|F G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G|Am (320003@1) F (133211@1) |G F (133211@1)|Am F|G (133211@1) Verse 1 C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GAt (320003@1)the record company meeting, C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GOn (320003@1)their hands: a dead star. Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) GAnd (320003@1)ooh, the plans that they weave, F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) E* And ooh, the sickening greed. Verse 2 A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EAt (022100@1)the record company party A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EOn (022100@1)their hands: a dead star. F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) EThe (022100@1)sycophantic slags all say: D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) E"I (022100@1)knew him first, and I knew him well." A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) ERe-issue! (022100@1)Re-package! Re-package! A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) ERe-evaluate (022100@1)the songs, F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) EDouble (022100@1)pack with a photograph, D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) GExtra (320003@1)track (and a tacky badge.) Verse 3 C (x32010@1) FA-list, (133211@1)playlist, G"Please (320003@1)them, please them, please them!" C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G(Sadly, (320003@1)this was your life) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) GBut (320003@1)you could have said no, if you'd wanted to, F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) You could have said no, if you'd wanted to. Verse 4 C (x32010@1) FBPI, (133211@1)MTV, BBC, G"Please (320003@1)them. please them!" C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G(Sadly, (320003@1)this was your life) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) GBut (320003@1)you could have said no, if you'd wanted to, F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) E* You could have walked away, couldn't you? Verse 5 A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) I touched you at the soundcheck, A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EYou (022100@1)had no real way of knowing. F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) DIn (xx0232@1)my heart I begged, "Take me with you. F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) EI (022100@1)don't care where you're going." Verse 6 A (x02220@1) DBut (xx0232@1)to you I was faceless, EI (022100@1)was fawning, I was boring. A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EA (022100@1)child from those ugly new houses, F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) EWho (022100@1)could never begin to know, D (xx0232@1) F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) GWho (320003@1)could never really know. Back up guitar chords for solo |C F (133211@1) |F G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) |F |Am F|G (133211@1) F|Am (133211@1) F|G (133211@1) F|F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C|F G (320003@1)|Am |F G (320003@1)F|Am (133211@1) F (133211@1)|G |E* || Guitar Solo e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------7-8h7---------10/12-10-8p7--------------10-8-10-8-10-12-12-10-10---| G|7-7-9-------7-7-9-9--------------7-7-9-9-9/11----------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|10-10--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------7-8p7-------------12-10----12-10-------------------------14-14p12--| G|------------9-9----------------------------------------9/12--------------| D|------------------------------12-------11h12-12--17/12------14-----------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------10h11---11h12-12--| G|12p11----------------------14-12-14-12-14-16-16-14-14--------------------| D|------12-12-14-14----14h16-----------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 7 A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EBest (022100@1)of! Most of! Satiate the need, A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) ESlip (022100@1)them into different sleeves! F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) DBuy (xx0232@1)both, and feel deceived, F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) EClimber, (022100@1)new entry re-entry. Verse 8 A (x02220@1) DWorld (xx0232@1)tour!("Media whore!") E (022100@1) A"Please (x02220@1)the press in Belgium!" D (xx0232@1) E(This (022100@1)was your life...) F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)when it fails to recoup? Well, maybe: F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) GYou (320003@1)just haven't earned it yet, baby. Verse 9 C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GI (320003@1)walked a pace behind you at the souundcheck. C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GYou're (320003@1)just the same as I am. Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) GWhat (320003@1)makes most people feel happy F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) GLeads (320003@1)us headlong into harm. C (x32010@1) FSo, (133211@1)in my bedroom in those ugly new houses, G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GI (320003@1)dance my legs down to the knees. Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) E* But me and my true love will never meet again... Verse 10 A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EAt (022100@1)the record company meeting, A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EOn (022100@1)their hands, at last, a dead star! F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) EBut (022100@1)they can never taint you in my eyes, D (xx0232@1) F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1) EThey (022100@1)can never touch you now. A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) ENo, (022100@1)they cannot hurt you my darling, A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EThey (022100@1)cannot touch you now, F#m (244222@1)D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) F#m (244222@1) EBut (022100@1)me and my true love will never meet again. Outro |G7 |G7 |G7 |G7 | / slide up | slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note =============================================================================