• Song:

    The Perfect Needle

  • Artist:

    The Telescopes

  • Album:

    Live At Norwich Arts Ce...

The Perfect Needle
By The Telescopes
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Intro chords (same as verse)
A D A D A D A A
Intro Strings (can be played on guitar)
E  |-------------------------------|
B  |-------------------------------|
G  |-------------6---7---6---------|
D  |---7----------------------7----|
A  |-------------------------------|
E  |-------------------------------|

Verse 1 Chords

A                           D    
          Cerise, release and so much more
A                           D
          With perfect needle, hits the floor
A                           D
          I will be breathing will you?
A                           A

Verse 2 Chords

A                            D
          Velvet warms all over here
A                            D
          Velvet warms all over here
A                            D
          Lay down in painless falling now
A                            A

Riff That Follows along with the verse

Play this 3x                                                 
E |------------------------------------------|   
B |------------------------------------------|   
G |---------6---------7---6---7---6----------|  
D |-----7-------7----------------------7-----|  
A |------------------------------------------|   
E |------------------------------------------|  

Then once
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|----------6--------------6-----|
|----7--------------7-----------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

Chorus

A                        C
And it hurts too much to be where you are
D                        E
Hurts too much to be where you are
A               C
I've got the perfect needle
D               E
I've got the perfect needle for you

Post Chorus Ascending Riff

I like to play this with octave chords moving up the neck,  
but power chords, open chords, or what ever you dig can also be used

          A                         C
E  |---------------------------------------------------------|
B  |-----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
G  |---------------------------------------------------------|
D  |------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
A  |---------------------------------------------------------|
E  |---------------------------------------------------------|
          
         D                          F             G
E  |----------------------------------------------------------|
B  |-----15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----18-18-18-18---20-20-20-20-|
G  |----------------------------------------------------------|
D  |-----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----15-15-15-15---17-17-17-17-|
A  |----------------------------------------------------------|
E  |----------------------------------------------------------|

         A
E  |-----17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17----|
B  |-----------------------------------|
G  |-----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14----|
D  |-----------------------------------|
A  |-----------------------------------|
E  |-----------------------------------|


The 3rd and 4th verse are the same except
the 4th verse has and extra line:

3rd verse
A                        D
          Surrender down comes everything
A                        D
          Breathes no more and falls to sleep 
A                        D
          Blind and helpless sick and dead
A                        A


4th verse
A                        D
          Treasure waits complete and there
A                        D
          With scattered needles everywhere
A                        D
          Thorn at the end of every road
A                        D
          Thorn at the end of every road
A                        A

Then the song goes into the chorus and the post 
chorus ascending part, call it a bridge if you like. 
The A holds on twice as long at the end of the ascending 
pattern also.
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