heliocentric@breathe.com March 7th 2001, 21.29pm PRECIOUS by THE JAM Off 'The Gift' LP (Polydor, POLD 5055 - March 1982) Chords used: Bm: xx9777 F#7aug: xx11-9-11-10 A: xx7655 G: xx5433 Em: xx9987 F#: xx4322 D: xx12-11-10-10-| F#aug: xx4332 Gm/Bb: xx12-12-11-10-| (Bb played by bass) F#7: xx11-9-11-9 D/A: xx12-11-10-10-| (A played by bass) Bm Bm Your precious love - that means so much will it ever stop or will I just lose touch? G F# What I want to say - but my words just fail Bm Is that I need you so I can't help myself Like a hungry child - I just help myself G F# F#aug And when I'm all full up - I got out to play Bm Aw! Huh! Bm Lonely as the moors on a winter's morning Quiet as the sea on a good calm night G F# In your tranquil shadow - I try and follow Bm I hear your distant shoe clicks To the midnight beat - I feel trapped in sorrow In this imagery G F# F#aug But that's how I am and why I need you so Bm Aw! Huh! Bm F#7 F#7aug Em D But I don't mean to bleed you dry Gm/Bb D/A Or take you over for the rest of your life Bm A G F# It's just that I need something solid in mine Believe me baby! Bm You precious love - it means so much Will it ever stop or will I just lose touch? G F# What I want to say but my words just fail Bm I hear your distant shoe clicks To the midnight beat I'm feeling trapped in sorrow In this imagery G But that's how I am F# F#aug And why I need you so Bm Aw! Huh! Bm (instrumental) Bm If the sky fell from above I said who's your precious love? If the sky fell from above I said who's your precious love? If the sky fell from above Buddy, who's your precious love? Bm Huh!
