• Song:

    International Smile

  • Artist:

    Katy Perry

Hi there!  This was a request over at Live Love Guitar and
I actually had it mostly tabbed from when the album came out,
but that bridge part was driving me nuts so I had put it off
and forgot about it.  Well, it's done now and it sounds good :)


**IMPORTANT NOTES**
-The intro timing is tough. Just follow the strumming as indicated.

-All the verses are 2 BEATS PER CHORD.  It's easy to get the timing
once you get going (the chorus is different but it's easy to stay
on beat, just play along with the song!)

-THE BRIDGE: One strum per chord, might take a couple tries to get
the timing.  Again- PLAY ALONG WITH THE SONG!

-For the last part of the bridge, to keep the timing, I put the lyrics
for the chorus in there and it really helps having it that way.
There's no singing except for that last line indicated with '**'.
Hope it makes sense!



STANDARD TUNING w/
CAPO ON 5


Intro (strumming)            *-once
Bm- down,up,down,up (pause) D* Em*
Bm- down,up,down,up (pause) D* Em*


G     Bm  A                Em         G
  Flowers in her hair, she don't care
     Bm          A           Em         G
Peach  pink lips, yeah, everybody stares
        Bm                   A             Em
Ooh Ooh Ooh You think you've seen her in a magazine
G       Bm                A                   Em         G
Ooh Ooh Ooh It's like she walked right out of your dreams


     Bm   A                    Em           G
Black ray-bans, you know she's with the band
    Bm         A            Em
Passport stamps, she's cosmopolitan
G       Bm            A                   Em
Ooh Ooh Ooh, yeah she runs the place like Penny lane
G       Bm             A               Em          G -once
Ooh Ooh Ooh, yeah your lucky if you're on her plane


                            Bm -once
From Tokyo, to Mexico, to Rio!


     G        Bm  A       G      Bm A
That girl's a trip, a one way ticket
          G     Bm       A
Takes you miles high, so high,
       G              D        Bm       A
'cause she's got that one international smile
      G          Bm  A
Catch her if you can
            G       Bm  A
Yeah, she's so in demand
          G     Bm       A
Takes you miles high, so high,
       G              D        Bm       A
'Cause she's got that one international smile



Bm- down,up,down,up (pause) D* Em*


               G   Bm     A          Em     G
She's got that, je ne sais quoi, you know it
  Bm         A               Em
So  tres chic, yeah, she's a classic
G       Bm             A                Em
Ooh Ooh Ooh, but she's footloose and so fancy free
G       Bm             A             Em       G
Ooh Ooh Ooh, yeah, she dances to her own beat


            Bm   A            Em    G
'Cause she's the muse and the artist
   Bm   A                 Em
Al-ways leaves a trail of stardust
G       Bm                 A             Em
Ooh Ooh Ooh,'Cause she's a little bit of Yoko,
G       Bm              A             Em   G -once
Ooh Ooh Ooh,and she's a little bit a "oh no"


                   Bm* Bm*  Bm*  -*once
From LA, Miami, to New York City!



     G        Bm  A       G      Bm A
That girl's a trip, a one way ticket
          G     Bm       A
Takes you miles high, so high,
       G              D        Bm       A
'Cause she's got that one international smile
      G          Bm  A
Catch her if you can
            G       Bm  A
Yeah, she's so in demand
          G     Bm       A
Takes you miles high, so high,
       G              D        Bm       A    G* -once
'Cause she's got that one international smi--ile



(**Timing is tough through here....**)

Bm*     A*                   D*
 Please fasten your seatbelts, and make sure your champagne
             Bm*    A*
Glasses are empty
             D*                  Bm*      G*                 Bm*
We are now approaching the runway, so get ready for take off



A*   D* Bm* G*    Bm* A*   D* Bm* G* GGG...(building up)



      G        Bm  A       G      Bm A
(That girl's a trip, a one way ticket
          G     Bm       A
Takes you miles high, so high,
        G              D        Bm       A
*'Cause she's got that one international smile*)



     G        Bm  A       G      Bm A
That girl's a trip, a one way ticket
          G     Bm       A
Takes you miles high, so high,
       G              D        Bm       A
'Cause she's got that one international smile
      G          Bm  A
Catch her if you can
            G       Bm  A
Yeah, she's so in demand
          G     Bm       A
Takes you miles high, so high,
       G              D        Bm       A    G -once
'Cause she's got that one international smile




Have fun and RATE :)
cristy♥twilight

*I went back and forth with no capo or capo on 5 and I thought the
transitioning between chords was easier with capo on 5 (I keep the
strumming on the EADGB strings avoiding the high e.) Transpose up 5
times to remove the capo if you want :)
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