Tablature pretty words - Elvis Costello

          



 

  

  

  From michael@magick.net Fri May 16 08:02:13 1997

  Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 02:02:51 GMT

  From: michael p mccullough <michael@magick.net>

  To: schnitzi@east.isx.com, guitar@olga.net

  Subject: TAB: Pretty Words ////// Elvis Costello

  Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab,alt.fan.elvis-costello

  

  Pretty Words

  Words & Music by: Elvis Costello

  >From the album: TRUST

  

  Note: This song was recorded in the key of F major, 

  but I transposed it to Gmajor. I am just more used 

  to the chords in G. For the original key of F version 

  please refer to the songbook. 

  Also, I am not the world's finest transposer, so let 

  me know what what mistakes you find! thanks,   m.

  

  

  G

  I ask you nicely

                      D     Em      F  C

  Get my face slapped under wraps

  G

  What's going on precisely

                     D        Em

  Is there something wrong perhaps?

  C         D7 G    

  Surprise, surprise (surprise, surprise)

  D C                D7 G         D               Em  D

      It's more like a booby trap than a booby prize

  G                                        D     Em     F C

  Civil disobedience from a soldier with a dirty rifle

  G                                                    D     Em

  You're loosening all the screws that hold the hinges of my life

  C         D7 G

  Fat cats and army brats

  C        D7 G       D              Em       F C

  Hep cats in dog tag pawing over girly mags

  

  CHORUS:

  

  G                  F            Bm  C#m  D  E6

  Pretty words don't mean much anymore

  G                  Bb                Em F#m 

  I don't mean to be mean much anymore

  G             C

  All I see are snapshots, bigshots, tender spots

  (1) mug shots, machine slots

  (2) machine slots, mug shots

  'Till you don't know what's what

                               Em F C

  You don't know what you got

  

  G                              D    Em  F C

  Curious women running after curious men

  G

  Curiosity didn't kill the cat

           D        Em

  It was a poisoned pen

  C               D7  G                      D

  But there's not much choice (it's Hobson's choice)

  C       D7 G          D              Em   D 

  Between a cruel mouth and a jealous voice

  G

  Got back to London

                 D        Em

  Picked a paper from the man

  G

  No words of consolation

                    D      Em

  Just cartoons and titter tatter

  C         D7 G

  Well well, fancy that

  C                 D7 G                C

  Millions murdered for a kiss me quick hat

               G

  No backbone, blood and guts

  D                   Em     F

  Better keep your big mouth shut

  

  (Chorus)

  

  F              C             G

  You don't know what you got . . . . 

  

  

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 Pretty words, de Elvis costello 

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