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From michael@magick.net Fri May 16 08:02:13 1997
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 02:02:51 GMT
From: michael p mccullough 
 
  
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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