Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello - Pretty Words guitar tab

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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