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

Pretty Words
Words & Music by: Elvis Costello

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.

GG Piano Chord 

I ask you nicely
DD Piano Chord 
     EmEm Piano Chord 
      FF Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 

Get my face slapped under wraps
GG Piano Chord 

What's going on precisely
DD Piano Chord 
        EmEm Piano Chord 

Is there something wrong perhaps?
CC Piano Chord 
         D7D7 Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 

Surprise, surprise (surprise, surprise)
DD Piano Chord 
 CC Piano Chord 
                D7D7 Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 
               EmEm Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 

It's more like a booby trap than a booby prize
GG Piano Chord 
                                        DD Piano Chord 
     EmEm Piano Chord 
     FF Piano Chord 
 CC Piano Chord 

Civil disobedience from a soldier with a dirty rifle
GG Piano Chord 
                                                    DD Piano Chord 
     EmEm Piano Chord 

You're loosening all the screws that hold the hinges of my life
CC Piano Chord 
         D7D7 Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 

Fat cats and army brats
CC Piano Chord 
        D7D7 Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 
              EmEm Piano Chord 
       FF Piano Chord 
 CC Piano Chord 

Hep cats in dog tag pawing over girly mags

CHORUS:

GG Piano Chord 
                  FF Piano Chord 
            BmBm Piano Chord 
  C#mC#m Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 
  E6E6 Piano Chord 

Pretty words don't mean much anymore
GG Piano Chord 
                  BbBb Piano Chord 
                EmEm Piano Chord 
 F#mF#m Piano Chord 

I don't mean to be mean much anymore
GG Piano Chord 
             CC Piano Chord 

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
EmEm Piano Chord 
 FF Piano Chord 
 CC Piano Chord 

You don't know what you got

GG Piano Chord 
                              DD Piano Chord 
    EmEm Piano Chord 
  FF Piano Chord 
 CC Piano Chord 

Curious women running after curious men
GG Piano Chord 

Curiosity didn't kill the cat
DD Piano Chord 
        EmEm Piano Chord 

It was a poisoned pen
CC Piano Chord 
               D7D7 Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
                      DD Piano Chord 

But there's not much choice (it's Hobson's choice)
CC Piano Chord 
       D7D7 Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
          DD Piano Chord 
              EmEm Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 

Between a cruel mouth and a jealous voice
GG Piano Chord 

Got back to London
DD Piano Chord 
        EmEm Piano Chord 

Picked a paper from the man
GG Piano Chord 

No words of consolation
DD Piano Chord 
      EmEm Piano Chord 

Just cartoons and titter tatter
CC Piano Chord 
         D7D7 Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 

Well well, fancy that
CC Piano Chord 
                 D7D7 Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
                CC Piano Chord 

Millions murdered for a kiss me quick hat
GG Piano Chord 

No backbone, blood and guts
DD Piano Chord 
                   EmEm Piano Chord 
     FF Piano Chord 

Better keep your big mouth shut

(Chorus)

FF Piano Chord 
              CC Piano Chord 
             GG Piano Chord 

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

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michael p mccullough ++++ Klamath Falls OR   # 1.541.884.3278
all moanday, tearsday, wailsday, thumpsday, frightday, shatterday (joyce/FW)