Elvis Costello - Pretty Words Chords

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Em

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F♯m

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No chord
Standard guitar tuning: 
E
A
D
G
B
E
No capo


IG ask you nicely

GDet my fEmace slappFed uCnder wraps

WGhat's going on precisely

IDs there soEmmething wrong perhaps?

SCurprise, suD7rpriGse (surprise, surprise)

 D   CIt's more like a bD7oobyG trap than Da booby prize    Em         D

CGivil disobedience from a soldier with a diDrty rifEmle      F         C

YGou're loosening all the screws that hold the hinges ofD my lifEme

FCat cats andD7 armGy brats

HCep cats inD7 dogG tag pawiDng over girly maEmgs        F           C


Chorus

PGretty words don't meFan much anymorBme    C♯m          D              E6

IG don't mean to be meB♭an much anymore    Em        F♯m

AGll I see are snCapshots, bigshots, tender spots
(1) mug shots, machine slots
(2) machine slots, mug shots
'Till you don't know what's what

YEmou dFon'Ct know what you got

CGurious women running after curioDus menEm     F        C

CGuriosity didn't kill the cat

IDt was a poEmisoned pen

BCut there's not muD7ch chGoice (it's Hobson's choiDce)

BCetween a D7crueGl mouth and Da jealous voice Em       D

GGot back to London

PDicked a paEmper from the man

NGo words of consolation

JDust cartEmoons and titter tatter

WCell well, fD7ancyG that

MCillions murdered foD7r a Gkiss me quick hat C

NGo backbone, blood and guts

BDetter keep your big mEmouth shuFt


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YFou don't know whCat you got . . G. .

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