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Paint A Vulgar Picture - The Smiths
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Tabbed by:P.Bouyear
Email:[email protected]
Tuning:Standard Capo Second Fret
If you just play the cd as you play along you will get it. This is how Marr wrote it and
the key Morrissey sang it in.
These are the chords
E5 E G C F Am A
[E] [F#m] [G7]
e|-0--0--3--0--1--0--0--2--4--2--3--|
B|-0--0--3--1--1--1--2--3--5--2--0--|
G|-4--1--4--0--2--2--2--2--4--2--0--|
D|----2--5--2--3--2--2--4--6--4--3--|
A|----2--5--3--3--0--0--5--7--4--X--|
E|----0--3-----1--------------2--3--|
Intro
|E5 |E | |
|G |C F |F G C
|Am[G] F |G F |Am F |G
Verse 1
At the [C]record [F]company [G]meeting,
[C]On their h[F]ands: a dead s[G]tar.
And o[Am]oh, the p[F]lans that they w[G]eave,
F Am F G E
And ooh, the sickening greed.
Verse 2
At the [A]record [D]company [E]party
[A]On their h[D]ands: a dead s[E]tar.
The [F#m]sycophantic [D]slags all [E]say:
"I [D]knew him f[A]irst, and I [D]knew him w[E]ell."
Re[A]-issue! Re[D]-package! R[E]e-package!
Re[A]-evalu[D]ate the so[E]ngs,
[F#m]Double p[D]ack with a p[E]hotograph,
[D]Extra t[A]rack (and a t[D]acky b[E]adge.)[G]
Verse 3
[C]A-list, play[F]list,
"Please them, please [G]them, please them!"
([C]Sadly, [F]this was your lif[G]e)
But you [Am]could have said [F]no, if you'd[G] wanted to,
[F] You c[Am]ould have said [F]no, if you'd[G] wanted to.
Verse 4
BP[C]I, MTV, [F]BBC,
"Please [G]them. please them!"
([C]Sadly, t[F]his was your life[G])
But you [Am]could have said [F]no, if you'd[G] wanted to,
F Am F G E
You could have walked away, couldn't you?
Verse 5
[A] I t[D]ouched you at the sound[E]check,
You h[A]ad no [D]real way of [E]knowing.
In my [F#m]heart I [D]begged, "Take me [E]with you.[D]
I [F#m]don't care [D]where you're g[E]oing."
Verse 6
But to [A]you I was fa[D]celess,
I was fa[E]wning, I was boring.
A c[A]hild from those [D]ugly new [E]houses,
Who could [F#m]never be[D]gin to [E]know,
[D]Who could [F#m]never [D]really [E]know.[G]
Back up guitar chords for solo
|C F |F G C |F
|Am F |G F |Am F |G
|F [F] G C|F G |Am
|F G F |Am F |G |E ||
Guitar Solo
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------7-8h7---------10/12-10-8p7--------------10-8-10-8-10-12-12-10-10---|
G|7-7-9-------7-7-9-9--------------7-7-9-9-9/11----------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|10-10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------7-8p7-------------12-10----12-10-------------------------14-14p12--|
G|------------9-9----------------------------------------9/12--------------|
D|------------------------------12-------11h12-12--17/12------14-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------10h11---11h12-12--|
G|12p11----------------------14-12-14-12-14-16-16-14-14--------------------|
D|------12-12-14-14----14h16-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 7
[A]Best of! Most [D]of! Sati[E]ate the need,
[A]Slip them into [D]different sl[E]eeves!
B[F#m]uy both, a[D]nd feel dec[E]eived,[D]
[F#m]Climber, new [D]entry re-[E]entry.
Verse 8
[A]World tour!("[D]Media whore!")
"Please [E]the press in B[A]elgium!"
([D]This was your [E]life...)
And when it [F#m]fails to r[D]ecoup? Well, [E]maybe:[D]
You [F#m]just haven't e[D]arned it yet, b[E]aby.[G]
Verse 9
I walked a p[C]ace behi[F]nd you at the [G]souundcheck.
You're [C]just the [F]same as I [G]am.
[Am]What makes most [F]people [G]feel happy
[F]Leads us [Am]headlong i[F]nto [G]harm.
So, in my [C]bedroom in those [F]ugly new houses,
I [G]dance my l[C]egs [F]down to the [G]knees.
G[Am] [F] E[G][F][Am]
But me and my true love will never meet again...
Verse 10
At the [A]record [D]company [E]meeting,
On their [A]hands, at [D]last, a dead star[E]!
But they can [F#m]never [D]taint you in [E]my eyes,
[D]They can [F#m]never [D]touch you [E]now.
No, they [A]cannot [D]hurt you my [E]darling,
They [A]cannot [D]touch you [E]now,
[F#m] [D] [E] [D] [F#m]
But[E] me and my true love will never meet again.
Outro
|G7 |G7 |G7 |G7
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
