Chord/Tab song: Pretty Green

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February 25th 2001, 2.25pm

PRETTY GREEN by THE JAM

Words and music by Paul Weller
Published by Stylist Music Ltd./BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
Recorded at Town House Studios, London, June 15 1980

From the LP 'Sound Affects' (Polydor, 1980)

Chords used:

G: xxx-12-12-10 E: 022100 D5: x577xx
B5: x244xx C: x3555x
C5: x355xx A: 577655
G: 320033 E: x7999x
D: xx023x C#5: x466xx

Intro:

N.C. (G bass)

N.C. (G bass)
I've got a pocket full of pretty green -

I'm going to put it in the fruit machine -

I'm going to put in the jukebox -

It's going to play all the records in the hit parade -

G
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G
I've got a pocket full of pretty green -
G
I'm going to give it to the man behind the counter -
G
He's going to give me food and water -
G
I'm going to eat that and look for more -

[B5]This the pretty green - this is society -
[C5]You can't do nothing - unless it's in the pocket -
- oh [G]no -[D]

[G]I've got a pocket full of [D]pretty green -
[G]I'm going to put it in the [D]fruit machine -
[G]I'm going to put it in the [D]juke box -
It's going to [G]play all the records in the [D]hit parade -

[B5]This is the pretty green - this is is society -
[C5]You can't do nothing - unless it's in the pocket -
- oh [G]no -[D]

And they [E]didn't teach me [C]that in school -
[E]It's something that I've [C]learnt on my own -
That [E]power is measured by the [A]pound or the fist -
It's as clear as this [C5] - [D5] hey.

[A]
N.C. (A)
I've got a pocket full of pretty green -

I'm going to, I'm going to put it in the fruit machine -

I'm going to put it in the juke box -

It's going to play all the records in the hit parade -

A (w/phase effect)
I've got a pocket full of pretty green -

I'm going to give it to the man behind the counter -

He's going to give me food and water -

I'm going to eat that and look for more -

[C#5]This is the pretty green - this is society -
[D5]You can't do nothing - unless it's in the pocket -
- oh [A]no -[E]

[A]I've got a pocket full of [E]Pretty Green!



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