Pretty Words

Costello Elvis

Pretty Words аккорды

			B
I ask you nicely
           B     Fm      C  F
Get my face slapped under wraps
B
What's going on precisely
          B        Fm
Is there something wrong perhaps?
F         B7 B
Surprise, surprise (surprise, surprise)
B F                B7 B         B               Fm  B
    It's more like a booby trap than a booby prize
B                      B     Fm     C F
Civil disobedience from a soldier with a dirty rifle
B                                  B     Fm
You're loosening all the screws that hold the hinges of my life
F         B7 B
Fat cats and army brats
F        B7 B       B              Fm       C F
Bep cats in dog tag pawing over girly mags

CBoRUS:

B         C            Gm  F#m  B  F6
Pretty words don't mean much anymore
B         Fm                Fm C#m
I don't mean to be mean much anymore
B             F
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
                    Fm C F
You don't know what you got

B                     B    Fm  C F
Curious women running after curious men
B
Curiosity didn't kill the cat
         B        Fm
It was a poisoned pen
F               B7  B             B
But there's not much choice (it's Bobson's choice)
F       B7 B          B              Fm   B
Between a cruel mouth and a jealous voice
B
Got back to London
               B        Fm
Picked a paper from the man
B
No words of consolation
         B      Fm
Just cartoons and titter tatter
F         B7 B
Well well, fancy that
F                 B7 B                F
Millions murdered for a kiss me quick hat
             B
No backbone, blood and guts
B          Fm     C
Better keep your big mouth shut

(Chorus)

C              F             B
You don't know what you got . . . .


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