Paint A Vulgar Picture Uke tab by The Smiths (Baritone Chords)

9 Chords used in the song: C, F, G, Am, E, A, D, F#m, G7

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Artist: 
Year:  1987
Difficulty: 
3.83
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
Verse 1
C C F F G G
At the record company meeting,
C C F F G G
On their hands: a dead star.
Am Am F F G G
And ooh, the plans that they weave,
F F Am Am F F G G E E
And ooh, the sickening greed.

Verse 2
A A D D E E
At the record company party
A A D D E E
On their hands: a dead star.
F#m F#m D D E E
The sycophantic slags all say:
D D A A D D E E
"I knew him first, and I knew him well."
A A D D E E
Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!
A A D D E E
Re-evaluate the songs,
F#m F#m D D E E
Double pack with a photograph,
D D A A D D E E G G
Extra track (and a tacky badge.)

Verse 3
C C F F
A A-list, playlist,
G G
"Please them, please them, please them!"
C C F F G G
(Sadly, this was your life)
Am Am F F G G
But you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,
F F Am Am F F G G
You could have said no, if you'd wanted to.

Verse 4
C C F F
BPI, MTV, BBC,
G G
"Please them. please them!"
C C F F G G
(Sadly, this was your life)
Am Am F F G G
But you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,
F F Am Am F F G G E E
You could have walked away, couldn't you?

Verse 5
A A D D E E
I touched you at the soundcheck,
A A D D E E
You had no real way of knowing.
F#m F#m D D E E D D
In my heart I begged, "Take me with you.
F#m F#m D D E E
I don't care where you're going."

Verse 6
A A D D
But to you I was faceless,
E E
I was fawning, I was boring.
A A D D E E
A A child from those ugly new houses,
F#m F#m D D E E
Who could never begin to know,
D D F#m F#m D D E E G G
Who could never really know.


Verse 7
A A D D E E
Best of! Most of! Satiate the need,
A A D D E E
Slip them into different sleeves!
F#m F#m D D E E D D
Buy both, and feel deceived,
F#m F#m D D E E
Climber, new entry re-entry.

Verse 8
A A D D
World tour!("Media whore!")
E E A A
"Please the press in Belgium!"
D D E E
(This was your life...)
F#m F#m D D E E D D
And when it fails to recoup? Well, maybe:
F#m F#m D D E E G G
You just haven't earned it yet, baby.

Verse 9
C C F F G G
I walked a pace behind you at the souundcheck.
C C F F G G
You're just the same as I am.
Am Am F F G G
What makes most people feel happy
F F Am Am F F G G
Leads us headlong into harm.
C C F F
So, in my bedroom in those ugly new houses,
G G C C F F G G
I dance my legs down to the knees.
Am Am F F G G F F Am Am
G G E E
But me and my true love will never meet again...

Verse 10
A A D D E E
At the record company meeting,
A A D D E E
On their hands, at last, a dead star!
F#m F#m D D E E
But they can never taint you in my eyes,
D D F#m F#m D D E E
They can never touch you now.
A A D D E E
No, they cannot hurt you my darling,
A A D D E E
They cannot touch you now,
F#m F#m D D E E D D F#m F#m
E E
But me and my true love will never meet again.

Outro
|G7 |G7 |G7 |G7

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