Chords for Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Pretty Words (1981) [+Lyrics]

_ _ _ _ _ I [G]
ask [Am] you [F] nicely, get my _ fist [Em] slapped _ [Dm] under _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] wraps.
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] What's going on besides celebrity?
Is there something [Em] _ [F] wrong _ [C] perhaps? _
[Bb] _ _ Surprise, [C] _ surprise. _
_ [Bb] Smile _ [C] like a [F] booby [C] trap and a booby [Dm] trap. _
_ [F] _ [G] Civil _ [Am] _ [C] disobedience probably sold you with a dirty _ [Dm] _ [Am] rifle.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ [G] You're listening [F] to all the screws that [C] fall out into [Em] the dark.
[Dm]
My little _ _ _ [Bb] _ fat [F] cat's an army [D] rat.
[Bb] _ Him [F] cats are not [C] taxed.
All [Db] in all, [Dm] we're girl and [Eb] axe.
[Bb] But _ [F] _ the words [Ebm] don't mean [Cm] much _ [Am] anymore.
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [F] _ I don't mean to be [C] mean, _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ but all I [Bb] say are
Snap [E] shots, big shots, tennis [Bb] balls, [E] live shots, machine slots.
You don't know what's what, you don't know [Dm] what's done.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ Curious when we run a [C] path of _ _ _
_ [D] curious [C] man.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ Curious if he didn't kill the cat, it _ [G] was a [C]
poison [Dm] _ _ pill.
_ [Bb] But there's not [C] much _ choice [Bb] _ between [C] _ [F] a cruel man [C] and a jealous [Dm] _ _ [F] voice.
Got [G] back to [Am] learn [C] to pick the _ paper [Em] _ _ from [D] the [G]
man.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [G] No [Am] words of _ [F] consummation, [C] just cartoons [Em] and [C] _ [Dm] literature.
_ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ Well, well, [F] fancy that, [Bb] _ [Eb] millions [F] murdered for a kiss.
Me [Bb] quick pack, [Eb] no [F] backbone, blood and guts.
[C] Better keep [E] your big [F] _
[Eb] mouth [Bb] shut.
_ [F] _ But the words [Eb] don't mean much [Am] anymore. _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ I don't mean [Eb] to be mean, but _ [D] _ _
all [F] _ [D] I say [Bb] are
Snap [E] shots, big shots, _ tennis balls, machine slots, live shots.
You don't know what's what, you don't know [Dm] what's done. _
_ [Eb] You [Bb] don't know [F] what's, you _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] don't know what's done.
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