Chords for Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Live at the BBC - Perfect Skin(Audio)
Tempo:
133.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
F
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D] I choose my friends only [C] far [G] too well [D] up on the pavements.
They're all kind [G] of settled with their [D] government grants.
[Am] And [G] my IQ, [D] they put me down the sides.
[C] I can tell you the [G] [D] blues.
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D] Louise is a girl.
I know her [G] well, she's up [D] on the pavements.
Yeah, [C] she's a weather [G] girl, [D] and I'm staying up here.
So [C] I may [G] be [D] undone, she's inappropriate.
But [C] then she's [G] much more fun, [F] and
Then she [G] smiles [F] my way.
My eyes [G] go eye and skin, babe.
She's [F] got perfect [G] skin.
[D] Ah, shame on you, got [C] no sense [G] of grace.
Shame [D] on me.
Ah, [G] just in [D] case I'm not coming to a conclusion.
[C] I'm just [G] [D] absolutely necessary.
[C] [G] And that's [D] perfect skin.
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D] Then Louise is a girl [C] with the perfect [G] skin.
[D] Tell her what she says, otherwise it might get seen.
She's bones like geometry [C] and eyes [G] like sin.
[D] She's sexually enlightened [C] by [G] cosmopolitan [F] fans.
And [G] she smiles my [F] way.
My [G] eyes go out here, babe.
For [Dm] her perfect [G] skin.
Yeah, that's perfect [D] skin.
[C] [Em] [D]
[C] [E] Ooh, and she
[D] She [A] [E]
[D] [A] [E]
[D] [A] [E]
[D] [A] [D] takes me down to the basement to [Am] look at her slides.
[D] And I'm alive, pretty weird [G] at times [D] after 8 or 10.
[C] She looked like Rita [G] Garbo, [D] and I loved her then.
How is she to know [F] that?
When she [G] smiles [F] my way.
Her [G] eyes go out in me.
[D] She's got [G] perfect skin.
Up in [D] the flight, just as we're [C] in the basement [G] of flight.
Pretty [D] confused, huh?
Then [C] she turns around [Em] like that.
Seems [D] to climb up so high, now [C] we're down [G] so low.
Strikes [D] me with a brawl of a songless [C] beat.
There [G] never has [D] been one.
[E]
[Eb]
[Ab] [N]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D] I choose my friends only [C] far [G] too well [D] up on the pavements.
They're all kind [G] of settled with their [D] government grants.
[Am] And [G] my IQ, [D] they put me down the sides.
[C] I can tell you the [G] [D] blues.
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D] Louise is a girl.
I know her [G] well, she's up [D] on the pavements.
Yeah, [C] she's a weather [G] girl, [D] and I'm staying up here.
So [C] I may [G] be [D] undone, she's inappropriate.
But [C] then she's [G] much more fun, [F] and
Then she [G] smiles [F] my way.
My eyes [G] go eye and skin, babe.
She's [F] got perfect [G] skin.
[D] Ah, shame on you, got [C] no sense [G] of grace.
Shame [D] on me.
Ah, [G] just in [D] case I'm not coming to a conclusion.
[C] I'm just [G] [D] absolutely necessary.
[C] [G] And that's [D] perfect skin.
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D] Then Louise is a girl [C] with the perfect [G] skin.
[D] Tell her what she says, otherwise it might get seen.
She's bones like geometry [C] and eyes [G] like sin.
[D] She's sexually enlightened [C] by [G] cosmopolitan [F] fans.
And [G] she smiles my [F] way.
My [G] eyes go out here, babe.
For [Dm] her perfect [G] skin.
Yeah, that's perfect [D] skin.
[C] [Em] [D]
[C] [E] Ooh, and she
[D] She [A] [E]
[D] [A] [E]
[D] [A] [E]
[D] [A] [D] takes me down to the basement to [Am] look at her slides.
[D] And I'm alive, pretty weird [G] at times [D] after 8 or 10.
[C] She looked like Rita [G] Garbo, [D] and I loved her then.
How is she to know [F] that?
When she [G] smiles [F] my way.
Her [G] eyes go out in me.
[D] She's got [G] perfect skin.
Up in [D] the flight, just as we're [C] in the basement [G] of flight.
Pretty [D] confused, huh?
Then [C] she turns around [Em] like that.
Seems [D] to climb up so high, now [C] we're down [G] so low.
Strikes [D] me with a brawl of a songless [C] beat.
There [G] never has [D] been one.
[E]
[Eb]
[Ab] [N]
Key:
D
G
C
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D
G
C
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] [D] I choose my friends only [C] far [G] too well [D] up on the pavements.
They're all kind [G] of settled with their [D] government grants.
[Am] And [G] my IQ, [D] they put me down the sides.
[C] I can tell you the [G] [D] blues. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] Louise is a girl.
I know her [G] well, she's up [D] on the pavements.
Yeah, [C] she's a weather [G] girl, [D] and I'm staying up here.
So [C] I may [G] be [D] undone, she's inappropriate.
But [C] then she's [G] much more fun, _ [F] and_ _
_ Then she [G] smiles [F] my way. _
My eyes [G] go eye and skin, babe. _
_ She's [F] got perfect [G] skin. _
_ _ _ _ [D] Ah, shame on you, got [C] no sense [G] of grace.
Shame [D] on me. _
Ah, [G] just in [D] case I'm not coming to a conclusion.
[C] I'm just [G] _ [D] absolutely necessary.
_ [C] [G] And that's [D] perfect skin. _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] [D] Then Louise is a girl [C] with the perfect [G] skin.
[D] Tell her what she says, otherwise it might get seen.
She's bones like geometry [C] and eyes [G] like sin.
[D] She's sexually enlightened [C] by _ [G] cosmopolitan [F] fans. _
_ And [G] she smiles my [F] way.
My [G] eyes go out here, babe.
_ For [Dm] her perfect [G] skin. _
_ Yeah, that's perfect [D] skin. _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [E] Ooh, and _ she_
[D] She [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ [D] takes me down to the basement to [Am] look at her slides.
[D] And I'm alive, pretty weird [G] at times [D] after 8 or 10.
[C] She looked like Rita [G] Garbo, [D] and I loved her then.
_ How is she to know [F] that? _ _
_ When she [G] smiles [F] my way.
Her [G] eyes go out in me. _
_ _ [D] She's got [G] perfect skin. _
_ _ _ _ Up in [D] the flight, just as we're [C] in the basement [G] of flight.
Pretty [D] confused, huh?
Then [C] she turns around [Em] like that.
Seems [D] to climb up so high, now [C] we're down [G] so low.
Strikes [D] me with a brawl of a songless [C] beat.
There [G] never has [D] been one. _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] [D] I choose my friends only [C] far [G] too well [D] up on the pavements.
They're all kind [G] of settled with their [D] government grants.
[Am] And [G] my IQ, [D] they put me down the sides.
[C] I can tell you the [G] [D] blues. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [D] Louise is a girl.
I know her [G] well, she's up [D] on the pavements.
Yeah, [C] she's a weather [G] girl, [D] and I'm staying up here.
So [C] I may [G] be [D] undone, she's inappropriate.
But [C] then she's [G] much more fun, _ [F] and_ _
_ Then she [G] smiles [F] my way. _
My eyes [G] go eye and skin, babe. _
_ She's [F] got perfect [G] skin. _
_ _ _ _ [D] Ah, shame on you, got [C] no sense [G] of grace.
Shame [D] on me. _
Ah, [G] just in [D] case I'm not coming to a conclusion.
[C] I'm just [G] _ [D] absolutely necessary.
_ [C] [G] And that's [D] perfect skin. _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] [D] Then Louise is a girl [C] with the perfect [G] skin.
[D] Tell her what she says, otherwise it might get seen.
She's bones like geometry [C] and eyes [G] like sin.
[D] She's sexually enlightened [C] by _ [G] cosmopolitan [F] fans. _
_ And [G] she smiles my [F] way.
My [G] eyes go out here, babe.
_ For [Dm] her perfect [G] skin. _
_ Yeah, that's perfect [D] skin. _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [E] Ooh, and _ she_
[D] She [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ [D] takes me down to the basement to [Am] look at her slides.
[D] And I'm alive, pretty weird [G] at times [D] after 8 or 10.
[C] She looked like Rita [G] Garbo, [D] and I loved her then.
_ How is she to know [F] that? _ _
_ When she [G] smiles [F] my way.
Her [G] eyes go out in me. _
_ _ [D] She's got [G] perfect skin. _
_ _ _ _ Up in [D] the flight, just as we're [C] in the basement [G] of flight.
Pretty [D] confused, huh?
Then [C] she turns around [Em] like that.
Seems [D] to climb up so high, now [C] we're down [G] so low.
Strikes [D] me with a brawl of a songless [C] beat.
There [G] never has [D] been one. _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [N] _ _ _
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