Chords for Lloyd Cole, 'Perfect Skin' live, 1990
Tempo:
70.35 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
G
F
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [D]
[C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D] I choose my friends [C] only far [G] too well [D] I'm up on the pavement
[C] They're all [G] down and sore [D] with their government [C] grants
My [G] IQ [D] they brought me down to [C] size I could [D] damn near lose now
[C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D] This is your [C] girl I [G] know her [D] well She's up on the pavement
[C] Yeah she's a [G] weather girl [D] I'm staying up here
[C] So I may [G] be [D] undone she's inappropriate
[C] But then she's [G] much more [F] fun and [G] When she [F] smiles my way
My [G] eyes go after her babe [F] She's got [G] perfect skin
Ah [D] shame on you [C] You got no [G] sense of [D] grace
Shame on me [C] Ah [G] just in [D] case I might come to a [C] conclusion
Of [G] a man which is [D] absolutely necessary
[C] That's [D] perfect skin
[C] [G] [D] Louise's [C] [G] [Dm]
[C] [D] [C] [G] [D]
[C] girl with the [G] perfect [D] skin Turn on the light she said [C] otherwise it [G] might get [D] seen
She's got cheekbones like [C] garlic [G] Eyes like [D] cinnamon she's sexually [C] enlightened by [G] a [F] cosmopolitan
But [G] when she smiles my [F] way My [G] eyes go out in bed
[C] She's got [G] perfect skin [C] Truly [D] perfect skin
[C] [G] She's [D] [C] [Em] [E]
[D] [C#] [E] [D] [Em] [E]
[D] [E] [D] [G] [D] down to the [C] basements To look at her [D] slides of a family life
[C] Pretty [G] weird at [D] times but not age of ten [C] She looked like [D] Brigitte Bardot when I loved her then
[C] [Em] I wish she'd [F] know that
But [G] when she [F] smiles my way My [G] eyes go out in bed
She's [F] got [G] perfect skin [C] [D] Up eight flights of stairs [C] to a [G] basement flat
[D] Pretty confused huh?
[C] If she's around [G] like that [D] seems to climb so high
[C] Now we're down [G] so low It's [D] like to be the Marla of the song
[C] Let's be [G] an ever [D] has been one
[C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D] I choose my friends [C] only far [G] too well [D] I'm up on the pavement
[C] They're all [G] down and sore [D] with their government [C] grants
My [G] IQ [D] they brought me down to [C] size I could [D] damn near lose now
[C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D] This is your [C] girl I [G] know her [D] well She's up on the pavement
[C] Yeah she's a [G] weather girl [D] I'm staying up here
[C] So I may [G] be [D] undone she's inappropriate
[C] But then she's [G] much more [F] fun and [G] When she [F] smiles my way
My [G] eyes go after her babe [F] She's got [G] perfect skin
Ah [D] shame on you [C] You got no [G] sense of [D] grace
Shame on me [C] Ah [G] just in [D] case I might come to a [C] conclusion
Of [G] a man which is [D] absolutely necessary
[C] That's [D] perfect skin
[C] [G] [D] Louise's [C] [G] [Dm]
[C] [D] [C] [G] [D]
[C] girl with the [G] perfect [D] skin Turn on the light she said [C] otherwise it [G] might get [D] seen
She's got cheekbones like [C] garlic [G] Eyes like [D] cinnamon she's sexually [C] enlightened by [G] a [F] cosmopolitan
But [G] when she smiles my [F] way My [G] eyes go out in bed
[C] She's got [G] perfect skin [C] Truly [D] perfect skin
[C] [G] She's [D] [C] [Em] [E]
[D] [C#] [E] [D] [Em] [E]
[D] [E] [D] [G] [D] down to the [C] basements To look at her [D] slides of a family life
[C] Pretty [G] weird at [D] times but not age of ten [C] She looked like [D] Brigitte Bardot when I loved her then
[C] [Em] I wish she'd [F] know that
But [G] when she [F] smiles my way My [G] eyes go out in bed
She's [F] got [G] perfect skin [C] [D] Up eight flights of stairs [C] to a [G] basement flat
[D] Pretty confused huh?
[C] If she's around [G] like that [D] seems to climb so high
[C] Now we're down [G] so low It's [D] like to be the Marla of the song
[C] Let's be [G] an ever [D] has been one
Key:
C
D
G
F
Em
C
D
G
[C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] [D] I choose my friends [C] only far [G] too well [D] I'm up on the pavement
[C] They're all [G] down and sore [D] with their government [C] grants
My [G] IQ [D] they brought me down to [C] size I could [D] damn near lose now
[C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] This is your [C] girl I [G] know her [D] well She's up on the pavement
[C] Yeah she's a [G] weather girl [D] I'm staying up here
[C] So I may [G] be [D] undone she's inappropriate
[C] But then she's [G] much more [F] fun and _ [G] When she [F] smiles my way
My [G] eyes go after her babe [F] She's got [G] perfect skin
Ah [D] shame on you [C] You got no [G] sense of [D] grace
Shame on me [C] Ah [G] just in [D] case I might come to a [C] conclusion
Of [G] a man which is [D] absolutely necessary
[C] That's [D] perfect skin
[C] _ [G] [D] Louise's _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _
[C] girl with the [G] perfect [D] skin Turn on the light she said [C] otherwise it [G] might get [D] seen
She's got cheekbones like [C] garlic [G] Eyes like [D] cinnamon she's sexually [C] enlightened by [G] a [F] cosmopolitan
But [G] when she smiles my [F] way My [G] eyes go out in bed
[C] She's got [G] perfect skin [C] Truly [D] perfect skin
[C] [G] She's [D] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ [E] _ _
[D] _ [C#] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ [E] _ _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] down to the [C] basements To look at her [D] slides of a family life
[C] Pretty [G] weird at [D] times but not age of ten [C] She looked like [D] Brigitte Bardot when I loved her then
[C] [Em] I wish she'd [F] know that
But [G] when she [F] smiles my way My [G] eyes go out in bed
She's [F] got [G] perfect skin _ [C] [D] Up eight flights of stairs [C] to a [G] basement flat
[D] Pretty confused huh?
[C] If she's around [G] like that [D] seems to climb so high
[C] Now we're down [G] so low It's [D] like to be the Marla of the song
[C] Let's be [G] an ever [D] has been one _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] [D] I choose my friends [C] only far [G] too well [D] I'm up on the pavement
[C] They're all [G] down and sore [D] with their government [C] grants
My [G] IQ [D] they brought me down to [C] size I could [D] damn near lose now
[C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] This is your [C] girl I [G] know her [D] well She's up on the pavement
[C] Yeah she's a [G] weather girl [D] I'm staying up here
[C] So I may [G] be [D] undone she's inappropriate
[C] But then she's [G] much more [F] fun and _ [G] When she [F] smiles my way
My [G] eyes go after her babe [F] She's got [G] perfect skin
Ah [D] shame on you [C] You got no [G] sense of [D] grace
Shame on me [C] Ah [G] just in [D] case I might come to a [C] conclusion
Of [G] a man which is [D] absolutely necessary
[C] That's [D] perfect skin
[C] _ [G] [D] Louise's _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _
[C] girl with the [G] perfect [D] skin Turn on the light she said [C] otherwise it [G] might get [D] seen
She's got cheekbones like [C] garlic [G] Eyes like [D] cinnamon she's sexually [C] enlightened by [G] a [F] cosmopolitan
But [G] when she smiles my [F] way My [G] eyes go out in bed
[C] She's got [G] perfect skin [C] Truly [D] perfect skin
[C] [G] She's [D] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ [E] _ _
[D] _ [C#] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ [E] _ _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] down to the [C] basements To look at her [D] slides of a family life
[C] Pretty [G] weird at [D] times but not age of ten [C] She looked like [D] Brigitte Bardot when I loved her then
[C] [Em] I wish she'd [F] know that
But [G] when she [F] smiles my way My [G] eyes go out in bed
She's [F] got [G] perfect skin _ [C] [D] Up eight flights of stairs [C] to a [G] basement flat
[D] Pretty confused huh?
[C] If she's around [G] like that [D] seems to climb so high
[C] Now we're down [G] so low It's [D] like to be the Marla of the song
[C] Let's be [G] an ever [D] has been one _ _ _ _ _ _ _