Paint a Vulgar Picture (2011 Remaster) Chords

Tempo:
96.2 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

F#

G

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Paint a Vulgar Picture (2011 Remaster) chords
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[F#]
[A] [D]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G] [A] [G]
[A] [Bm] [G] [A]
[D] At the [G] record company [A] meeting, [D] on [G] their hands a [A] dead star, [Bm] and all [G] the plans [A] they bring,
[G] [C#m] [Bm] and all [G] the [A] sickening greed.
[F#] [B] At the record [E] company [F#] party, [B]
[A] on [E] their hands a [F#] dead star, [G#m] the [E] [F#] sycophantics like Zold say,
[E]
I [G#m] knew him first [E] and I [F#] knew him well.
[B] Reissue, [E]
repackage, [F#] repackage, [B] re [E]
-evaluate the [F#] song.
[G#m] [E] Rubber [F#] pack, with a [E] photograph, [G#m] extra [E] track and a [F#] tacky badge.
[A] [D]
[G] Playlist, playlist, [A] please them, please them, [D] please them, sadly [G] this was [A] your life.
[Bm] But you could have [G] said no, [A] if you wanted [C#] to.
[Bm] You could have [G] said no, [A] if you wanted to.
[D] BPI, [G] MTV, BBC, [A] please them, [D] please them, sadly [G]
this was [A] your life.
[Bm] But you could have [G] said no, [A] if you wanted to.
[C#] [Bm] You could [G] have [A] walked away, but you, [F#] [B]
[E] I touched you at [F#] the sound check.
[B] You [A] had [E] no real way [F#] of knowing in [G#m] my heart.
[E] I [F#] begged, take me with you, [E]
[G#m] I don't [E] care [F#] where you're going.
[B] But to you I [E] was faceless, I [F#] was fawning, I was [B] boring.
A [D#] child [E] from those ugly [F#] new houses, [G#m] who could [E] never [F#] begin to know.
[E] [G#m] Who could never [E] [F#] really know.
[A] [D]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G] [A] [G]
[Bm] [G] [A]
[D] [G]
[A] [D] [G]
[A] [Bm] [G]
[Bm] [A] [G] [Bm]
[G] [A]
[F#] [B]
Best [E] of, most of, [F#] satiate the [B] need, slip them [E] into different [F#] sleeves.
[G#m]
Buy [E] both [F#] and feel deceived.
[E]
[G#m] Climb a [E] new [F#] entry, re-entry.
[B] [E] World's hall, media [F#] hall, please the [B] press in Belgium.
[E]
This was [F#] your life, [G#m] and when it [E] fails, you [F#] too, well maybe.
[E] You [G#m]
just [E] haven't earned [F#] it yet, baby.
[A] I [D] walked the pace [G] behind you [A] at the sound check.
[D] You're just [G] the same [A] as I am.
[Bm]
What makes most [A] people feel [G] happy, [Bm] leads us [G] headlong [A] into harm.
So [D] in my bedroom, [G] in those ugly [A] new houses, I [D] dance my [G] legs down [A] to the knees.
[Bm] And me [G]
and [A] my true love, [G] [Bm] will never meet [A] again.
[F#] [B] At the record [E] company [F#] meeting, [B] on their hands [E] at last a [F#] dead star.
[G#m] But they can never [E] [F#] taint you in my [E] eyes, [G#m] they can never [E] [F#] touch you now.
[B] No they cannot [E]
touch you [F#] my darling, [B] they cannot [E]
touch you [F#] now.
[G#m] Me [E]
and [F#] my true [E] love, [G#m] will never [E] [F#] meet again.
[A]
[N]
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
F#
134211112
G
2131
Bm
13421112
A
1231
E
2311
F#
134211112
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To start learning The Smiths - (2011 Remaster) Paint A Vulgar Picture chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: G, A, D, E, F#, B, E, G#m and E. A strategic approach would be to train at 48 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 96. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: D Major.

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_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
[A] _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] At the [G] record company [A] meeting, [D] on [G] their hands a [A] dead star, [Bm] and all [G] the plans [A] they bring,
[G] _ [C#m] [Bm] and all [G] the [A] sickening greed. _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] At the record [E] company [F#] party, [B]
[A] on [E] their hands a [F#] dead star, [G#m] the _ [E] [F#] sycophantics like Zold say,
[E]
I [G#m] knew him first [E] and I [F#] knew him well.
_ _ [B] Reissue, [E]
repackage, [F#] repackage, [B] re _ [E]
-evaluate the [F#] song.
_ [G#m] _ [E] Rubber [F#] pack, with a [E] photograph, [G#m] extra [E] track and a [F#] tacky badge. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] Playlist, playlist, [A] please them, please them, [D] please them, sadly [G] this was [A] your life.
[Bm] But you could have [G] said no, [A] if you wanted [C#] to.
[Bm] You could have [G] said no, [A] if you wanted to.
[D] BPI, [G] MTV, BBC, [A] please them, [D] please them, sadly [G]
this was [A] your life.
[Bm] But you could have [G] said no, [A] if you wanted to.
[C#] [Bm] You could [G] have [A] walked away, but you, _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] I touched you at [F#] the sound check.
[B] You [A] had [E] no real way [F#] of knowing in [G#m] my heart.
[E] I [F#] begged, take me with you, [E] _
[G#m] I don't [E] care [F#] where you're going.
_ [B] But to you I [E] was faceless, I [F#] was fawning, I was [B] boring.
A [D#] child [E] from those ugly [F#] new houses, [G#m] who could [E] never [F#] begin to know.
[E] _ [G#m] Who could never [E] [F#] really know. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
[Bm] _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B]
Best [E] of, most of, [F#] satiate the [B] need, slip them [E] into different [F#] sleeves.
[G#m]
Buy [E] both [F#] and feel deceived.
[E] _
_ [G#m] Climb a [E] new [F#] entry, re-entry.
_ _ [B] _ [E] World's hall, media [F#] hall, please the [B] press in Belgium.
[E]
This was [F#] your life, [G#m] and when it [E] fails, you [F#] too, well maybe.
[E] You [G#m]
just [E] haven't earned [F#] it yet, baby. _
_ [A] _ _ I [D] walked the pace [G] behind you [A] at the sound check.
[D] You're just [G] the same [A] as I am.
[Bm]
What makes most [A] people feel [G] happy, [Bm] leads us [G] headlong [A] into harm.
So [D] in my bedroom, [G] in those ugly [A] new houses, I [D] dance my [G] legs down [A] to the knees.
[Bm] And me [G]
and [A] my true love, [G] [Bm] will never meet [A] again. _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] At the record [E] company [F#] meeting, [B] on their hands [E] at last a [F#] dead star.
[G#m] But they can never [E] [F#] taint you in my [E] eyes, [G#m] they can never [E] [F#] touch you now.
_ [B] No they cannot [E]
touch you [F#] my darling, [B] they cannot [E]
touch you [F#] now.
[G#m] Me [E]
and [F#] my true [E] love, [G#m] will never [E] [F#] meet again. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the Strangeways, Here We Come album.

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