Chords for Pretenders - Talk Of The Town - Acoustic
Tempo:
127.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
B
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] Breaking [B] the ice.
[G] [Gm] This song was written around this chord.
[B]
I discovered it one day, you know, about 20 years ago,
and I showed it to James Honeyman Scott, [D] my guitar player at the time, and I said, [B] hey, look at this.
[Abm] And he said, he [D] wasn't very interested in lyrics, and he didn't care about anything like that.
[G] But he called that a Beatles [D] chord, and I wrote this song around that.
I [E] also, actually, I had in mind
[G] this kid who used to stand outside the sound checks on our first [Gm] tour,
and I never spoke to him.
[F] [G]
And I remember the last time I saw him, I just [F] left him standing in the snow.
I never had anything to say [Gm] to him.
And I kind of wrote this for him.
So in the [E] unlikely event that you're watching this, I did think [Fm] about you.
[G]
[Em] [G]
[C] [Em] Nobody helped me there either.
[Am] [B]
It's such a drag.
[G] One something, [C] sometime one [D] thing leads to another.
I know [B] it [G] was a time I wanted you for mine.
[C]
Nobody [D] knew.
You [Em] arrived like a day and passed like a [C] cloud.
[D] I made a wish.
I said [C] it out loud, [D] [G] out loud in a crowd.
[D] [G]
Everybody [D] heard.
It was the talk [C] of the town.
[B]
It's not my [G] place to know [C] what you feel.
I'd [D] like to know, but why should [B] I?
How [G] are you?
Who are you now?
[C] Common labor by [D] night, by day, high [B] brow.
Back in my [Em] room, I wonder that [C] I sit [D] on the bed.
I look at the [C] sky
[D] up in the [G] sky.
I [D] see [G] rain
[D] like the talk [C] of the town.
[G]
Maybe [C] tomorrow, [G]
maybe [C] someday,
[G]
maybe [C] tomorrow, [G] maybe someday.
[C] You've changed [G] your place in this world.
You've changed your place in this [C] world.
[G]
[Am] So you don't even know this [B] song.
[G] Oh, but it's hard to live by the [C] rules.
I never [D] could and still never [B] do.
The [G] rules and such never bothered [C] you.
[D] You call the shots and they follow.
[B]
[Em] I watch you steal from a [C] distance, then go back [D] to my room. Never [G] know.
[D] I want [Em] you.
[D] I want [G] you, but [D] now
it's the talk of the town.
[G] [Gm] This song was written around this chord.
[B]
I discovered it one day, you know, about 20 years ago,
and I showed it to James Honeyman Scott, [D] my guitar player at the time, and I said, [B] hey, look at this.
[Abm] And he said, he [D] wasn't very interested in lyrics, and he didn't care about anything like that.
[G] But he called that a Beatles [D] chord, and I wrote this song around that.
I [E] also, actually, I had in mind
[G] this kid who used to stand outside the sound checks on our first [Gm] tour,
and I never spoke to him.
[F] [G]
And I remember the last time I saw him, I just [F] left him standing in the snow.
I never had anything to say [Gm] to him.
And I kind of wrote this for him.
So in the [E] unlikely event that you're watching this, I did think [Fm] about you.
[G]
[Em] [G]
[C] [Em] Nobody helped me there either.
[Am] [B]
It's such a drag.
[G] One something, [C] sometime one [D] thing leads to another.
I know [B] it [G] was a time I wanted you for mine.
[C]
Nobody [D] knew.
You [Em] arrived like a day and passed like a [C] cloud.
[D] I made a wish.
I said [C] it out loud, [D] [G] out loud in a crowd.
[D] [G]
Everybody [D] heard.
It was the talk [C] of the town.
[B]
It's not my [G] place to know [C] what you feel.
I'd [D] like to know, but why should [B] I?
How [G] are you?
Who are you now?
[C] Common labor by [D] night, by day, high [B] brow.
Back in my [Em] room, I wonder that [C] I sit [D] on the bed.
I look at the [C] sky
[D] up in the [G] sky.
I [D] see [G] rain
[D] like the talk [C] of the town.
[G]
Maybe [C] tomorrow, [G]
maybe [C] someday,
[G]
maybe [C] tomorrow, [G] maybe someday.
[C] You've changed [G] your place in this world.
You've changed your place in this [C] world.
[G]
[Am] So you don't even know this [B] song.
[G] Oh, but it's hard to live by the [C] rules.
I never [D] could and still never [B] do.
The [G] rules and such never bothered [C] you.
[D] You call the shots and they follow.
[B]
[Em] I watch you steal from a [C] distance, then go back [D] to my room. Never [G] know.
[D] I want [Em] you.
[D] I want [G] you, but [D] now
it's the talk of the town.
Key:
G
D
C
B
Em
G
D
C
[N] Breaking [B] the ice.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] This song was written around this chord.
[B] _ _ _ _
I discovered it one day, you know, about 20 years ago,
and I showed it to James Honeyman Scott, [D] my guitar player at the time, and I said, [B] hey, look at this.
[Abm] _ And he said, he [D] wasn't very interested in lyrics, and he didn't care about anything like that.
[G] But he called that a Beatles [D] chord, and I wrote this song around that.
_ I [E] also, actually, I had in mind
[G] _ this kid who used to stand outside the sound checks on our first [Gm] tour,
and I never spoke to him.
[F] _ _ [G]
And I remember the last time I saw him, I just [F] left him standing in the snow.
I never had anything to say [Gm] to him.
And I kind of wrote this for him.
So in the [E] unlikely event that you're watching this, I did think [Fm] about you.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] Nobody helped me there either.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [B]
It's such a drag.
[G] One something, [C] sometime one [D] thing leads to another.
I know [B] it [G] was a time I wanted you for mine.
[C]
Nobody [D] _ knew.
_ _ You [Em] arrived like a day and passed like a [C] cloud.
[D] I made a wish.
I said [C] it out loud, [D] _ _ _ [G] out loud in a crowd.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Everybody [D] heard.
It was the talk [C] of the town.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
It's not my [G] place to know [C] what you feel.
I'd [D] like to know, but why should [B] I? _
How [G] are you?
Who are you now?
_ [C] Common labor by [D] night, by day, high [B] brow.
Back in my [Em] room, I wonder that [C] I sit [D] on the bed.
I look at the [C] sky _
_ _ [D] _ up in the [G] sky.
I [D] _ _ see [G] rain _
_ [D] _ like the talk [C] of the town.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Maybe [C] _ tomorrow, [G] _ _ _
maybe [C] someday,
_ [G] _ _ _
maybe [C] _ tomorrow, _ [G] maybe someday. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] You've changed [G] _ your place in this world. _ _
You've changed _ your place in this [C] world. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] So you don't even know this [B] song.
[G] Oh, but it's hard to live by the [C] rules.
I never [D] could and still never [B] do.
The [G] rules and such never bothered [C] you. _
[D] You call the shots and they follow.
[B] _
[Em] I watch you steal from a [C] distance, then go back [D] to my room. Never [G] know. _
_ [D] _ _ I want [Em] you. _
_ [D] _ I want [G] you, but _ [D] now
it's the talk of the town.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] This song was written around this chord.
[B] _ _ _ _
I discovered it one day, you know, about 20 years ago,
and I showed it to James Honeyman Scott, [D] my guitar player at the time, and I said, [B] hey, look at this.
[Abm] _ And he said, he [D] wasn't very interested in lyrics, and he didn't care about anything like that.
[G] But he called that a Beatles [D] chord, and I wrote this song around that.
_ I [E] also, actually, I had in mind
[G] _ this kid who used to stand outside the sound checks on our first [Gm] tour,
and I never spoke to him.
[F] _ _ [G]
And I remember the last time I saw him, I just [F] left him standing in the snow.
I never had anything to say [Gm] to him.
And I kind of wrote this for him.
So in the [E] unlikely event that you're watching this, I did think [Fm] about you.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] Nobody helped me there either.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [B]
It's such a drag.
[G] One something, [C] sometime one [D] thing leads to another.
I know [B] it [G] was a time I wanted you for mine.
[C]
Nobody [D] _ knew.
_ _ You [Em] arrived like a day and passed like a [C] cloud.
[D] I made a wish.
I said [C] it out loud, [D] _ _ _ [G] out loud in a crowd.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Everybody [D] heard.
It was the talk [C] of the town.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
It's not my [G] place to know [C] what you feel.
I'd [D] like to know, but why should [B] I? _
How [G] are you?
Who are you now?
_ [C] Common labor by [D] night, by day, high [B] brow.
Back in my [Em] room, I wonder that [C] I sit [D] on the bed.
I look at the [C] sky _
_ _ [D] _ up in the [G] sky.
I [D] _ _ see [G] rain _
_ [D] _ like the talk [C] of the town.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Maybe [C] _ tomorrow, [G] _ _ _
maybe [C] someday,
_ [G] _ _ _
maybe [C] _ tomorrow, _ [G] maybe someday. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] You've changed [G] _ your place in this world. _ _
You've changed _ your place in this [C] world. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] So you don't even know this [B] song.
[G] Oh, but it's hard to live by the [C] rules.
I never [D] could and still never [B] do.
The [G] rules and such never bothered [C] you. _
[D] You call the shots and they follow.
[B] _
[Em] I watch you steal from a [C] distance, then go back [D] to my room. Never [G] know. _
_ [D] _ _ I want [Em] you. _
_ [D] _ I want [G] you, but _ [D] now
it's the talk of the town.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _