Chords for The Smiths - PAINT A VULGAR PICTURE (April 1987 - Early take) - High Quality

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_ _ [G] _ _ At the record company [G] meeting, on their [F] hands a dead star [A] and all [F] the plans they bring,
_ [A] and all the [G] stingy.
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At [A] the record [D] company [E] meeting, [A] on their [D] hands a [E] dead star,
[F#] sick of [E] fantasies like they say, [D] I'm [F#] even _ [E] prepping well. _
We issue [D] repackage, [E] repackage, [A] we [D] evaluate the [E] songs, _
[F#] it's too [D] late to [E] attempt it, [F#] I'll break the [E]
billy wall.
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_ _ [C] A-list, [F] playlist, [G] repeat, repeat, [C] sadly [F] this was [G] your life.
[Am] You could have said [G] no, you wanted [F] to.
[A] Oh, you could have said [F] no, [G] you wanted to.
P-P-I-N-P-B-B-C, [G] believe me, [C] sadly [F] this was [G] your life.
[A] Could have said [F] no, you wanted to.
_ [A] Could have [G] walked away, _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ [D] I touched you at [E] the sound check,
you had no [D] real way [E] of knowing.
[F#] In my heart I [E] cried, please take me with you, [F#] I don't [D] care where [E] you're going. _
[A] But to you I [D] was faceless, I [E] was fortunate, [A] Borrowing a child [D] from those lovely [E] new houses,
[F#m] Who could never [D] begin [E] to know, _ [F#] Who could never [E]
be known.
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_ [C] At the record [F] company party, [C] On their hands [F] a plaster desk saw,
[A] Your boot [G] pat, your photograph, [F] _ [Am] Extra track [F] and a tacky [G] vibe. _
And they paint [F] a vulgar [G] picture, [C] Of the way [F] they say that you were,
[Am] They could never really [F] hurt you, [G] my darling, _ [A] They can never [F] hurt [G] you now.
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_ _ [A] Best [D] of most are [E] associating me, [A] With many [D] new business [E] leads,
[F#] By both [D] and feel [E] free, _ [D] _ [F#] To try my [D] new entry, [E] re-entry. _ _
World [D] tour, media [E] hoax, Please the press and [A] Belgian spot [D] leave,
This was your life, [F#m] and when it fails [D] to recoup, [E] Well maybe, _ _ [F#] just have a [E] nurture baby.
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I [C] walk your page, [F] behind you I don't sound shit, [C] See you're just [F] the same as [G] I am.
[A] What makes more [F] people [G] feel happy, _ [A] Leads you [F] headlong into [G] harm.
So [C] in my bedroom, [F] in those ugly [G] new houses, I [C] dance my legs [F] down [G] to the knees,
[A] For [F] you and my [G] true [F] love, [A] We will [F] never, [G] again.
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And [A] still they paint [D] a vulgar picture, [A] Of how [D] you really [E] were,
But [F#] they can never [D] change you [E] in my eyes, _ [F#] Never [D] hurt [E] you now. _
They can never [D] touch you, my [E] darling, Never [D] hurt you now.
[F#] You [D] and [E] my true _
[D] love, [F#] We will [D] never, [E] again.
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