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Radio Song - Dirty Pretty Things
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Tabbed by: Jake Brennan
Email: -
My first tab :D
This song is heard in Run Fatboy Run when Dennis is running away from his wedding. Great song. :)
Tuning: Standard
INTRO
E C#m (1 bar of C#m on 2nd time)
e|-------------------------| |-------------------| ||
B|-9--9--x--x--9--9--x--x--| |-5--5--x--x--5--6--| ||
G|-9--9--x--x--9--9--x--x--|x2|-6--6--x--x--6--6--|x2||x2
D|-9--9--x--x--9--9--x--x--| |-6--6--x--x--6--6--| ||
A|-7--7--x--x--7--7--x--x--| |-4--4--x--x--4--4--| ||
E|-------------------------| |-------------------| ||
VERSE 1
E E
Put your arms around me girl cause I don’t know what to do
C#m C#m
I'm spinning on a sixpence cause I’m still in love with you
E E
We were vagabond souls put together sniffing glue
C#m C#m
Your radio songs were all I really knew
BREAK
E
Did you think I had a wind up heart?
C#m
You must have had plastic head
E
Did you think I had to play the part
C#m
when you copied everything I said?
VERSE 2
E E
I’m sorry sorry sorry if your getting me wrong
C#m C#m
but you’re half a world away with only one sock on
E E
Now your getting too much so I want to play along
C#m C#m
cause all I really wanted was a radio song
CHORUS
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A B
What is there to say
A B
In a world so grey
A B E
Why oh why oh why are we singing it anyway
BREAK
E
Did you think I had a wind up heart?
C#m
You must have had plastic head
E
Did you think I had to play the part
C#m
when you copied everything I said?
VERSE 3
E E
When the tide of love is out and the rust begins to show
C#m C#m
You’re crying in your sleep scared of your shadow
E E
If you thought this was forever dear I’m keeping you in mind
C#m C#m
I don’t want to let you have whatever you are mine
CHORUS
A B
What is there to say
A B
In a world so grey
A B E
Why oh why oh why are we singing it anyway
E
CHORUS
A B
What is there to say
A B
In a world so grey
A B E
Why oh why oh why are we singing it anyway
INTERLUDE/SOLO
Ex12
(all I really wanted was a radio song)
(all I really wanted was a radio song)
Cause all I really wanted is a radio song
A B
What is there to say
A B
In a world so grey
A B E
Why oh why oh why are we singing it anyway
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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