Artist: Squeeze
Song: Tempted
Tabbed by: DJ
14th Oct 2012
Tuning: Standard
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of B)
NB Original recording is sharp of concert pitch
A A/G D7/F# D7 A A/G D7/F# D7
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A E/G# F#m F#m7/E
I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste, a flannel for my face,
B7/D# Dm7
Pyjamas, a hairbrush, new shoes, and a case,
Am7 Em7 F/G
I said to my reflection, "Let's get out of this place--------!"
G C D7 F
Past the church and the steeple, the laundry on the hill,
A G/D Gaug/D# Am7/E
Billboards and the buildings, memories of it still keep calling,
D Am/E F7/D# D D/C
And calling, but for - get it all, I know I will---!
A A/G D/F# D
Tempted by the fruit of a - nother,
A A/G D/F# D B7
Tempted, but the truth is dis - covered, what's been going on,
Bm7/E A A/G
And now that you have gone, there's no other,
D/F# D A A/G
Tempted by the fruit of a - nother,
D/F# D Bm
Tempted, but the truth is dis - covered!
Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus4 Dm Dsus2 Dm
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Dsus4 A E/G# F#m F#m7/E
I'm at the car park, the airport, the baggage carou - sel,
B7/D# Dm7
The people keep on grabbing, ain't wishing I was well,
Am7 Em7 F/G
I said ,"It's no occasion, it's no story I can tell!"
G C D7 F
At my bedside, empty pocket, a foot without a sock,
A G/D Gaug/D#
Your body gets much closer, I fumble for the clock,
Am7/E D Am7/E F7/D# D D/C
A - larmed by the se - duction, I wish... that it would stop!
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A A/G D/F# D
Tempted by the fruit of a - nother,
A A/G D/F# D B7
Tempted, but the truth is dis - covered, what's been going on,
Bm7/E A A/G
And now that you have gone, there's no other,
D/F# D A A/G
Tempted by the fruit of a - nother,
D/F# D Bm
Tempted, but the truth is dis - covered!
Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus4 Dm Dsus2 Dm
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Dsus4 A A/G F#m F#m7/E
I bought a novel, some perfume, a fortune all for you,
B7/D# Dm7
But it's not my concience that hates to be untrue,
Am7 Em7 F/G G C
I asked of my reflection, "Tell me, what is there to do-----?"
A A/G D/F# D
Tempted by the fruit of a - nother,
A A/G D/F# D
Tempted but the truth is dis - covered,
B7 Bm7/E A A/G
What's been going on, and now that you have gone, there's no other,
D/F# D A A/G
Tempted by the fruit of a - nother,
D/F# D Bm
Tempted, but the truth is dis - covered!
A A/G D/F# D
Huhh! Tempted... by the fruit of a - nother,
A A/G D/F# D
Tempted, but the truth is dis - covered!
A A/G D/F# D
Tempted by the fruit of a - nother,
A A/G D/F# D
Tempted, but the truth is dis - covered!
(Suggestion for final chorus)
A A/G D/F# D
Tempted by the fruit of a - nother,
A A/G D/F# D
Tempted but the truth is dis - covered,
B7 Bm7/E A A/G
What's been going on, and now that you have gone, there's no other,
D/F# D A A/G
Tempted by the fruit of a - nother,
D/F# D Bm
Tempted, but the truth is dis - covered!
Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus4 Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus4 A
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A = x02220 G = 320033
A/G = 3x2220 C = x32010
D7/F# = 200212 F = 133211
D7 = xx0212 G/D = xx0003
D = xx0232 Gaug/D# = xx1003
E/G# = 4x2400 Am7/E = xx2213
F#m = 244222 F7/D# = xx1211
F#m7/E = 044222 D/C = x30232
B7/D# = xx1202 D/F# = 200232
Dm7 = xx0211 B7 = x21202
Am7 = x02213 Bm7/E = 020202
Em7 = 022030 Bm7 = 224232
F/G = 303211 Dsus2 = xx0230
Dsus4 = xx0233
