Joe Jackson – Pretty Girls (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
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Ahh, here she comes, just a-walk-- just, just a-walkin' down the street, Singin

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Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop

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Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop

A   D   A   D   A   D   E  A
Hey!
[Verse 1]
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I took a walk 'round,   the market downtown

A         D            E                A
Takin' it easy just to see what I could find

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I found the girls there, long legs and blond hair

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All gettin' set to make a mess out of my mind
[Pre-Chorus]
E
Hey!

     D
Eyes Left!
[Verse 2]
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I got the hard word, you know what I heard

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They say the miniskirt is comin' back in style

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I say it's not fair, but what do they care?

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When you've got power, then you use it for a while
[Pre-Chorus]
E
Hey!

     D
Eyes Right!
[Chorus]
E                       D
See the pretty, pretty, pretty girls in the

A                  D            A             D
street (Down do-be-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop)

E                           D
See them walkin' with their pretty shoes on their

A                D            A             D
feet (Down do-be-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop)

A          D             E       A
Down-do-be-do-do-wop, wop
[Verse 3]
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God, if you're up there, listen to my prayer

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In future, man should have a different design

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Give him a switch so he can turn off his libido now

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Give him a tranquilizer built into his mind
[Pre-Chorus]
E
Hey!

     D
Eyes Right!
[Chorus]
E                       D
See the pretty, pretty, pretty girls in the

A                  D            A             D
street (Down do-be-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop)

E                           D
See them walkin' with their pretty shoes on their

A                D            A             D
feet (Down do-be-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop) on their

A                D                      E       A
Feet (down-do-be-do-do-wop, wop)
[Bridge]
Cm                     Fm
Don't talk to me about women's liberation

D                   G
They already got me right just where it

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hurts....
[Interlude] N.C. Ahh, here she comes, just a-walk-- just, just a-walkin' down the street, Singin
A
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop

A
Down do be do do wop a do do wop a do do wop,
[Chorus]
E                       D
See the pretty, pretty, pretty girls in the

A                  D            A             D
street (Down do-be-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop)

E                           D
See them walkin' with their pretty shoes on their

A                D            A             D
feet (Down do-be-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop)
[Chorus]
E                       D
See the pretty, pretty, pretty girls in the

A                  D            A             D
street (Down do-be-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop)

E                           D
See them walkin' with their pretty shoes on their

A                D            A             D
feet (Down do-be-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop, a-do-do-wop)

A          D             E       A
Down-do-be-do-do-wop, wop
[Outro] E A