Kaleo – All The Pretty Girls (Guitar Acoustic)

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This is my acoustic version of this song, which includes fingerpicking during the chorus. Strumming pattern is mainly down, down, up, down, up

[Intro]
      Am                    C                      Am                    C
e|----0----------3----------0----------3-----------0----------3----------0---|
B|----1-----/3h5---5p3\-----1-----/3h5---5p3\------1-----/3h5----5p3\----1---|
G|----2---------------------0----------------------2---------------------0---|
D|----2---------------------2----------------------2---------------------2---|
A|----0---------------------3----------------------0---------------------3---|
E|----0---------------------0----------------------0---------------------0---|

[Verse]

Am      G                 C
All the pretty girls like Samuel

Am    G              C
Oh he really doesn't share

Am              G                C
And though it's more than he can handle

Am      G            F 
Life is anything but fair, life is anything but fair

Am G     C
Oh oh oh oh wohoohoo

Am G     C
Oh oh oh ohhhh

Am      G                 C
Just as soon as they turn older

Am       G                    C
Come and sweep them off their feet

Am        G              C
It's only making me feel smaller

Am      G           F
All the hidden love beneath

[Pre-Chorus]

             Am       G        C
So won't you lay me, Won't you lay me down

          Am      G         F      C
Won't you lay me, Won't you lay me down

          Am      G         F      C
Won't you lay me, Won't you lay me down

          Am      G         G7
Won't you lay me, Won't you lay... me down

[Chorus] Repeat 2x (Note: I used a slapping technique similar to some John Mayer songs, so if you've learned that pattern, then this will be easier and if not, then it may take some time to pick up. As you slap with your thumn, you strum the other notes with your index too)

    Am                G                C
e|----------3--0------3-------------------------3--0------3/5--\3---0------------|
B|--1h3--3-------1------------3--------1h3--3--------1----1/3--\1-----h5-1-------|
G|-------2----------------0-------0---------0----------------------------0------|
D|-------2----------------0-------0--------------------------------------2------|
A|--0----s--0----s---------------------3----s---3----s----3/5--\s---3----s-------|
E|--------------------3---s---3---s---------------------------------------------|

    Am                G                C
e|----------3--0------3-------------------------0----------0h1--1--1-0----------|
B|--1h3--3-------1------------3--------1----1-----0---1---------0-------0-------|
G|-------2----------------0-------0---------0---------0-----------------0-------|
D|------------------------0-------0---------------------------------------------|
A|--0----s--0----s---------------------3----s---------s----3----s--3----s-------|
E|--------------------3---s---3---s---------------------------------------------|

[Bridge]
(Note: on the Am, C and F I use a slap again in the pattern I show below)
All alone alone again, no one lends a helping hand
   Dm              G7                            Am
e|--1---------------1----------------------------0---------0--------0--------|
B|--3---------------0----------------------------1-----1---1----1---1--------|
G|--2---------------0----------------------------2-----2---2----2---2--------|
D|--0---------------0----------------------------2-----2---2----2---2--------|
A|--0---------------2----------------------------0---------0--------0--------|
E|--0---------------3----------------------------0-----s---0----s---0--------|

       C       F      C
I have waited, I have waited

Dm                        G7                               Am
Takes its toll my foolish pride, How long before I see the light

       C       F      C
I have waited, I have waited

Dm                G7
For you to lay me down...

[Verse]

Am       G          C
Sail on by, Sail on by for me now

Am    G                 C
They play naked in the water

Am            G            C
You know it's hard, heaven knows I've tried

Am     G                  C
But it just keeps getting harder

[Pre-Chorus] (Use single strums here)

             Am       G        C
So won't you lay me, Won't you lay me down

          Am      G         F      C
Won't you lay me, Won't you lay me down

          Am      G         F      C
Won't you lay me, Won't you lay me down

          Am      G         G7
Won't you lay me, Won't you lay... me down

[Chorus]
Won't you lay me...
    Am                G                C
e|----------3--0------3-------------------------3--0------3/5--\3---0------------|
B|--1h3--3-------1------------3--------1h3--3--------1----1/3--\1-----h5-1-------|
G|-------2----------------0-------0---------0----------------------------0------|
D|-------2----------------0-------0--------------------------------------2------|
A|--0----s--0----s---------------------3----s---3----s----3/5--\s---3----s-------|
E|--------------------3---s---3---s---------------------------------------------|

    Am                G                C
e|----------3--0------3-------------------------0----------0h1--1--1-0----------|
B|--1h3--3-------1------------3--------1----1-----0---1---------0-------0-------|
G|-------2----------------0-------0---------0---------0-----------------0-------|
D|------------------------0-------0---------------------------------------------|
A|--0----s--0----s---------------------3----s---------s----3----s--3----s-------|
E|--------------------3---s---3---s---------------------------------------------|

[Outro] (WIth slapping as before)

   Am              G                  C
Oh I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait for you

   Am              G                  F
Oh I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait for you

C     Am              G      F           C
Ohhhh I wait, I wait, I wait I wa-it for you

   Am              G                  C
Oh I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait for you

(Back to regular strumming)

           Am      G         C
For you to lay me, won't you lay me down