Prefab Sprout – Adolescence (Ukulele)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Paddy McAloon From: "Crimson/Red" [2013] Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS/SPECIAL VOICINGS
         g-C-E-A
D        7-6-5-9

Dsus4    2-2-3-5
Dsus2    2-2-0-0
Dmaj7    2-1-2-0
Am11     0-0-0-5 or 0-2-0-3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO | D | % | Dsus4 | % | | D | % | Dsus4 | % | VERSE
D
 Adolescence - what's it like?

      Dsus4
It's a psychedelic motorbike

      G
You'll smash it up ten times a day

        Dsus2   D
Then you walk  away
VERSE
    D
It's moonlight on a balcony

    Dsus4
It's pure hormonal agony

   G
Bad poetry. Its greeting card?

Dsus2     D
Will (the Bard)
VERSE
D
 Adolescence - why's it so?

   Dsus4
Ask someone else; how should I know?

       G
It's a song I sang and then forgot

    Dsus2   D
Too long   ago
MIDDLE 8
     Dmaj7   G    A           D
When I was a Romeo in love forever

  Bm                  F#m
Unable to forget some Juliet

G              A            D
Romeo (Romeo) - inconstant? Never!

     C
It's knives flashing in fountains, poison

Bm                          F#m
Capulets' letters that go astray

    Am11   
Molehills bigger than mountains

     Em                       G6        A        A7
Your pre sat nav, learning to find your way
INTERLUDE | D | % | Dsus4 | % | | D | % | Dsus4 | % | SOLO | D | % | Dsus4 | % | | G | % | Dsus2 D | | D | % | Dsus4 | % | | G | % | Dsus2 D | VERSE
D
 Adolescence - what's it for?

        Dsus4
It's for keeping your nerve-endings raw, while

G
Relay teams of fevered dreams

  Dsus2     D
Escape each pore
VERSE
D
 It's moonlight on a balcony

    Dsus4
It's pure hormonal agony

    G
Bad poetry. Its greeting card?

Dsus2     D
Will (the Bard)
MIDDLE 8
Dmaj7 G      A           D
 Poor Romeo - in love forever

  Bm             F#m
Unable to forget Juliet

G              A            D
Romeo (Romeo) - inconstant? Never!

     C
It's knives flashing in fountains, poison

Bm                          F#m
Capulets' letters that go astray

    Am11   
Molehills bigger than mountains

     Em                       G6        A        A7
Your pre sat nav, learning to find your way
VERSE
D
 Adolescence can be rough

 Dsus4
I hope your heat-shield's tough enough

  G
I hope that no-one dares to scoff

     Dsus2     D
When you blast off
VERSE
D
 Adolescence, crimson red

Dsus4
 Fireworks inside your head

    G
Are three time brighter than the sun

        Dsus2     D
Girls - have some fun
OUTRO
| D | % | Dsus4 | % |
(repeat and fade)