Prefab Sprout – Desire As (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Paddy McAloon From: "Steve McQueen" (1985) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard I find it hard to play this alone on one guitar and still preserve the textures of the original. It probably wasn’t meant to be played like that, either. It’s still very beautiful and what is here might give you some idea to work out your own version. The tuning of the original recording is somewhere in between things. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTRO / CHORUS
 [Emaj7]       [Ebm]               [F#]          [E6]
e|7-------------6-|----------------|9-------------0-|----------------|
B|9-------------7-|----------------|11------------2-|----------------|
G|8-------------8-|----------------|11------------4-|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
           E-A-D-G-B-e
B/C#       x-4-x-4-4-2
G#m9       4-6-4-4-4-6

Emaj7/F#   2-x-2-4-4-4
B/D#       x-6-4-4-4-x

Gdim       3-x-2-3-2-x
B/F#       2-x-4-4-4-2
C#m9       x-4-6-4-4-4
F#dim      2-x-1-2-1-x
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Emaj7 | Ebm | F# | E6 | | Emaj7 | Ebm | F# | E6 | [Chorus]
         Emaj7            Ebm            F#            E6
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them

         Emaj7            Ebm            F#            E6
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them

         Emaj7                   Ebm                      F#            E6
I've got six   things   on  my   mind           you're no longer one of them
(Desire as a sylph-figured creature who changes her mind)
         Emaj7                   Ebm                      F#            E6
I've got six   things   on  my   mind           you're no longer one of them
(Desire as a sylph-figured creature who changes her mind) [Verse 1]
              B/C#            G#m9           
They were the best times, the harvest years 

                     F#          Emaj7
With jam to lace the bread

   B/C#      G#m9           
So goodness, goodness knows why I'd 

                F#          Emaj7
Throw it to the birds
[Bridge]
F#        Emaj7/F#
 But there it is, 

F#     Emaj7/F#
 And there we are

    F#                       B/D#                   G#m7 Gdim
And all I ever want to be is far from the eyes that ask  me
[Pre-Chorus]
B/F#             G#m7         C#m9           A     F#dim
 In whose bed you gonna be and is it true you only see
[Chorus]
  Emaj7/G#                Ebm                      F#         E6
Desire as a sylph-figured creature who changes her mind

  Emaj7/G#                Ebm                      F#         E6
Desire as a sylph-figured creature who changes her mind
[Link]
             B/C#        G#m9
It's perfect as it stands 

            F#               Emaj7/G#
So why then crush it in your perfect hands?
[Chorus]
  Emaj7/G#               Ebm                      F#         E6
Desire as a sylph-figured creature who changes her mind
[Chorus] (variation)
  Emaj7/G#                Ebm            F#            E6
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them

  Emaj7/G#                Ebm            F#            E6
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them
[Verse 2]
   B/C#        G#m9           
So tell me you must have thought 

                F#
It all out in advance

   B/C#     G#m9           
Or goodness, goodness knows why you'd 

                F#
Throw it to the birds

             B/C#             G#m9           
You mock the good things, you play the heart strings, 

                 F#
Play them one by one
[Bridge]
F#        Emaj7/F#
 But there it is, 

F#     Emaj7/F#
 And there we are

    F#                       B/D#                   G#m7 Gdim
And all I ever want to be is far from the eyes that ask  me
[Pre-Chorus]
B/F#             G#m7         C#m9           A     F#dim
 In whose bed you gonna be and is it true you only see
[Chorus]
  Emaj7/G#                Ebm                      F#         E6
Desire as a sylph-figured creature who changes her mind
[Link]
             B/C#        G#m9
It's perfect as it stands 

            F#                Emaj7/G#
So why then crush it in your perfect hands?
[Chorus]
  Emaj7/G#                Ebm                      F#         E6
Desire as a sylph-figured creature who changes her mind?
[Pre-Chorus]
B/F#             G#m7         C#m9           A     F#dim
 In whose bed you gonna be and is it true you only see
[Chorus]
  Emaj7/G#                Ebm                      F#         E6
Desire as a sylph-figured creature who changes her mind
[Chorus]
  Emaj7/G#                Ebm            F#            E6
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them

  Emaj7/G#                Ebm            F#            E6
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them
[Link]
             B/C#        G#m9
It's perfect as it stands 

            F#               Emaj7/G#
So why then crush it in your perfect hands
[Chorus]
  Emaj7/G#                Ebm                      F#         E6
Desire as a sylph-figured creature who changes her mind

  Emaj7/G#                Ebm                      F#         E6
Desire as a sylph-figured creature who changes her mind
[Chorus]
  Emaj7/G#                Ebm            F#            E6
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them

  Emaj7/G#                Ebm            F#            E6
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them

  Emaj7                   Ebm            F#            E6
I've got six things on my mind you're no longer one of them
(So why then crush it in your perfect hands?)
  Emaj7                   Ebm                      F#         E6
Desire as a sylph-figured creature who changes her mind
(fade out)