Prefab Sprout – Nightingales (Ukulele)
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Chords
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Written by: Paddy McAloon
From: “From Langley Park to Memphis” (1988)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Baritone G / Soprano C
CHORDS
D-G-B-e g-C-E-A
E6 2-1-2-0 1-1-0-2
D#m7 1-3-2-2 3-3-2-4
C#m7 7-4-5-4 2-1-0-2
(= C#m7-13)
F#m9 4-2-2-4 1-1-2-0
Cmaj9 2-4-3-3 0-2-0-2
Am7 2-2-1-3 0-0-0-0
C(add9) 0-0-1-0 0-2-0-3
A 2-2-2-0 2-1-0-0
B6 4-4-4-4 1-3-2-2
B6* 4-3-4-x
G#m6 3-4-4-4 1-3-1-2
E7 2-4-3-4 1-2-0-2
Amaj7 2-1-2-0 1-1-0-0
F#7 2-3-2-2 2-4-2-4
F#7sus 2-4-2-2 4-4-2-4
B 4-4-4-2 4-4-3-2
Baug 1-0-0-3 0-3-3-2
or 5-4-4-3
Gaug 1-0-0-3 0-3-3-2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro
| A | B6 G#m6 | E7 | A | Gdim7 | F#m7 F#7sus | % | Am | B B6 | [Instrumental]
[Verse 1]
A B6 G#m6 Tell me do, something true E7 A True of you and me A Amaj7 Gdim7 That we're too busy F#m7 F#7sus | F#m7 F#7sus4 | Living through Am | B B6* | Too busy to see
[Verse 2]
A B6 G#m6 What is it that we do E7 A Makes us what we are A Amaj7 Gdim7 If we sing are we F#m7 F#7sus | F#m7 F#7sus4 | Nightingales? Am | B Baug | Shine are we stars?
[Chorus]
E6 Who are we? D#m7 What we got? C#m7 F#m9 Are we a firework show? Cmaj9 Am7 Cadd9 Gmaj7 Fdim7 Growing pale like a star that burnt out years ago E6 D#m7 C#m7 Stranger things have been, stranger things have gone F#m7 I find it hard right now to name you one Cmaj9 Am7 Cadd9 Gmaj7 Fdim7 Tell me do something true and drop the fairytales E6 D#m7 C#m7 If singin' birds must sing, with no question of choice F#m7 Then livin' is our song, indeed our voice Cmaj9 Am7 Cadd9 Gmaj7 Fdim7 Best agree you and me we're probably nightingales
[Solo]
| A | B6 G#m6 | E7 | A A Amaj7 |
| Gdim7 | F#7sus4 | % | Am | B Gaug |
[Chorus]
E6 Who are we? D#m7 What we got? C#m7 F#m9 Are we a firework show? Cmaj9 Am7 Cadd9 Gmaj7 Fdim7 Growing pale like a star that burnt out years ago E6 D#m7 C#m7 Stranger things have been, stranger things have gone F#m7 I find it hard right now to name you one Cmaj9 Am7 Cadd9 Gmaj7 Fdim7 Tell me do something true and drop the fairytales E6 D#m7 C#m7 If singin' birds must sing, with no question of choice F#m7 Then livin' is our song, indeed our voice Cmaj9 Am7 Cadd9 Gmaj7 Fdim7 Best agree you and me we're probably nightingales
[Interlude]
| A | Cdim7 | A | Cdim7 |
[Verse 3]
A B6 G#m6 E7 God's a proud ... thunderclou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou-oud A We are cartoon cats A Amaj7 Gdim7 With a fear that is ... F#m7 F#7sus | F#m7 F#7sus4 | Biblical Am | B Gaug | Under our hats
[Chorus]
E6 Who are we? D#m7 What we got? C#m7 F#m9 Are we a firework show? Cmaj9 Am7 Cadd9 Gmaj7 Fdim7 Growing pale like a star that burnt out years ago E6 D#m7 C#m7 Stranger things have been, stranger things have gone F#m7 I find it hard right now to name you one Cmaj9 Am7 Cadd9 Gmaj7 Fdim7 Tell me do something true and drop the fairytales E6 D#m7 C#m7 If singin' birds must sing, with no question of choice F#m7 Then livin' is our song, indeed our voice Cmaj9 Am7 Gmaj7 Best agree you and me we're only nightingales
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