Prefab Sprout – Pearly Gates (Guitar)

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Song: Pearly Gates ( Prefab Sprout & Michael H. Brauer) (from album : Protest songs) Artist:Prefab Sprout Chord analysis: Mats Fagergren, 2017 The song can be found on this link..: Use the chords according to the instruction below E,A,D,G,B,e. C/E. 0,3,2,0,1,0 F. 1,3,3,2,1,1 G6. 3,2,0,0,0,0 Dm7. x,x,0,2,1,1 Fmaj7. x,x,3,2,1,0 C(add9)/E. 0,3,2,0,3,0 Am/G 3,x,2,2,1,0 Cmaj7/E. 0,3,2,0,0,0 F(add9). x,x,3,2,1,3 C/D. x,x,0,0,1,0. G13. 3,5,3,4,5,3 G7sus4. 3,5,3,5,3,3 C/F. x,x,3,0,1,0 [intro] | C/E | F | C/E | Dm7 | Fmaj7 | | C(add9)/E C/E Cmaj/E C/E | C/D | C/D | [verse]

C/E       F     C/E     Dm7
Feel..the sun upon your back

Fmaj7   C/E                G7    Fmaj7
Someone somewhere wants to steal it

C/E       F            C/E       Dm7
Pray each night you'll catch the thief

    Fmaj7
But while you..

C(add9)/E C/E Cmaj7/E C/E
sleep     he  comes   and

C/D
takes it...Does that make you think little girl?

Am         Am/G        C/D
Doesn't it just little boy

[chorus]

C/E                F(add9)     G6 G   C/E
There'll be no stampede on the Pearly Gates

G7              C/E   Fmaj7
I'll say 'after you,' you'll say 'I don't

G13 G7 G7sus4 G7
mind the wait'..

C/E                F(add9)       G6  G    C/E
There'll be no stampede on those imposing doors

G7          C/E   Fmaj7
Naked and afraid, cowering we

G13  G7 G7sus4 G7     C/F    G
crawl on all fours

[verse 2]

C/E     F        C/E       Dm7
See the smile on her young face

Fmaj7      C/E        G7   Fmaj7
Watch life casually erase it

C/E   F          C/E       Dm7
Now I know she's all grown up

Fmaj7
She wears a

C(add9)/E C/E Cmaj7/E C/E
look      I   can't   quite

C/D
place yet...What makes you cry little girl?

Am        Am/G          C/D
Maybe I'm scared little boy

[Chorus]

C/E                F(add9)     G6 G   C/E
There'll be no stampede on the Pearly Gates

G7              C/E   Fmaj7
I'll say 'after you,' you'll say 'I don't

G13 G7 G7sus4 G7
mind the wait'..

C/E                F(add9)       G6  G    C/E
There'll be no stampede on those imposing doors

G7          C/E   Fmaj7
Naked and afraid, cowering we

G13  G7 G7sus4 G7     C/F    G
crawl on all fours

[outro-chorus]

C/E                F(add9)     G6 G   C/E
There'll be no stampede on the Pearly Gates

G7              C/E   Fmaj7
I'll say 'after you,' you'll say 'I don't

G13 G7 G7sus4 G7   C/F  G
mind the wait'..

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