Pulp – The Professional (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro] E Em Am F E Em Am F [Verse 1]
E5
I'm back, in full effect

E5
I can't even hold myself erect

      A5
I got nothing, that I wanna say

          F5
I'm gonna say it, anyway

           E5
I know you think that I've lost it baby

E5
I know you think that my star is fading

            A5
You used to be a contender, now you're just a pretender

F5
Psychic karaoke every weekend

          E5
You don't fit in those clothes anymore

E5
Why don't you take them back to the charity store?

             A5
While you're there, you can always hand yourself in

         F5
You're into green issues, start recycling

    E5
You hide behind your woman when you're out on the town

E5
Sure wouldn't blame her for holding you down

A5
Holding you down, holding you down

F5
You're the only one who's holding you down
N.C. You're only ever polite when you're out of your box N.C. Cocker's short for sucker... N.C. A sucker of... [Chorus]
E         Em
Oooh oooh ooooh

          Am
Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh

          F
Oooh oooh ooooh

F
A sucker of...

E         Em
Oooh oooh ooooh

          Am
Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh

          F
Oooh oooh ooooh
[Verse 2]
E5
When I got up today I had that feeling again

E5
Everything was okay then the world started seeping in

A5
Now I'm trying to sleep it away

F5
Oh, but I can't sleep it away

          E5
Can you answer this question can you answer it right?

E5
Have you ever done anything good in your life?

          A5
Have you ever done anything that wasn't just for yourself?

          F5
Are you capable of giving?
N.C. Are you capable of giving just for the sake of it N.C. Without expecting anything in return? [Bridge] N.C. (I'm only trying to give you waht you've come to expect N.C. Just another song about single mothers and sex N.C. Single mothers and sex N.C. Single mothers and sex N.C. Just another song about single mothers and sex N.C. OK, you've heard it before; N.C. It's nothing special N.C. But it's a living, can't you see?)
         E
I'm a professional
[Chorus]
          Em
Oooh oooh ooooh

          Am
Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh

          F
Oooh oooh ooooh

               E
Yeah, I'm a professional

          Em
Oooh oooh ooooh

          Am
Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh

          F
Oooh oooh ooooh
[Verse 3]
E                    Em
  Sleep on my darling

Am               F
  Sleep on don't wake as I leave

E                                Em
 I've been rehearsing this scene so long now;

Am                     F
Don't interupt me as I do it for real

E
 The bedroom floor is treacherous

Em
A tea-cup could be disastrous;

 Am
'Cos that would mean I would have to say

F                                            E
What is written in the letter I posted yesterday

                          Em
So that it would get here when I was gone

             Am     F
And you awoke
[Instrumental] E Em Am F [Verse 4]
             E5
Oh, she will meet me from the train

E5
And she won't know a thing

                         A5
About how I talk with my mouth full and only bath once a week

        F5
How I'm nicer the first time you meet me than the next

E5
 And I'm rapidly losing interest in sex

         A5                         F5
Yeah I'm rapidly losing interest in sex

E5
What's the point in making it over-emotioanl?

E5
You can do it the hard way
N.C. Or you can be a professional [Chorus]
E         Em
Oooh oooh ooooh

          Am
Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh

          F
Oooh oooh ooooh

         E
I'm a professional

          Em
Oooh oooh ooooh

          Am
Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh

          F
Oooh oooh ooooh (okay)
[Outro]
E              Em
   Sleep on my darling

Am             F
   Sleep on my love

E              Em
   Sleep on my darling

Am             F
   Sleep on my love

E              Em
   Sleep on my darling

Am             F
   Sleep on my love

E              Em
   Sleep on my darling

Am             F
   Sleep on my love