The Beautiful South – Prettiest Eyes (Guitar Tab)

Capo 4

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Prettiest Eyes – Beautiful South Chords used: C F Am G Dm D7 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0

Verse
  /C                   F                    C                    D7
--|---------------0----|---------------0----|---------------0--0-|-0--0---------------|
1-|-1--------1h3-----1-|-1--------1h3-----1-|-1--------1h3-------|--------1---------1-|
--|----0---------------|----2---------------|----0---------------|------------2-------|
--|------------------3-|-3-----3------------|------------------0-|-0------3-----------|
3-|-3-----3------------|------------------3-|-3-----3------------|------------------3-|
--|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  \
Line one is the time                         That you, you first stayed over at mine

Line two we're away And we both, we both had nowhere to stay

 C                   D7                   C                    D7                   \
|---------------0----|----0---------------|---------------0----|----0---------------|
|-1--------1h3-----1-|-1------1---------1-|-1--------1h3-----1-|-1------1---------1-|
|----0---------------|------------2-------|----0---------------|------------2-------|
|------------------0-|-0------3-----------|------------------0-|-0------3-----------|
|-3-----3------------|------------------3-|-3-----3------------|------------------3-|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
                                                                                    / x2
And we drank our first bottle of wine      And we cried

Well the bus-shelter's always OK When you're young Chorus (Strum) C F Now you're older and I look at your face C F Every wrinkle is so easy to place C Am And I only write them down just in case G G That you die C Am Let's take a look at these crows feet, just look F G Sitting on the prettiest eyes C Am Sixty 25th of Decembers F G Fifty-nine 4th of Julys F G Not through the age or the failure, children C Am Not through the hate or despise C Am Take a good look at these crows feet G (Begin plucking verse again) Sitting on the prettiest eyes

Verse
  /C                   F                    C                    D7
--|---------------0----|---------------0----|---------------0--0-|-0--0---------------|
1-|-1--------1h3-----1-|-1--------1h3-----1-|-1--------1h3-------|--------1---------1-|
--|----0---------------|----2---------------|----0---------------|------------2-------|
--|------------------3-|-3-----3------------|------------------0-|-0------3-----------|
3-|-3-----3------------|------------------3-|-3-----3------------|------------------3-|
--|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  \
Line three I forget                          But I think, I think it was our first ever bet

Line four in a park And the things, the things that people do in the dark

 C                   D7                   C                    D7                   \
|---------------0----|----0---------------|---------------0----|----0---------------|
|-1--------1h3-----1-|-1------1---------1-|-1--------1h3-----1-|-1------1---------1-|
|----0---------------|------------2-------|----0---------------|------------2-------|
|------------------0-|-0------3-----------|------------------0-|-0------3-----------|
|-3-----3------------|------------------3-|-3-----3------------|------------------3-|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
                                                                                    / x2
And the horse we backed was short of a leg    Never mind

I could hear the faintest beat of your heart Then we did Chorus (Strum) C F Now you're older and I look at your face C F Every wrinkle is so easy to place C Am And I only write them down just in case G G That you die C Am Let's take a look at these crows feet, just look F G Sitting on the prettiest eyes C Am Sixty 25th of Decembers F G Fifty-nine 4th of Julys F G Not through the age or the failure, children C Am Not through the hate or despise C Am Take a good look at these crows feet G (Begin plucking verse again) Sitting on the prettiest eyes C F C C Well my eyes look like a map of the town C F C C And my teeth are either yellow or they're brown Dm G C But you'll never hear the crack of a frown Am When you are here F G You'll never hear the crack (Begin 1st bar of intro and repeat) C Of a frown