The Fratellis – A Heady Tale (Ukulele)

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Chords: F5 3-5-5-X-X-X F 3-2-0-0-0-3 F5 X-3-5-5-X-X F X-3-2-0-1-0 G5 X-5-7-7-X-X G X-X-0-2-3-2 Fm X-3-5-5-4-3 G7 X-X-0-2-1-2 D5 5-7-7-X-X-X Fadd9 X-3-2-0-3-X D#5 6-8-8-X-X-X E X-X-4-4-4-2 E5 7-9-9-X-X-X D X-0-2-2-2-0
D7*  10-12-10-11-10*-10    

10* - slide on B between 12/13 occasionally
      B|--13-12-10---13-12-13-12-10--|
Intro: (Piano only) F F F F F F F F Verse 1: (Piano only)
 F      F     F
Pull me up a chair

    F         F     F
And keep your money

        F   F          F F F F  F F F F
There's no guarantees

 G
Won't you please forgive me?

         G7                              F      F F F  F F F F
But you know cold-blooded women make me sneeze

         F        
And I'll kick you out the door

        Fm                   F F F F  F F F F
If for just one minute you lie

              G        Fadd9      E
They'll come crashing through the wall

     D          G7     Fadd9     E      D    F F F F  F F F F
And leave you crawling 'til the minute you die
Verse 2:
 F       F       F        F
Pour yourself a drink or three

     F     F           F       F        F F F F  F F F F
And maybe we'll think clearer for a while

 G
You may be an embarassment

      G7                                       F   F F F  F F F F
But I love the way your clothes are never in style

  F
Living's much too easy

     Fm                          F  F F F  F F F F
And dying will be some kind of bore

         G          Fadd9    E   D
Well you swear that you're original

       G7       Fadd9       E       D     F    F F F  F F F F
But I know I've seen those jealous eyes before
Chorus 1:
           F5
So steal a watch right off my wrist

       F5
Oh and shake me by the hand

         G5
We could disappear for days

          F5       D5    D#5
And they wouldn't understand

  E5   F5
Gypsy blood will get you far

       F5                           G7*
And we will not miss you when you go
Bridge 1: G7*... F F F F F F F F Verse 3:
 F    F      F       F        F
Tear another hole in my brown shoes

    F      F         F     F     F F F  F F F F
And we can all sleep for a while

       G
Well I told you once before

   G7                                 F    F F F  F F F F
I love your braces and your hesitant smile

 F
Please don't get me wrong

           Fm
It's only right that you can stamp on my heart

       G       Fadd9     E          D
Well I see you and your friends someplace

    G7     Fadd9       E       D    F F F F  F F F F
You know I just can't tell you apart
Chorus 2:
                    F5
And though they'll hunt you like a dog

         F5
But they won't take you alive

          G5
Cause you made big piles of money

            F5     D5      D#5
Stacked up twenty storeys high

 E5       F5
Well the boys in every bar

      F5                           G7*
They will not miss you when you go
Bridge 2: G7*... F F F F F F F F F F F F G7*... F F F F F F F F F F F F F5 G5 D5 (hard to explain, but strum quickly, then pull off and strum open, and mute almost instantly) (Piano only) F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 Chorus 3:
             F5
So steal the watch right off my wrist

       F5
Oh and shake me by the hand

         G5
We could disappear for days

         F5
And they wouldn't understand

       F5
Gypsy blood will get you far

            F5
Though it's far away from me

        G5
Look me up when you get home

    F5
And maybe then we'll see

              F5
Well they'll hunt you like a dog

         F5
But they won't take you alive

          G5
Cause you made big piles of money

 F5    D5       D#5
Twenty storeys high

 E5    F
  The boys in every bar

              F5
Well they'll miss you when you're gone

        G5
You can tell a Heady Tale

          F5        D5        D#5
And we'll both keep screaming on

E5   F5         F5         G5         F5
La   la...  la  la...  la  la...  la  la

   F5       F5       G5           F5  D5  D#5
La la... la la... la la... la la la

E5   F5         F5         G5         F5
La   la...  la  la...  la  la...  la  la

   F5       F5       G5           F5  D5  D#5
La la... la la... la la... la la la
F5 F5 G5 F5 D5 D#5 E5 F5 F5 G5 F5 D5 D#5 E5... Play to fade (Optional Live Outro): F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 G5 G5 G5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 G5 G5 G5 F5 F5 F5