The Smiths – Paint A Vulgar Picture (Guitar)

       C      F       G
At the record company meeting,

C         F             G
On their hands: a dead star.

     Am       F               G
And ooh, the plans that they weave,

F   Am        F         G     E*
And ooh, the sickening greed.

       A      D       E
At the record company party

A         D             E
On their hands: a dead star.

    F#m         D         E
The sycophantic slags all say:

   D         F#m         D         E
"I knew him first, and I knew him well."

  A         D          E
Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!

  A     D         E
Re-evaluate the songs,

F#m     D           E
Double pack with a photograph,

D      F#m          D     E      G
Extra track (and a tacky badge.)

[Verse 4]
C           F
A-list, playlist,

                     G
"Please them, please them, please them!"

 C      F                G
(Sadly, this was your life)

        Am              F           G
But you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,

F      Am             F           G
  You could have said no, if you'd wanted to.

  C       F
BPI, MTV, BBC,

        G
"Please them. please them!"

 C       F                G
(Sadly, this was your life)

        Am              F           G
But you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,

F   Am         F           G              E*
You could have walked away, couldn't you?

A    D                      E
  I touched you at the soundcheck,

     A     D           E
You had no real way of knowing.

      F#m     D                E        D
In my heart I begged, "Take me with you.

  F#m        D             E
I don't care where you're going."

       A           D
But to you I was faceless,

        E
I was fawning, I was boring.

   A               D        E
A child from those ugly new houses,

          F#m     D      E
Who could never begin to know,

D         F#m   D      E      G
Who could never really know.

[Guitar Solo]
        C F     G        C     F     G       Am         F       G        F
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------7-8h7---------10/12-10-8p7--------------10-7-10-8-10-12-12-10-10---|
G|7-7-9-------7-7-9-9--------------7-7-9-9-9/11----------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Am      F     G      C         F       G     C         F        G        Am
e|10-10---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------7-8p7-------------12-10----12-10--------------------------14-14-14-14-12--|
G|------------9-9----------------------------------11-------12--------------------|
D|------------------------------12-------11h12-12-----12-14----14-----------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  F        G             Am          F       G          E* 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|12-------------------------10-7-10-8-10-12-12-10-10---10h11---|
G|---14----------------9/11-------------------------------------|
D|------12-12-14-14---------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

A             D       E
Best of! Most of! Satiate the need,

A              D           E
Slip them into different sleeves!

 F#m       D          E     D
Buy both, and feel deceived,

F#m          D        E
Climber, new entry re-entry.

A            D
World tour!("Media whore!")

        E             A
"Please the press in Belgium!"

 D             E
(This was your life...)

            F#m       D            E     D
And when it fails to recoup? Well, maybe:

    F#m           D              E    G
You just haven't earned it yet, baby.

            C       F             G
I walked a pace behind you at the souundcheck.

       C        F         G
You're just the same as I am.

Am              F      G
What makes most people feel happy

F        Am        F   G
Leads us headlong into harm.

          C                F
So, in my bedroom in those ugly new houses,

  G         C   F           G
I dance my legs down to the knees.

    Am   F     G        F    Am   F       G     E*
But me and my true love will never meet again...

       A      D       E
At the record company meeting,

         A         D                E
On their hands, at last, a dead star!

             F#m   D            E
But they can never taint you in my eyes,

D        F#m   D         E
They can never touch you now.

         A      D           E
No, they cannot hurt you my darling,

     A      D         E
They cannot touch you now,

   F#m  D      E        D     F#m    D     E
But me  and my true love will never meet again.

G7     G7     G7     G7
(Fade out)