The Specials – Pearls Cafe (Guitar)
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From the album "More Specials" (1980)
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/78NSOd4F79KTnlGZBa1Jds?si=131f84adfd2a4e41
[Intro]
| G | G | G |
| C | C B | C |
| G | Em Ebm | Dm |
| B C |
[Verse 1]
F G C F You saw a woman in a cafe, lips of crimson, yellow grin G F C C Dm Em Her shoes were wrong and she looked extremely thin F G C F Her jewels were faked, she had a rinse, her hair was greyish blue G F C C Dm Em She looked ashamed when she explained to you
[Chorus]
Am D7 F It ain't easy when there's no one to lean on Am D7 Ebm Em It ain't easy when there's nobody there Am D7 F It ain't easy when your lovers are all gone Fm C Em Dm G Nobody there, nobody cares
[Verse 2]
F G C F The pubs were closed she'd got nowhere to go when she'd spilled her tea G F C C Dm Em Have you never thought, one day that could be me? F G C F Her temper changed, she looked so deranged, her perfume turned to gin G F C C Dm Em You looked at her and she began to sing
[Chorus]
Am D7 F It's all a load of bollocks Am D7 Ebm Em It's all a load of bollocks Am D7 F It's all a load of bollocks Fm C Em Dm G And bollocks to it all
[Instrumental]
| G | G | G | G |
| C | C B | C | C |
| G | Em Ebm | Dm |
| B C |
| F | G | C | F |
| G | F | C |
[Verse 3]
C Dm Em You tell me
N.C.
You think that they should lock her away and scrape the make-up off her skin
N.C.
Then we'd see the warts around her chin
C Dm Em She tried to
N.C.
Keep her looks but lost her mind when she lost her youth and grace
N.C. C Dm Em Your words were just an insult to her face
[Chorus]
Am D7 F It ain't easy when there's no one to lean on Am D7 Ebm Em It ain't easy when there's nobody there Am D7 F It ain't easy when your lovers are all gone Fm C Em Dm G And bollocks to it all
[Outro]
G When I first saw you G C B C I really thought you were a wet dream come true G Em Ebm Dm Now I know that you don't care B C About somebody else's nightmare