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Picadilly Palare by Morrissey
Picadilly Palare
Tuning: E A D G B E
Here's how I play it. For capo version transpose it -2 and put capo on the second fret.
[Intro]
A E F#m A F#m E F#m A
F#m A F#m E F#m A F#m E F#m A F#m E
[Verse]
F#m B E Fm
Off the rails I was and off the rails
B
I was happy to stay
A F#m A F#m E
Get out of my way
F#m B
On the rack I was
E Fm B
Easy meat, and a reasonably good buy
A F#m A F#m
A reasonably good buy
[Chorus]
(Here I play a little power chord progression)
F#m G# A B E
The Piccadilly palare
D
Was just silly slang
Dbm D F#m
Between me and the boys in my gang
F#m G# A B E D
So bona to vada, oh you
Dbm D F#m
Your lovely eek and your lovely riah
F#m A F#m E F#m A F#m E
[Verse]
F#m B
We plied an ancient trade
E Fm
Where we threw all life's instructions away
B F#m A F#m E
Exchanging lies and digs my way
F#m B
Cause in a belted coat
E
Oh, I secretly knew
Fm B
That I hadn't a clue
A F#m A F#m
(No, no, no, no, no you can't get there that way, you follow me)
[Chorus]
F#m G# A B E
The Piccadilly palare
D
Was just silly slang
Dbm D F#m
Between me and the boys in my gang
F#m G# A B E
Exchanging palare
D
You wouldn't understand
Dbm D Bm
Good sons like you never do
[Interlude]
Em Bm Em Bm G A Em Bm Em Bm G D E
F#m A F#m E F#m A F#m E
[Verse]
F#m B
A cold water room
E
it's not much, I know
Fm B
but for now it's where I belong
A F#m A F#m
Am I really doing wrong?
F#m B E
Around the centre of town
Fm B
is where I belong
A F#m A F#m
Am I really doing wrong?"
[Chorus]
F#m G# A B E
So why do you smile
D
When you think about Earl's court?
A
But you cry when you think of all
D A F#m
The battles you've fought and lost?
F#m G# A B E
It may all end tomorrow
D Dbm
Or it could go on forever
D E
In which case I'm doomed
D Dbm
It could go on forever
D E
In which case I'm doomed
D Dbm D E D Dbm D E D Dbm D E (fade)
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version 2
Intro: F#m, A
F#m B
Off the rails I was and
Off the rails
F#m
I was happy to stay
E
GET OUT OF MY WAY
F#m, A, F#m, A
F#m B
On the rack I was
F#m
Easy meat, and a reasonably good buy
E
A reasonably good buy
F#m, A
F#m E
The Piccadilly palare
B
Was just silly slang
F#m A F#m
Between me and the boys in my gang
E B
"So Bona to Vada. OH YOU
F#m
Your lovely eek and
A
Your lovely riah"
F#m, A (x4)
F#m B
We plied an ancient trade
Where we threw all life's
F#m
Instructions away
E
Exchanging lies and digs (my way)
F#m, A (x2)
F#m B
Cause in a belted coat
Oh, I secretly knew
B E
That I hadn't a clue
(No, no. No, no, no. You can't get there that way. Follow me...)
F#m E
The Piccadilly palare
B
Was just silly slang
F#m A F#m
Between me and the boys in my gang
E
Exchanging palare
B
You wouldn't understand
F#m A
Good sons like you
NEVER DO.
E, B, F#m, A (x2)
F#m, A (x4)
F#m E
So why do you smile
A
When you think about Earl's Court ?
E
But you cry when you think of all
A F#m
The battles you've fought (and lost) ?
F#m E
It may all end tomorrow
B F#m
Or it could go on forever
A E
In which case I'm doomed
B F#m
It could go on forever
A
In which case I'm doomed
E, B, F#m, A (repeat to infinite)
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version 3
Arranged for one guitar (w/ some 2nd guitar lines occasionally added in), mixing guitar
lines from the live and recorded versions
Intro
guitar with overdrive
||------------2---0------------|
||---------4--------0----------|
||-----1-2---------------------|
||---2----------------2--------|
||-0---------------------------|
||-----------------------------|
Power chords – this follows the bass line in the recorded version
F#m A F#m D F#m E F#m
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------7--7--|--------9--9--|--------------||
||--4--4--7--7--|--4--4--5--5--|--4--4--7--7--|-4--4--2--3---|| x2
||--2--2--5--5--|--2--2--------|--2--2--------|-2--2--0--1---||
here is that Bass line...
G |-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D |-------------|--------------|-------2--2---|--------------|
A |-------0--0--|--------5--5--|--------------|--------------|
E |-2--2--------|--2--2--------|--2--2--------|-2--2--0--1---|
...and the other guitar line you hear in the recorded version’s intro
||-4-4-2-4-2-4-2|-4-2----------|-4-4-2-4-2-4-2|-4-2-4/5------||
||--------------|----2-w/wah&OD|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
After the intro is repeated, go to verse (mix of live & recorded versions)
Verse:
F#m (staccato) B (let ring) C#m C#
||----2---2-----|---7---7----7-|---4---4---4--|---4---4---4--||
||----2---2-----|-----7--------|-----5--------|-----6--------||
||----2---2-----|-8--------8---|-4-------4----|-6-------6----||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--4---4-------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--2---2-------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
C#m B E D F#m A F#m
||-4-44-4---2---|-7-77-7---5---|--------------|--------------||
||-5-55-5---4---|-9-99-9---7---|--------------|--------------||
||-6-66-6---4---|-9-99-9---7---|--------------|--------------||
||-6-66-6---4---|-9-99-9---7---|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--4--4--7--7--|-4--4--2--3---||
||--------------|--------------|--2--2--5--5--|-2--2--0--1---||
F#m (staccato) B (let ring) C#m C#
||----2---2-----|---7---7----7-|---4---4---4--|---4---4---4--||
||----2---2-----|-----7--------|-----5--------|-----6--------||
||----2---2-----|-8--------8---|-4-------4----|-6-------6----||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--4---4-------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--2---2-------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
C#m B E D F#m A F#m
||-4-44-4---2---|-7-77-7---5---|-----0-------0|-----0--------||
||-5-55-5---4---|-9-99-9---7---|-------2------|-------2------||
||-6-66-6---4---|-9-99-9---7---|-2---------2--|-2------------||
||-6-66-6---4---|-9-99-9---7---|---4----------|---4----------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|------------02||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------24--||
Chorus
E (let ring) D A D
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--5----5------|--3----3------|--2----2------|--3-3--2------||
||-----4---4----|-----2---2----|-----2---2----|---2-----2----||
||-6------------|-4------------|-2------------|-2------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|
||--------------|--------------|
||--------------|--------------|
||--------------|--------------|
||--4--4--7--7--|----0-2-------|
||--2--2--5--5--|2-4-----------|
E D A D
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--5----5------|--3----3------|--2----2------|--3-3--2------||
||-----4---4----|-----2---2----|-----2---2----|---2-----2----||
||-6------------|-4------------|-2------------|-2------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
use the intro sequence once to bridge to next verse
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------7--7--|--------9--9--|--------------||
||--4--4--7--7--|--4--4--5--5--|--4--4--7--7--|-4--4--2--3---||
||--2--2--5--5--|--2--2--------|--2--2--------|-2--2--0--1---||
Back to Verse
Then play the Chorus again,
then go into this Break: Play each chord once, with overdrive (let sustain)
E / G / A pay twice, then to leave strum the A quickly,
then back to this version of the intro sequence
F#m A F#m D F#m E
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
||--------------|--------7--7--|--------9--9--|--------------||
||--4--4--7--7--|--4--4--5--5--|--4--4--7--7--|-----0-2------||
||--2--2--5--5--|--2--2--------|--2--2--------|-2-4----------||
OR play the guitar line
F#m A F#m
||-----0-------0|-----0--------||
||-------2------|-------2------||
||-2---------2--|-2------------||
||---4----------|---4----------||
||--------------|------------02||
||--------------|----------24--||
Then back to the Chorus, and repeat several times.
End by playing the Intro sequence one more time as in the live version.
The rest of the bass lines:
Verse
G |-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
D |-----4-------|--------------1|-2---2---2-----|--3---3---3--|
A |-------------|--4/5----------|------------2--|-------------|
E |-2-----------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A |-2---2---2---2---0---0----------|---------0---0------------------|
E |-----------2---2---------0---1--|-2---2-----------2---2---0---1--|
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A |-2---2---2---2---0---0----------|---------0---0-----------0----2-|
E |-----------2---2---------0---1--|-2---2-----------2---4----------|
Chorus
G |------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |-2---2-----2---0--------0-----|--------------------------------|
A |-------2------------0---------|-4-------2---0---5-------4---0--|
E |------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|
A |---------0---0-----------0---2--|
E |-2---2-----------2---4----------|
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |-2-----------2---0-----------0--|--------------------------------|
A |---------2---------------0------|-4-------2---0---5-------4---0--|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Break
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |-2-----------0---2-----------0--|-------------0---------------0--|
A |---------2---------------2------|---------2-------0-------2------|
E |--------------------------------|-3------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |-2-----------0---2-----------0--|-------------0---------------0--|
A |---------2---------------2------|---------2-------0-------2------|
E |--------------------------------|-3------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |-------------------------0---0--|---------2---2------------------|
A |---------0---0------------------|-------------------------0---2--|
E |-2---2-----------2---2----------|-2---2-----------2---4----------|
Off the rails I was and
Off the rails
I was happy to stay
Get out of my way
On the rack I was
Easy meat, and a reasonably good buy
A reasonably good buy
The Piccadilly Palare
Was just silly slang
Between me and the boys in my gang
"So bona to vada. oh you
Your lovely eek and
Your lovely riah"
We plied an ancient trade
Where we threw all life's
Instructions away
Exchanging lies and digs (my way)
Cause in a belted coat
Oh, I secretly knew
That I hadn't a clue
The Piccadilly Palare
Was just silly slang
Between me and the boys in my gang
Exchanging Palare
You wouldn't understand
Good sons like you
Never do.
So why do you smile
When you think about earl's court ?
But you cry when you think of all
The battles you've fought (and lost) ?
It may all end tomorrow
Or it could go on forever
In which case I'm doomed
It could go on forever
In which case I'm doomed
Bona drag...
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