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Perfect Skin by Lloyd Cole and The Commotions
Perfect Skin
Tuning: E A D G B E
PLEASE NOTE: Cadd9 = {x 3 2 O 3 O }
Also for easier changes you can play a 'fuller G' ie {3 2 O O 3 3 }
[Intro]
D D Cadd9 G D D Cadd9 G
[Verse 1]:
D Cadd9 G
I choose my friends only far too well
D Cadd9 G
And I'm up on the pavement, they're all down in the cellar
D Cadd9 G
With their government grants and my I.Q.
D Cadd9 G G D D Cadd9 G D D C G
They brought me down to size, Academia Blues
[Verse 2]:
D Cadd9 G
Louise is a girl, I know her well
D Cadd9 G
She's up on the pavement, yes, she's a weather girl
D Cadd9 G
And I'm staying up here, so I may be undone
D Cadd9 G
She's inappropriate, but then she's much more fun and
[Chorus]:
Fmaj7 C
When she smiles my way
Fmaj7 G G
My eyes go out in vain
C G G G G
She's got perfect skin
[Verse 3]:
D Cadd9 G D
Shame on you, you've got no sense of grace, shame on me
Cadd9 G D
Ah, just in case, I might come to a conclusion
Cadd9 G D
Other than that which is absolutely necessary
Cadd9 G D D D D Cadd9 G D D C G D D Cadd9 G D D C G
And that's perfect skin
[Verse 4]:
D Cadd9 G
Louise is the girl with the perfect skin
D Cadd9 G
She says turn on the light, otherwise it can't be seen
D Cadd9 G
She's got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin
D Cadd9 G
And she's sexually enlightened by cosmopolitan and
[Chorus]:
Fmaj7 C
When she smiles my way
Fmaj7 G G
My eyes go out in vain
C G
For her perfect skin
C D D D Cadd9 G D D Cadd9 G
Yeah, that's perfect skin
[Solo Lead guitar Improv here]
[Verse 5]:
D Cadd9 G
She takes me down to the basement to look at her slides
D Cadd9 G
Of her family life, pretty weird at times
D Cadd9 G
At the age of ten she looked like Greta Garbo
D Cadd9 G
And I loved her then, but how was she to know that
[Chorus]:
Fmaj7 C
When she smiles my way
Fmaj7 G G
My eyes go out in vain
C G G G G
She's got perfect skin
[Verse 6]:
D Cadd9 G
Up eight flights of stairs to her basement flat
D Cadd9 G
Pretty confused huh, being shipped around like that
D Cadd9 G
Seems we climbed so high, now we're down so low
D Cadd9 G D
Strikes me the moral of this song must be there never has been one!
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D
[Chorus G riff]
G
e |--3----------------|
B |--3----------------|
G |--0----------------|
D |--0----------0-h2--| h = Hammer-on note
A |--2-----0-h2-------|
E |--3----------------|
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically
suggest and use the typed shapes shown below:
D = xx0232 Fmaj7 = xx3210 E = 022100
Cadd9 = x32033 Fadd9 = xx3213 Dsus2 = xx0230
G = 320033 C = x32010 A = x02220
F = xx3211 N.C. = No chords
[Intro]
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
D Cadd9 G
I choose my friends, only far too well,
D Cadd9 G
And I'm up on the pavement, they're all down in the cellar,
D Cadd9 G
With their government grants and my I. Q.
D Cadd9 G D
They brought me down to size, Aca - demia blues------
D Cadd9 G D C G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
D Cadd9 G
Lou - ise is a girl, I know her well,
D Cadd9 G
She's up on the pavement, yes, she's a weather girl,
D Cadd9 G
And I'm staying up here, so I may be un - done,
D Cadd9 G
She's inap - propriate, but then she's much more fun, and...
[Chorus]
Fmaj7 Fadd9 Fmaj7 Fadd9 G [Riff]
When she smiles my way ...my eyes go out in vain,
C G F C
She's got perfect skin | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
D Cadd9 G D
Shame on you, you've got no sense of grace, shame on me,
Cadd9 G D
Ah, just in case, I might come to a conclusion,
Cadd9 G D
Other than that which is absolutely necessary,
Cadd9 G D
And that's perfect skin
[Break]
D Cadd9 G D C G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D Cadd9 G D C G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 4]
D Cadd9 G
And Lou - ise is the girl with the perfect skin,
D Cadd9 G
She says, "Turn on the light, otherwise it can't be seen!"
D Cadd9 G
She's got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin,
D Cadd9 G
And she's...sexually enlightened by ...Cosmo - politan, and...
[Chorus]
Fmaj7 Fadd9 Fmaj7 Fadd9 G [Riff]
When she smiles my way ...my eyes go out in vain,
C G Fadd9 D
For her perfect skin, yes, that is perfect skin
[Break]
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
E Dsus2 A E Dsus2 A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
E Dsus2 A E Dsus2 A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 5]
D Cadd9 G
She takes me down to the basement to look at her slides,
D Cadd9 G
Of her family life, pretty weird at times,
D Cadd9 G
At the age of ten she looked like Greta Gar - bo,
D Cadd9 G
And I loved her then, but how was she to know that?
[Chorus]
Fmaj7 Fadd9 Fmaj7 Fadd9 G
When she smiles my way ...my eyes go out in vain,
C G F C
She's got perfect skin | / / / / |
[Verse 6]
D Cadd9 G
Up eight flights of stairs to her basement flat,
D Cadd9 G
Pretty con - fused, huh, being shipped a - round like that?
D Cadd9 G
Seems we climbed so high, now we're down so low,
D Cadd9 G D
Strikes me the moral of this song must be there never has been one!
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version 3
Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro
e|-----2--------------------------------|---------2-----------------------------------------|
B|-----3--------3---1-----0-------------|---------3--------3------1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1----------|
G|-----2p0--0h2------0-----0-----x2-----|---------2p0--0h2--------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0----x2----|
D|-0------------------0-----0-----------|-----0-------------------2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0----------|
A|--------------------------------------|-------------------------3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2----------|
E|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------3-3-3-3----------|
I choose my friends only far too well
I'm up on the pavement, they're all down in the cellar
With their government grants and my I.Q.
They brought me down to size, academia blues
Louise is a girl, I know her well
She's up on the pavement, yes she's a weather girl
And I'm staying up here so I may be undone
She's inappropriate, but then she's much more fun and
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Shame on you, you've got no sense of grace, shame on me
Ah just in case I might come to a conclusion
Other than that which is absolutely necessary
And that's perfect skin
Louise is the girl with the perfect skin
She says turn on the light, otherwise it can't be seen
She's got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin
And she's sexually enlightened by cosmopolitan and
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
For her perfect skin
Yeah that's perfect skin
She takes me down to the basement to look at her slides
Of her family life, pretty weird at times
At the age of ten she looked like greta garbo
And I loved her then, but how was she to know that
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Up eight flights of stairs to her basement flat
Pretty confused huh, being shipped around like that
Seems we climbed so high now we're down so low
Strikes me the moral of this song must be there never has been one
| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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