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Pretty Please by Jamie Lenman
Pretty Please
Capo:no capo
Abm - 444664
Db - 466644
Ebm- 678866
Rest played as you'd expect.
Intro: F#, Abm, Db x2
F# Abm Db
My girl's a beautiful girl, the apple of my eye
Bbm Ebm Abm Db
She gets paid to take her clothes off, and I wish so did I
Bb Ebm Abm Db
Is it for attention? I just don't understand
Bbm F# Ab Db
She's my little Bettie Paige, and I'm her cameraman
F#
And she sings, "Validate me, oh pretty please"
Abm Db
"Validate me, oh pretty please"
F# Abm Db
My Dad's an actor, he got the broadway blues
Bbm Ebm Abm Db
He sleeps outside the paper shop and buys his good reviews
Bb Ebm Abm Db
But if it is a bad one, it goes back on the shelf
Bbm F# Ab Db
He says, "I don't act for anyone, I do it for myself"
F#
But he means, "Validate me, pretty please"
Abm Db
"Validate me, pretty please"
F# Abm Db
Validate me, please
Bbm B Abm Db
Please etc.
F# Abm Db
When I was young, I yearned for a girl to hold my hand
Bbm Ebm Abm Db
And when jokes and poems didn't work, I thought I'd start a band
Bb Ebm Abm Db
So far all my girlfriends have been big fans of mine
Bbm F# Abm Db
So remember, this is not a song, it is a chat up line
G Am D B Em Am
D
Oh, I need your love, and I do not care how I get it, no
G Am D
Validate me, pretty please
Am D Bm E
[Trumpets]
Am D Bm E
Rate me, slate me
Am D Bm E
Love me or hate me
Am D Bm E
Just validate me, pretty please
Am D G
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version 2
Tuning:Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo:no capo
notice something was a little off. Finally, though, I've figured it out.
With the tuning half a step down (if you want to play along, that is), the
main pattern
through the song is this:
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3--|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--0--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--------------|
|--3--3--3--3--0--0--0--0--------------------------|
Just G, Em with the two top strings on 3, a quick strum of all the strings
open, then an
Am/G (I think) followed by D.
The verses see a change in the first chord of this sequence for every line.
The first
sequence you play starts with a G, but the next starts with Bm. The one after
that starts
with a B and the one after that a Bm again.
Enough blabbing - here it is:
Chords used:
G: 320033
Em: 022033
Am/G: x02213
D: xx0232
Bm: x24432
B: x24442
After the key change:
G#: 466544
Fm: 122111
Abm: x13321
Db: x68886
Cm: x35543
Intro:
G Em (quick open strum) Am D (x2)
G Em Am D
My girl's a beautiful girl, the apple of my eye
Bm Em Am D
She gets paid to take her clothes off, and I wish so did I
B Em Am D
Is it for attention? I just don't understand
Bm Em Am D
She's my little Bettie Paige, and I'm her cameraman
G Em
And she sings, "Validate me, oh pretty please"
Am D
"Validate me, oh pretty please"
Double Bass part (if you're interested in that kind of thing):
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--5--4--3--2--3--4--5--6--7-----2--1--0--2--3--4--|
|-----------------------------0--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
My Dad's an actor, he got the broadway blues
He sleeps outside the paper shop and buys his good reviews
But if it is a bad one, it goes back on the shelf
He says, "I don't act for anyone, I do it for myself"
But he means, "Validate me, pretty please"
"Validate me, pretty please"
When I was young, I yearned for a girl to hold my hand
And when jokes and poems didn't work, I thought I'd start a band
So far all my girlfriends have been big fans of mine
So remember, this is not a song, it is a chat up line
(It's at this point there's a key change, because that's just what Jamie's all
about :P)
G# Fm Bbm Db
Ooooooooooooooooooooh!
Cm Fm Bbm Db
I need your love, and I do not care how I get it, no
G# Fm
Validate me, oh pretty please
Bbm Db
Validate me, pretty please
(Piano solo - Same chords as the first half of the verse)
G# Fm
Piano Piano Piano Piano
Bbm Db
Piano Piano Piano Piano
Cm Fm
Piano Piano Piano Piano
Bbm Db
Piano Piano Piano Piano
Bbm Db Cm Fm
Bbm Db Cm Fm
Rate me, slate me
Bbm Db Cm Fm
Love me or hate me
Bbm Db Cm Fm
Just validate me
Bbm Db G#
Pretty please
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version 3
Tuning:Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo:no capo
Tuning for the album version is down a semitone. Tuning for the the live
version is down three semitones.
Apologies for the chord names- I have no idea what they should be. There are
some finger positions I'm not sure
about(indicated by "x/y") I'll let you decide what sounds better.
Gmaj Emin Amin Dmaj B1 B/E B2 A D key change Abmaj Fbmin
3 3 3 2 7 10/7 7 5 5 4 1
Bb1 Bb2 Fb1 Fb2
6 6 8 11/8
3 3 1 3 10 8 7 8/5 7 4 1
6/9 8 11 9
0 0 2 2 7 7 8 5 5 5 1
6 6 8 8
0 2 2 0 7 9 7 5 7 6 3
6 8 8 10
2 2 0 0 9 7 9 7 5 6 3
8 6 10 8
3 0 - - 7 7 7 5 5 4 1
6 6 8 8
Gmaj Emin Amin Dmaj
My girl's a beautiful girl, the apple of my eye.
B1 B/E A D
She gets payed to take her clothes off, and I wish so did I.
B2 B/E A D
Now, is it for attention? I just don't understand.
B1 B/E A D
She's my little Betty Page and I'm her camera man.
Gmaj Emin Amin Dmaj
And she sings "validate me, oh, pretty please. Oh, Validate me, pretty
please."
---Follows same chord patterns until key change---
Amaj Fbmin Bb1 Bb2
Ooooooooaaaaaaaaaah Ooooooh
Fb1 Fb2 Bb1 Bb2
I need your love and I do not care how I get it. Woah
---Once again the rest of the song uses these
chords---
My girl's a beautiful girl, the apple of my eye
She gets paid to take her clothes off, and I wish so did I
Now is it for attention? I just don't understand
She's my little Bettie Paige, and I'm her cameraman
And she sings, "Validate me, oh pretty please"
Oh validate me, pretty please
Validate me, oh pretty please
Oh validate me, yeah
My dad's an actor, he got the broadway blues
Yeah, he sleeps outside the paper shop and buys his good reviews
But if it is a bad one, it goes back on the shelf
He says, "I don't act for anyone, I do it for myself"
But he means, "Validate me, oh pretty please"
Oh validate me, pretty please
Validate me, oh pretty please
Oh validate me, oh pretty please
Validate me please
Oh validate me please, please, please
When I was young, I yearned for a girl to hold my hand
And when jokes and poems didn't work, I thought I'd start a band
So far all my girlfriends have been big fans of mine
So remember, this is not a song, it is a chat up line
Oh, I need your love, and I do not care how I get it, no
Validate me, oh pretty please
Oh validate me, pretty please, baby
Rate me, slate me
Love or hate me
Just validate me, pretty please
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version 4
Tuning:Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo:no capo
EDIT: Okay looking through the live versions I see he adds parts in to pay for
the missing instruments
(Piano, trumpet, etc.) and I found that one of the chords were wrong
Intro/ Chorus
|-3-3-0-2-|
|-3-3-0-3-|
|-0-0-1-2-|
|-0-2-2-0-|
|-2-2-2-0-|
|-3-0-0-0-|
Verse
|-3-3-0-2-|
|-3-3-0-3-|
|-0-0-1-2-|
|-0-2-2-0-|
|-2-2-2-0-| x2
|-3-0-0-0-|
e|-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-|
B|-7-7-5-5-7-8-5-6-7-7-5-5-|
G|-7-7-5-5-8-9-6-7-7-7-5-5-|
D|-7-9-5-7-9-9-7-7-7-9-5-7-|
A|-9-7-7-5-9-7-7-5-9-7-7-5-|
E|-7-7-5-5-7---5---7-7-5-5--
Little instrumental 1 (For acoustic)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-5-4-3-2-4-5-6-7--------------|
|-------------------7-6-5-7-8-9|
|--3--------------5------------|
Little Instrumental 2 (For acoustic) Listen to live acoustic videos for timing
|-6-x------6-6-x-------6-7-8--x-----8--x-----8-x--8--x-8-------|
|-6-x------6-6-x-------8-9-8--x-----8--x-----8-x--8--x-8-------|
|-6-x------6-6-x-------8-9-8--x-----8--x-----8-x--8--x-8-------|
|-6-x-(x14)6-8-x-(x14)-8-9-8--x-(x4)8--x-(x2)8-x--8--x-10------|
|-8-x------8-6-x-------8-9-10-x-----10-x----10-x-10--x-8-------|
|-6-x------6-6-x-------8-9-8--x-----8--x-----8-x--8--x-8-------|
Last Chorus
|-4-1-6-6-8--8--6-6-|
|-4-1-6-6-8--8--6-6-|
|-4-1-6-6-8--8--6-6-|
|-6-1-6-8-8--10-6-8-|
|-6-3-8-6-10-8--8-6-|
|-4-1-6-6-8--8--6-6-|
Outro
|-6-6-8--8--|
|-6-6-8--8--|
|-6-6-8--8--|
|-6-8-8--10-|
|-8-6-10-8--|
|-6-6-8--8--|
then
|-6-6-4-|
|-6-6-4-|
|-6-6-4-|
|-6-8-4-|
|-8-6-6-|
|-6-6-4-|
Order:
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Little instrumental 1
Verse
Chorus
Verse (slowed down)
Last Chorus
Little Instrumental 2
Outro
My girl's a beautiful girl, the apple of my eye
She gets paid to take her clothes off, and I wish so did I
Now is it for attention? I just don't understand
She's my little Bettie Paige, and I'm her cameraman
And she sings, "Validate me, oh pretty please"
Oh validate me, pretty please
Validate me, oh pretty please
Oh validate me, yeah
My dad's an actor, he got the broadway blues
Yeah, he sleeps outside the paper shop and buys his good reviews
But if it is a bad one, it goes back on the shelf
He says, "I don't act for anyone, I do it for myself"
But he means, "Validate me, oh pretty please"
Oh validate me, pretty please
Validate me, oh pretty please
Oh validate me, oh pretty please
Validate me please
Oh validate me please, please, please
When I was young, I yearned for a girl to hold my hand
And when jokes and poems didn't work, I thought I'd start a band
So far all my girlfriends have been big fans of mine
So remember, this is not a song, it is a chat up line
Oh, I need your love, and I do not care how I get it, no
Validate me, oh pretty please
Oh validate me, pretty please, baby
Rate me, slate me
Love or hate me
Just validate me, pretty please
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