{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1698199,"song":"Too Pretty For The Nerds","artist":"Taylor John Williams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11356799-too-pretty-for-the-nerds-chords-by-taylor-john-williams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1698199?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Hello, this is my first attempt at uploading anything to here.  However, I felt that \r\nTJW's song was\r\nan absolute must. It's an oldie from his\r\nalbum Proverbial Elephant.  This is tuned a half-step down.  For the acoustic, capo on \r\n6th fret.\r\nThe strum pattern is simple: bass note then\r\nthe three strings above it (just listen to the song).\r\nSide note: he does not play the top E string typically\r\n* means picking\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLovely thing, she's a city girl so[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBrought up in a town where there's nowhere to go but down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat came from a voice made a yellow paint picture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBeautiful sound making everyone miss her now[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThough she is[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nToo pretty for the nerds, but[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFar too nerdy for the fine fake flirty male type,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUsing transcendental words to swoon her.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo she's frozen in between those[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld love saying she's a young heartbreaking machine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's simple, I suppose, she'll make you wanna say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe's perfect for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe's perfect for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n- [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] -\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow can she find all this love when she's so stuck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCan't she rely on something like dumb luck now[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh how[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe problem is this,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHard-headed stuck as (I) reach at her with gifts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile the nerds are too shy, oh my[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a lose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAt least for the girl who's[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nToo pretty for the nerds, but[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFar too nerdy for the fine fake flirty male type,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUsing transcendental words to swoon her.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo she's frozen in between those[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld love saying she's a young heartbreaking machine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it's simple, I suppose, she'll make you wanna say[/tab]\r\n                  F*   C*   G*  Am*   F*   G*\r\nShe's perfect for me\r\n\r\n                      Am*       F*        G*\r\nIt's what you want to say when she comes around\r\n                       Am*      F*          G*\r\nYou won't know what to say when she comes around                         \r\n                 Am*        F*           G*             Am*                 F*            G*\r\nWhat is there to say when you're only bound to wind up falling short and wishing you had been\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust perfect for the girl who[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMakes you smile and it's so worthwhile, and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEvery moment's like a clue that[/tab]\r\nAm   (stop strumming)    C\r\nSomething's happening to you.\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen she's looking your way, and[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou suddenly find a reason to stay,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust pray or whatever you do to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMake sure you don't lose the girl who's[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nToo pretty for the nerds, but[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFar too nerdy for the fine fake flirty male type,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUsing transcendental words to swoon her.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo she's frozen in between those[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld love saying she's a young heartbreaking machine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]             Em*\r\nAnd it's simple, I suppose, she'll make you wanna say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe's perfect for me[/tab]","plain_text":"Hello, this is my first attempt at uploading anything to here.  However, I felt that \nTJW's song was\nan absolute must. It's an oldie from his\nalbum Proverbial Elephant.  This is tuned a half-step down.  For the acoustic, capo on \n6th fret.\nThe strum pattern is simple: bass note then\nthe three strings above it (just listen to the song).\nSide note: he does not play the top E string typically\n* means picking\n\nIntro: Am    G     F      C  G     Am     G     F  Em     C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n- C    G    Am   F -\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                  F*   C*   G*  Am*   F*   G*\nShe's perfect for me\n\n                      Am*       F*        G*\nIt's what you want to say when she comes around\n                       Am*      F*          G*\nYou won't know what to say when she comes around                         \n                 Am*        F*           G*             Am*                 F*            G*\nWhat is there to say when you're only bound to wind up falling short and wishing you had been\n\n\n\n\nAm   (stop strumming)    C\nSomething's happening to you.","chords":["E","Am","G","F","C","Em","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}