{"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":676034,"song":"Paint A Vulgar Picture","artist":"The Smiths","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/676034-paint-a-vulgar-picture-chords-by-the-smiths/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/676034?type=chord","rating":4.5926,"votes":67,"content":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bYXb7iEDJ4\r\n\r\nCapo 2nd fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]E5[/ch]      | [ch]E[/ch]       |([ch]E[/ch])      | [ch]G[/ch]       |\r\n\r\n| [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    | [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] | (6/4)\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]| [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |         |\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the record company meeting,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn their hands: a dead star.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd ooh, the plans that they weave,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nAnd ooh, the sickening greed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAt the record company party[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn their hands: a dead star.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe sycophantic slags all say:[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"I knew him first, and I knew him well.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRe-issue! Re-package! Re-package![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRe-evaluate the songs,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDouble pack with a photograph,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nExtra track (and a tacky badge.)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Verse 4]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA-list, playlist,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Please them, please them, please them!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(Sadly, this was your life)[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  You could have said no, if you'd wanted to.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBPI, MTV, BBC,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Please them. please them!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(Sadly, this was your life)[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nYou could have walked away, couldn't you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  I touched you at the soundcheck,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou had no real way of knowing.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn my heart I begged, \"Take me with you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI don't care where you're going.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut to you I was faceless,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was fawning, I was boring.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA child from those ugly new houses,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho could never begin to know,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho could never really know.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]*\r\n\r\n[tab][Guitar Solo]\r\n        [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\ne|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------7-8h7---------10/12-10-8p7--------------10-7-10-8-10-12-12-10-10---|\r\nG|7-7-9-------7-7-9-9--------------7-7-9-9-9/11----------------------------|\r\nD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ne|10-10---------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------7-8p7-------------12-10----12-10--------------------------14-14-14-14-12--|\r\nG|------------9-9----------------------------------11-------12--------------------|\r\nD|------------------------------12-------11h12-12-----12-14----14-----------------|\r\nA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]* \r\ne|--------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|12-------------------------10-7-10-8-10-12-12-10-10---10h11---|\r\nG|---14----------------9/11-------------------------------------|\r\nD|------12-12-14-14---------------------------------------------|\r\nA|--------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBest of! Most of! Satiate the need,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSlip them into different sleeves![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBuy both, and feel deceived,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nClimber, new entry re-entry.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWorld tour!(\"Media whore!\")[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Please the press in Belgium!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\n(This was your life...)[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when it fails to recoup? Well, maybe:[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou just haven't earned it yet, baby.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI walked a pace behind you at the souundcheck.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou're just the same as I am.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat makes most people feel happy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLeads us headlong into harm.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo, in my bedroom in those ugly new houses,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI dance my legs down to the knees.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nBut me and my true love will never meet again...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 12]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAt the record company meeting,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn their hands, at last, a dead star![/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut they can never taint you in my eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey can never touch you now.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 13]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNo, they cannot hurt you my darling,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey cannot touch you now,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut me  and my true love will never meet again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n(Fade out)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n******************************\r\n\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n| p  Pull-off\r\n| /  Slide up\r\n\r\n******************************","plain_text":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bYXb7iEDJ4\n\nCapo 2nd fret\n\n\n[Intro]\n| E5      | E       |(E)      | G       |\n\n| C    F    G    | C    F    G  F | (6/4)\n\n| Am  F G |     F  G| Am  F G |         |\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nC   F    F G   C   F G\nAm   F G    F Am   F G\nC   F    F G   C   F G\nAm   F G    F Am   F G   E*\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 12]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 13]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n******************************\n\n| h  Hammer-on\n| p  Pull-off\n| /  Slide up\n\n******************************","chords":["E5","E","G","C","F","Am","A","D","F#m","B","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}