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Pretty Words

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[Verse 1]
APretty words
GLikes ones you've Anever heard
GOh those prAetty words
BmWhat can they sEmay?
[Chorus]
It felt like the first sBmummer's day
AWhen I heard those prBmetty words
AOh those pBmretty words
AOh thBmose...
[Verse 2]
APretty words
GLike ones you've only Aoverheard
GThey hang togAether like pearGls
AI A/Bcan'A/C#t eveA/Dn saEmy
[Chorus]
Do you feel so much Bmbetter now
ANow you've heard those Bmpretty words
AOh those Bmpretty words
AOh thoBmse...
[Bridge]
A G A G A G A G
[Verse 3]
Oh those prAetty words
GThey hang all arAound me now
GLike a nicotine Astring of pearls
GI'm falling insAide them now
[Chorus]
GWhen there's a sBmound you hear
AAnd it feels like Bmeverything
AAnd it feels like Bmeverything
AAnd it feels like.Bm..
[Verse 4]
You're just such a pC#mretty one
BmYou make everything C#mfeel undone
BmWaiting for those C#mhands to come
BmWaiting for those C#mhands.

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Pretty Words

by Tindersticks

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A/B

A/C#

A/D

C#m

[Verse 1]

Pretty words

G A

Likes ones you've never heard

G A

Oh those pretty words

Bm Em

What can they say?

[Chorus]

It felt like the first summer's day

A Bm

When I heard those pretty words

A Bm

Oh those pretty words

A Bm

Oh those...

[Verse 2]

Pretty words

G A

Like ones you've only overheard

G A G

They hang together like pearls

A A/B A/C# A/D Em

I can't even say

[Chorus]

Do you feel so much better now

A Bm

Now you've heard those pretty words

A Bm

Oh those pretty words

A Bm

Oh those...

[Bridge]

A G A G A G A G

[Verse 3]

Oh those pretty words

G A

They hang all around me now

G A

Like a nicotine string of pearls

G A

I'm falling inside them now

[Chorus]

G Bm

When there's a sound you hear

A Bm

And it feels like everything

A Bm

And it feels like everything

A Bm

And it feels like...

[Verse 4]

C#m

You're just such a pretty one

Bm C#m

You make everything feel undone

Bm C#m

Waiting for those hands to come

Bm C#m

Waiting for those hands.

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