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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Pretty Things
By:   Gretchen Peters
 
[intro:]  |G  |A  |C  |G  |
          |G  |A  |C  |G  |
 
[verse: 1]
G
  I knew a girl who said that beauty kills
A
  Dulled the pain with wine and pills
C                                         G    
  Took that slow ride down the hill   to nowhere
            G
She said, Pompeii crumbled, and Athens fell
A
  Heathens stormed the citadel
C                                               G        
  A girl like me ain’t got a chance in hell   against them
 
[chorus:]
G     Dm                             
  Oh__   pretty things, (pretty things)
C                       G   
 (Pretty things)
  Pretty things gone to ruin (pretty things)
G     Dm                              
  Oh__   pretty things, (pretty things)
C                       G 
 (Pretty things)
  Pretty things gone to ruin
 
[verse: 2]
G              
  Rained three days, when we awoke
A
  Sun came out and the levee broke
C                                         G     
  Like some cruel and cosmic joke God’s playing
G         
  I don’t pretend that I believe    
A
  I know there ain’t no guarantees
C                                          G      
  Still, morning finds me on my knees and praying
 
[chorus:]
G     Dm                             
  Oh__   pretty things, (pretty things)
C                       G   
 (Pretty things)
  Pretty things gone to ruin (pretty things)
G     Dm                              
  Oh__   pretty things, (pretty things)
C                       G 
 (Pretty things)
  Pretty things gone to ruin


[chorus:]
G           Dm                             
  Oh___
C           G   
  Oh___
G           Dm                              
  Oh___
C           G 
  Oh___

 
[verse: 3]
G
  Come the flood, you build an ark
A
  Come the night, you curse the dark
C                                        G 
  Inside your broken heart you bear the crosses
G            
  Some of us have got it made  
A
  Some of us have more than paid   
C                                             G   
  We’re all marching in this slow parade of losses
 
[chorus:]
G     Dm                             
  Oh__   pretty things, (pretty things)
C                       G   
 (Pretty things)
  Pretty things gone to ruin (pretty things)
G     Dm                              
  Oh__   pretty things, (pretty things)
C                       G 
 (Pretty things)
  Pretty things gone to ruin

[chorus:]
G     Dm                             
  Oh__   pretty things, (pretty things)
C                       G   
 (Pretty things)
  Pretty things gone to ruin (pretty things)
G     Dm                              
  Oh__   pretty things, (pretty things)
C                       G 
 (Pretty things)
  Pretty things gone to ruin

[coda: chorus]
G             Dm                     
  Oh__________
C              G                             
  Oh___________
G             Dm                             
  Oh____________
C              G {finish}




chords:

A       002220  or 577655
C       032010  or 335553
Dm      000231  or 557765
G       320003  or 355433