Chords for Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Perfect Skin
Tempo:
130.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
F
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[G] [D] I [C]
[G] [D] choose my friends, [C] only far [G] too well I'm [D] up on the pavement
And they're all down in [G] the cellar with [D] their government grants
And my [G] IQ, they [D] brought me down to size [C] I could daily [G] [D] blues
[C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] And [D] Louise is a girl, [C] I know [G] her well She's [D] up on the pavement
Yeah, she's a weather [G] girl, and I'm [D] staying up here
So [C] I may be [G] undone, [D] she's inappropriate But [C] then she's much [G] more fun
[F] And when she [G] smiles my [F] way Her eyes go [G] out in vain
She's [F] got perfect [G] skin Shame [D] on you, got [C] no sense [G] of grace
Shame [D] on me, [C] just [G] in case I [D] might come to a conclusion
[C] Other than that which [A] is absolutely [D] necessary [C] And [G] that's perfect [D] skin
[C]
[D] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] Louise is the girl [C] with the perfect [G] skin She says [D] turn on the light, [C] otherwise I can't be [A] seen
She's [D] got cheekbones like geometry and eyes [G] like sin
And [D] she's sexually enlightened [C] by a [G] positive [F] polymath
And when she [G] smiles [F] my way Her eyes [G] go out in vain
[D] Her [F] perfect [G] skin Yeah, that's perfect [D] skin
[C]
[Em] [D] [C]
[F#] [E] [A]
[E] [D]
[A] [E] [B]
[E] [D]
[A] [D] She takes me down to the basement [C] To look at [G] the size of [D] a family line
[C] Pretty weird [G] at a time, [D] at the age of ten She [C] looked like granny [G] Garbo, [D] and I loved her then
[C] How [G] was she to know [F] that?
And when she [G] smiles my [F] way Her eyes go [G] out in vain
She's [F] got perfect [G] skin Up
[A] [D] 80 flights of stairs [C] to a basement [G] flat
[D] Pretty confused, huh?
[C] Been shipped around [G] like that
[D] Seems to climb so high, [C] now we're down [G] so low
[D] Strikes me the moral of this song [G] must be There never has [D] been one
[G] [D] I [C]
[G] [D] choose my friends, [C] only far [G] too well I'm [D] up on the pavement
And they're all down in [G] the cellar with [D] their government grants
And my [G] IQ, they [D] brought me down to size [C] I could daily [G] [D] blues
[C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] And [D] Louise is a girl, [C] I know [G] her well She's [D] up on the pavement
Yeah, she's a weather [G] girl, and I'm [D] staying up here
So [C] I may be [G] undone, [D] she's inappropriate But [C] then she's much [G] more fun
[F] And when she [G] smiles my [F] way Her eyes go [G] out in vain
She's [F] got perfect [G] skin Shame [D] on you, got [C] no sense [G] of grace
Shame [D] on me, [C] just [G] in case I [D] might come to a conclusion
[C] Other than that which [A] is absolutely [D] necessary [C] And [G] that's perfect [D] skin
[C]
[D] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] [C]
[G] [D] Louise is the girl [C] with the perfect [G] skin She says [D] turn on the light, [C] otherwise I can't be [A] seen
She's [D] got cheekbones like geometry and eyes [G] like sin
And [D] she's sexually enlightened [C] by a [G] positive [F] polymath
And when she [G] smiles [F] my way Her eyes [G] go out in vain
[D] Her [F] perfect [G] skin Yeah, that's perfect [D] skin
[C]
[Em] [D] [C]
[F#] [E] [A]
[E] [D]
[A] [E] [B]
[E] [D]
[A] [D] She takes me down to the basement [C] To look at [G] the size of [D] a family line
[C] Pretty weird [G] at a time, [D] at the age of ten She [C] looked like granny [G] Garbo, [D] and I loved her then
[C] How [G] was she to know [F] that?
And when she [G] smiles my [F] way Her eyes go [G] out in vain
She's [F] got perfect [G] skin Up
[A] [D] 80 flights of stairs [C] to a basement [G] flat
[D] Pretty confused, huh?
[C] Been shipped around [G] like that
[D] Seems to climb so high, [C] now we're down [G] so low
[D] Strikes me the moral of this song [G] must be There never has [D] been one
Key:
G
D
C
F
A
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ I [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] choose my friends, [C] only far [G] too well I'm [D] up on the pavement
And they're all down in [G] the cellar with [D] their government grants
And my [G] IQ, they [D] brought me down to size [C] I could daily [G] _ [D] blues
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] And [D] Louise is a girl, [C] I know [G] her well She's [D] up on the pavement
Yeah, she's a weather [G] girl, and I'm [D] staying up here
So [C] I may be [G] undone, [D] she's inappropriate But [C] then she's much [G] more fun
[F] And _ _ _ when she [G] smiles my [F] way Her eyes go [G] out in vain
She's [F] got perfect [G] skin _ _ Shame _ _ [D] _ on you, got [C] no sense [G] of grace
Shame [D] on me, _ _ [C] just [G] in case I [D] might come to a conclusion
[C] Other than that which [A] is absolutely [D] _ necessary [C] And [G] that's perfect [D] skin
_ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [D] Louise is the girl [C] with the perfect [G] skin She says [D] turn on the light, [C] otherwise I can't be [A] seen
She's [D] got cheekbones like geometry and eyes [G] like sin
And [D] she's sexually enlightened [C] by a [G] positive [F] polymath
_ _ _ And when she [G] smiles [F] my way _ Her eyes [G] go out in vain
_ [D] Her [F] perfect [G] skin _ _ Yeah, that's perfect [D] skin
_ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [D] She takes me down to the basement [C] To look at [G] the size of [D] a family line
[C] Pretty weird [G] at a time, [D] at the age of ten She [C] looked like granny [G] Garbo, [D] and I loved her then
_ [C] How [G] was she to know [F] that?
_ _ _ And when she [G] smiles my [F] way _ Her eyes go [G] out in vain
_ She's [F] got perfect [G] skin _ Up _
[A] _ _ [D] 80 flights of stairs [C] to a basement [G] flat
[D] Pretty confused, huh?
[C] Been shipped around [G] like that
[D] Seems to climb so high, [C] now we're down [G] so low
[D] Strikes me the moral of this song [G] must be There never has [D] been one _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ I [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] choose my friends, [C] only far [G] too well I'm [D] up on the pavement
And they're all down in [G] the cellar with [D] their government grants
And my [G] IQ, they [D] brought me down to size [C] I could daily [G] _ [D] blues
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] And [D] Louise is a girl, [C] I know [G] her well She's [D] up on the pavement
Yeah, she's a weather [G] girl, and I'm [D] staying up here
So [C] I may be [G] undone, [D] she's inappropriate But [C] then she's much [G] more fun
[F] And _ _ _ when she [G] smiles my [F] way Her eyes go [G] out in vain
She's [F] got perfect [G] skin _ _ Shame _ _ [D] _ on you, got [C] no sense [G] of grace
Shame [D] on me, _ _ [C] just [G] in case I [D] might come to a conclusion
[C] Other than that which [A] is absolutely [D] _ necessary [C] And [G] that's perfect [D] skin
_ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [D] Louise is the girl [C] with the perfect [G] skin She says [D] turn on the light, [C] otherwise I can't be [A] seen
She's [D] got cheekbones like geometry and eyes [G] like sin
And [D] she's sexually enlightened [C] by a [G] positive [F] polymath
_ _ _ And when she [G] smiles [F] my way _ Her eyes [G] go out in vain
_ [D] Her [F] perfect [G] skin _ _ Yeah, that's perfect [D] skin
_ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [D] She takes me down to the basement [C] To look at [G] the size of [D] a family line
[C] Pretty weird [G] at a time, [D] at the age of ten She [C] looked like granny [G] Garbo, [D] and I loved her then
_ [C] How [G] was she to know [F] that?
_ _ _ And when she [G] smiles my [F] way _ Her eyes go [G] out in vain
_ She's [F] got perfect [G] skin _ Up _
[A] _ _ [D] 80 flights of stairs [C] to a basement [G] flat
[D] Pretty confused, huh?
[C] Been shipped around [G] like that
[D] Seems to climb so high, [C] now we're down [G] so low
[D] Strikes me the moral of this song [G] must be There never has [D] been one _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _