Chords for Lloyd Cole, 'Perfect Skin', 1984
Tempo:
130.7 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
F
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [D] I choose my friends, they both [G] are too well [D] above the pavement
And they're [G] all down and fell
[D] [C] And [G] my IQ, [D] they brought me down the side
[C] And then [G] you lose, [D] [C]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] girl
[C] I know [G] her, who else [D] is up on the pavement
Yeah, [C] she's a weather [G] girl
And [D] I'm staying up here
So I [C] may be [G] hot
[D] [C]
[G] [F] When [G] she smiles my [F] way
My eyes go [G] out in vain
She's [F] got perfect [G] skin
Shame
[C] [D] on you, you [C] got no attention
[G] Great [D] shame on me
[C] Ah, just [G] in case [D] I might come to a conclusion
Another [C] man [G] [D] looking at the sun
[C]
[G] And that perfect [D] skin
[C]
[D] [F#]
[G] [D] [C]
[D]
[G] [D] Look up, [C] with the perfect [G] skin
Says [D] turn on the light
[C] Otherwise I can't [D] see
She's got cheekbones like [C] geometry
And eyes [G] like [D] sexually enlightened
[C]
[G] Cosmopolitan [F] eyes
When [G] she smiles [F] my way
My [G] eyes go out in vain
[D] For [F] her [G] perfect skin
Yeah, [C] that perfect [D] skin
[C]
[D] [C]
[Em] [E] [A]
[E] [D]
[A] [E] [A]
[E] [D]
[A] [D] She's got everything
She's [C] looking at [G] the sun, never [D] found me lying
It's [C] really weird [G] at times, [D] after age of ten
She [C] looks like Renegade, [G] [D] oh, and I [C] long [G] she didn't know [F] that
When she [G] smiles [F] my way
My eyes [G] go out in vain
[Dm] She's got perfect [G] skin
[C] [D] Up, age, black, feminine
[C] Big [Em] moon, flash, pretty, [D] cute
Huh, new [C] ships around
And they're [G] all down and fell
[D] [C] And [G] my IQ, [D] they brought me down the side
[C] And then [G] you lose, [D] [C]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] girl
[C] I know [G] her, who else [D] is up on the pavement
Yeah, [C] she's a weather [G] girl
And [D] I'm staying up here
So I [C] may be [G] hot
[D] [C]
[G] [F] When [G] she smiles my [F] way
My eyes go [G] out in vain
She's [F] got perfect [G] skin
Shame
[C] [D] on you, you [C] got no attention
[G] Great [D] shame on me
[C] Ah, just [G] in case [D] I might come to a conclusion
Another [C] man [G] [D] looking at the sun
[C]
[G] And that perfect [D] skin
[C]
[D] [F#]
[G] [D] [C]
[D]
[G] [D] Look up, [C] with the perfect [G] skin
Says [D] turn on the light
[C] Otherwise I can't [D] see
She's got cheekbones like [C] geometry
And eyes [G] like [D] sexually enlightened
[C]
[G] Cosmopolitan [F] eyes
When [G] she smiles [F] my way
My [G] eyes go out in vain
[D] For [F] her [G] perfect skin
Yeah, [C] that perfect [D] skin
[C]
[D] [C]
[Em] [E] [A]
[E] [D]
[A] [E] [A]
[E] [D]
[A] [D] She's got everything
She's [C] looking at [G] the sun, never [D] found me lying
It's [C] really weird [G] at times, [D] after age of ten
She [C] looks like Renegade, [G] [D] oh, and I [C] long [G] she didn't know [F] that
When she [G] smiles [F] my way
My eyes [G] go out in vain
[Dm] She's got perfect [G] skin
[C] [D] Up, age, black, feminine
[C] Big [Em] moon, flash, pretty, [D] cute
Huh, new [C] ships around
Key:
D
G
C
F
E
D
G
C
[Em] _ _ [D] I choose my friends, they both [G] are too well [D] above the pavement
And they're [G] all down and fell
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] And [G] my IQ, [D] they brought me down the side
[C] And then [G] you lose, [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ girl
[C] I know [G] her, who else [D] is up on the pavement
Yeah, [C] she's a weather [G] girl
And [D] I'm staying up here
So I [C] may be [G] hot
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ When [G] she smiles my [F] way
My eyes go [G] out in vain _ _
She's [F] got perfect [G] skin
_ Shame _
_ [C] _ [D] _ on you, you [C] got no attention
[G] Great [D] shame on _ me
[C] Ah, just [G] in case [D] I might come to a conclusion
Another [C] man [G] _ [D] looking at the sun
_ [C] _
[G] And that perfect [D] skin
_ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ Look up, [C] with the perfect [G] skin
Says [D] turn on the light
[C] Otherwise I can't [D] see
She's got cheekbones like [C] geometry
And eyes [G] like _ [D] sexually enlightened
[C] _ _
[G] Cosmopolitan [F] eyes
_ When _ [G] she smiles [F] my way
_ _ My [G] eyes go out in vain
[D] _ For [F] her [G] perfect skin
_ Yeah, [C] that perfect [D] skin
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [D] She's got everything
She's [C] looking at [G] the sun, never [D] found me lying
It's [C] really weird [G] at times, [D] after age of ten
She [C] looks like Renegade, [G] [D] oh, and I _ _ _ [C] long [G] she didn't know [F] that
_ _ _ When she [G] smiles [F] my way
My eyes [G] go out in vain _ _ _
[Dm] She's got perfect [G] skin _ _ _ _
[C] _ [D] Up, age, black, feminine
[C] Big [Em] moon, flash, pretty, [D] cute
Huh, new [C] ships around
And they're [G] all down and fell
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] And [G] my IQ, [D] they brought me down the side
[C] And then [G] you lose, [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ girl
[C] I know [G] her, who else [D] is up on the pavement
Yeah, [C] she's a weather [G] girl
And [D] I'm staying up here
So I [C] may be [G] hot
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ When [G] she smiles my [F] way
My eyes go [G] out in vain _ _
She's [F] got perfect [G] skin
_ Shame _
_ [C] _ [D] _ on you, you [C] got no attention
[G] Great [D] shame on _ me
[C] Ah, just [G] in case [D] I might come to a conclusion
Another [C] man [G] _ [D] looking at the sun
_ [C] _
[G] And that perfect [D] skin
_ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ Look up, [C] with the perfect [G] skin
Says [D] turn on the light
[C] Otherwise I can't [D] see
She's got cheekbones like [C] geometry
And eyes [G] like _ [D] sexually enlightened
[C] _ _
[G] Cosmopolitan [F] eyes
_ When _ [G] she smiles [F] my way
_ _ My [G] eyes go out in vain
[D] _ For [F] her [G] perfect skin
_ Yeah, [C] that perfect [D] skin
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [D] She's got everything
She's [C] looking at [G] the sun, never [D] found me lying
It's [C] really weird [G] at times, [D] after age of ten
She [C] looks like Renegade, [G] [D] oh, and I _ _ _ [C] long [G] she didn't know [F] that
_ _ _ When she [G] smiles [F] my way
My eyes [G] go out in vain _ _ _
[Dm] She's got perfect [G] skin _ _ _ _
[C] _ [D] Up, age, black, feminine
[C] Big [Em] moon, flash, pretty, [D] cute
Huh, new [C] ships around