Chords for LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS - 'Perfect Skin' - 7" 1984
Tempo:
131.05 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
F
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [C]
[Bm] [D] [C]
[Em] [D] I treat my friends, [C] oh far [G] too well, I'm [D] up on the pavement
And they're [C] all [G] down in the cell with [D] their government grants
And [C] my [G] IQ, they [D] brought me down to size, [G]
academia [D] blues
[C]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] Louise is a gun, I [C] know her [G] well, she's [D] up on the pavement
Yeah [C] she's a weather [G] gun, 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] I
And she [G] smiles [F] my way, my eyes [G] go out in vain
She's got perfect skin,
[C] [D] shame on you, you've 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 [G] is [D] absolutely necessary
[G] And that's perfect [D] skin
[C]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [C]
[G] [D]
[F#] [G] [D] Louise is the gun, [C] the perfect [G] skin, [D] she says turn on the light, [C] otherwise it can't [G] be seen
She's [D] got cheekbones like [C] geometry and eyes [G] like sin
And [D] she's sexually enlightened [C] by [G] cosmopolitan [F] high
And she [G] smiles [F] my way, my [G] eyes go out in vain
But her perfect skin, yeah [C] that's perfect [D] skin
[Am]
[Em] [D] [C]
[Em] [E]
[A] [E] [D]
[E]
[D] [A] [D] She takes me down to the basement, [C]
look at [G] the slides of [D] a family line
[C] Pretty nude [G] at times [D] at the age of ten
She [C] looked like [G] Renegade, oh [D] and I loved her then
[C]
I [G] wish she'd have known [F] that
And she [G] smiles my [F] way, my eyes go [G] out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Up [C] [D] eight flights of stairs, [C] the way to the basement, [G] flat, [D] pretty confused, huh?
[C] Been shipped around [G] like that, [D] I see the climate so high
[C] Now we're down [G] so low, the [D] strike's free, the moral of this song must be
[G] They're never [D] happy, no
[N]
[Bm] [D] [C]
[Em] [D] I treat my friends, [C] oh far [G] too well, I'm [D] up on the pavement
And they're [C] all [G] down in the cell with [D] their government grants
And [C] my [G] IQ, they [D] brought me down to size, [G]
academia [D] blues
[C]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] Louise is a gun, I [C] know her [G] well, she's [D] up on the pavement
Yeah [C] she's a weather [G] gun, 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] I
And she [G] smiles [F] my way, my eyes [G] go out in vain
She's got perfect skin,
[C] [D] shame on you, you've 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 [G] is [D] absolutely necessary
[G] And that's perfect [D] skin
[C]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [C]
[G] [D]
[F#] [G] [D] Louise is the gun, [C] the perfect [G] skin, [D] she says turn on the light, [C] otherwise it can't [G] be seen
She's [D] got cheekbones like [C] geometry and eyes [G] like sin
And [D] she's sexually enlightened [C] by [G] cosmopolitan [F] high
And she [G] smiles [F] my way, my [G] eyes go out in vain
But her perfect skin, yeah [C] that's perfect [D] skin
[Am]
[Em] [D] [C]
[Em] [E]
[A] [E] [D]
[E]
[D] [A] [D] She takes me down to the basement, [C]
look at [G] the slides of [D] a family line
[C] Pretty nude [G] at times [D] at the age of ten
She [C] looked like [G] Renegade, oh [D] and I loved her then
[C]
I [G] wish she'd have known [F] that
And she [G] smiles my [F] way, my eyes go [G] out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Up [C] [D] eight flights of stairs, [C] the way to the basement, [G] flat, [D] pretty confused, huh?
[C] Been shipped around [G] like that, [D] I see the climate so high
[C] Now we're down [G] so low, the [D] strike's free, the moral of this song must be
[G] They're never [D] happy, no
[N]
Key:
D
G
C
F
Em
D
G
C
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Em] _ [D] I treat my friends, [C] oh far [G] too well, I'm [D] up on the pavement
And they're [C] all [G] down in the cell with [D] their government grants
And [C] my [G] IQ, they [D] brought me down to size, [G]
academia _ _ [D] blues
_ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] Louise is a gun, I [C] know her [G] well, she's [D] up on the pavement
Yeah [C] she's a weather [G] gun, 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] I
And _ she [G] smiles [F] my way, _ my eyes [G] go out in vain
She's got perfect skin, _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] shame on you, you've 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 [G] is [D] absolutely necessary _ _
[G] And that's perfect [D] skin
_ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [G] _ [D] Louise is the gun, [C] the perfect [G] skin, [D] she says turn on the light, [C] otherwise it can't [G] be seen
She's [D] got cheekbones like [C] geometry and eyes [G] like sin
And [D] she's sexually enlightened [C] by _ [G] cosmopolitan [F] high _ _ _
And she [G] smiles [F] my way, _ my [G] eyes go out in vain
But her perfect skin, _ _ yeah [C] that's perfect [D] skin
_ _ [Am] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [A] _ [D] She takes me down to the basement, [C]
look at [G] the slides of [D] a family line
[C] Pretty nude [G] at times [D] at the age of ten
She [C] looked like [G] Renegade, oh [D] and I loved her then
_ [C]
I [G] wish she'd have known [F] that
_ And she [G] smiles my [F] way, _ my eyes go [G] out in vain _ _
She's got perfect skin _ _
Up _ [C] _ [D] eight flights of stairs, [C] the way to the basement, [G] flat, [D] pretty confused, huh?
[C] Been shipped around [G] like that, [D] I see the climate so high
[C] Now we're down [G] so low, the [D] strike's free, the moral of this song must be
[G] They're never [D] happy, no _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Em] _ [D] I treat my friends, [C] oh far [G] too well, I'm [D] up on the pavement
And they're [C] all [G] down in the cell with [D] their government grants
And [C] my [G] IQ, they [D] brought me down to size, [G]
academia _ _ [D] blues
_ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] Louise is a gun, I [C] know her [G] well, she's [D] up on the pavement
Yeah [C] she's a weather [G] gun, 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] I
And _ she [G] smiles [F] my way, _ my eyes [G] go out in vain
She's got perfect skin, _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] shame on you, you've 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 [G] is [D] absolutely necessary _ _
[G] And that's perfect [D] skin
_ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [G] _ [D] Louise is the gun, [C] the perfect [G] skin, [D] she says turn on the light, [C] otherwise it can't [G] be seen
She's [D] got cheekbones like [C] geometry and eyes [G] like sin
And [D] she's sexually enlightened [C] by _ [G] cosmopolitan [F] high _ _ _
And she [G] smiles [F] my way, _ my [G] eyes go out in vain
But her perfect skin, _ _ yeah [C] that's perfect [D] skin
_ _ [Am] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [A] _ [D] She takes me down to the basement, [C]
look at [G] the slides of [D] a family line
[C] Pretty nude [G] at times [D] at the age of ten
She [C] looked like [G] Renegade, oh [D] and I loved her then
_ [C]
I [G] wish she'd have known [F] that
_ And she [G] smiles my [F] way, _ my eyes go [G] out in vain _ _
She's got perfect skin _ _
Up _ [C] _ [D] eight flights of stairs, [C] the way to the basement, [G] flat, [D] pretty confused, huh?
[C] Been shipped around [G] like that, [D] I see the climate so high
[C] Now we're down [G] so low, the [D] strike's free, the moral of this song must be
[G] They're never [D] happy, no _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _