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Capo: 3 Tuning: E A D G B E
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cars and Girls – Prefab Sprout --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Paddy McAloon From: “From Langley Park to Memphis” [1988] Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo: 3rd fret Play: D Key: F For chords in original key transpose +3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse] part Dmaj7 Bm7 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|2---------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------| G|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------| D|0---------------|----------------|4---------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| secomd guitar [from second verse on] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------4---5-|----------------|----------4---5-| B|----------------|----------5-----|5---------------|----------5-----| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| C#m7 Bm7 Dmaj7 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E[0]--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|2 B|5---------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------|2 G|4---------------|----------------|2---------------|--2-------------|2 D|6---------------|----------------|4-------------2/|4---4-2---------|0 A|4---------------|----------------|2---------------|-------/4---2---|0 E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| secomd guitar [from second verse on] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------4---5-|----------------|----------------| B|5---------------|----------5-----|5---------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS [alphabetically] E-A-D-G-B-e Bm7 x-2-4-2-3-x or x-2-0-2-3-x Bm11 x-2-4-2-3-0 or x-2-0-2-3-0 C#m7 x-4-6-4-5[0] Dmaj7 x-x-0-2-2-2 Dmaj9 x-x-0-2-2-0 E 0-2-2-1-0-0 E6 0-2-2-1-2-0 E7 0-2-0-1-3-0 E7sus4 0-2-0-2-3-0 E7sus4/B x-2-0-2-0-0 F#m7 2-x-2-2-2-0 F#m9 2-x-2-1-2-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Hook]
Dmaj7Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo Bm7Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo E6 | D | Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo-dah
[Verse]
Dmaj7 Brucie dreams life's a highway Bm7 Too many roads bypass my way C#m7 | Bm7 | % | Or they never begin Dmaj7 Innocence coming to grief Bm7 At the hands of life - stinkin' car thief C#m7 | Bm7 | That's my concept of sin
[Bridge]
F#m9 Does heaven wait all heavenly E7sus4 Over the next hoE7rizon?
[Chorus]
Bm11 But look at us now [Quit driving] E7 Some things hurt F#m7more, much more than cars and girls Bm11 Just look at us now [Start countin’] E7 What adds up the F#m7way it did when we were young? Bm11 Look at us now [Quit driving] E7 Some things hurt F#m7more, much more than cars and girls
| E7sus4/B | % | E | % | Ooh-ooh [Verse]
Dmaj7 Life's a drive through a dust bowl Bm11 What's it do, do to a young soul C#m7 | Bm7 | % | We are deeply concerned Dmaj7 Someone stops for directions, Bm11 Something responds deep in our engines C#m7 | Bm7 | % | We have all been burned
[Bridge]
F#m9 Does heaven wait all heavenly E7sus4 Over the next hoE7rizon?
[Chorus]
Bm11 But look at us now [Quit driving] E7 Some things hurt F#m7more, much more than cars and girls Bm11 Just look at us now [Quit driving] E7 What adds up the F#m7way it did when we were young? Bm11 Look at us now [Quit driving] E7 Some things hurt F#m7more, much more than cars and girls
| E7sus4/B | % | E | % | Ooh-ooh – ah-aah [Hook]
Dmaj7Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo Bm7Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo E6 | D | Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo-dah
[Verse]
Dmaj7 Little boy got a hot rod Bm7 Thinks it makes him some kind of new god C#m7 | Bm7 | % | Dmaj7 Well this is one race he won't win [Life’s no cruise ...] Dmaj7 'cos life's no cruise with a cool chick Bm11 Too many folks feelin' car sick C#m7 | Bm7 | But it never pulls in.
[Verse] variation with build-up
Dmaj9 Brucie's thoughts - pretty streamers Bm11 Guess this world needs its dreamers E E7 | E9 | % | May they never wake up
[Chorus]
Bm11 But look at us now [Quit driving] E7 Some things hurt F#m7more, much more than cars and girls Bm11 Just look at us now [Quit driving] E7 What adds up the F#m7way it did when we were young?
Bm11 Just look at us now [Quit driving] E7 Some things hurt F#m7more, much more than cars and girls Bm11 Just look at us now [Quit driving] E7 Some things hurt F#m7more, much more than cars and girls
Bm11 Look at us now [Start countin’] E7 What adds up the F#m7way it did when we were young? Bm11 Look at us now [Quit driving] E7 Some things hurt F#m7more, much more than cars and girls
| E7sus4/B | % | E | % | Ooh-ooh – ah-aah - sha-doo-ah-doo-oo [Hook] = coda
Dmaj7Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo Bm7Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo E6Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo-Dmaj7dah