Pretty words

G
I ask you nicely
                    D     Em      
Get my face slapped under wraps
F  C

G
What's going on precisely
                   D        Em
Is there something wrong perhaps?
C         D7  G
Surprise, surprise (surprise, 
surprise)
D C                D7 G         
    It's more like a booby trap 
D               Em  D
than a booby prize
G                                 
Civil disobedience from a soldier 
       D     Em     F C
with a dirty rifle
G                                 
You're loosening all the screws 
                   D     Em
that hold the hinges of my life
C         D7 G
Fat cats and army brats
C        D7 G       D           
Hep cats in dog tag pawing over 
   Em       F C
girly mags

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G                  F            
Pretty words don't mean much 
Bm  C#m  D  E6
anymore
G                  Bb            
I don't mean to be mean much 
    Em F#m
anymore
G             C
All I see are snapshots, bigshots, 
tender spots
(1) mug shots, machine slots
(2) machine slots, mug shots
'Till you don't know what's what
                             Em F C
You don't know what you got ]

G                              D 
Curious women running after 
   Em  F C
curious men
G
Curiosity didn't kill the cat
         D        Em
It was a poisoned pen
C               D7  G           
But there's not much choice 
           D
(it's Hobson's choice)
C       D7 G          D        
Between a cruel mouth and a 
      Em   D
jealous voice
G
Got back to London
               D        Em
Picked a paper from the man
G
No words of consolation
                  D      Em
Just cartoons and titter tatter
C         D7 G
Well well, fancy that
C                 D7 G          
Millions murdered for a kiss me 
      C
quick hat
             G
No backbone, blood and guts
D                   Em     F
Better keep your big mouth shut

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F              C             G
You don't know what you got . . . .