Paint a Vulgar Picture The Smiths
---------------------- Lyrics by Morrissey Music by Johnny Marr Performed by the Smiths from their last LP "Strangeways Here We Come" Transcribed by Pablo Kang (pkang@cs.buffalo.edu) December 12, 1995 Corrections and comments are encouraged. [#]# e : eigth note [#]# [#]# (n) : ghost note [#]# [#] [#] [############################################] The whole song begins with... ... a strum on ...then another strum the 9th position for another 4 beats... for 4 beats... V V F# (9th pos) F# (2nd pos) x===== ====== 1 x ix ------ ------ x 1 1x ------ ------ 333 xi 2 ------ ------ [34] ------ ...then with vigor... A (strum 4x) (key of D) ...then... D, G, A D, G, A Bm, G, A, G, A Bm, G, A D, G, A "At the record company meeting..." ... ...then the aforementioned pattern repeats until the key change, where from the last _A_ chord in the pattern slides down to the _F#_ chord and a similar pattern ensues with a different key. i.e. ... "...you could walked away...couldn't you?" Bm, G, A F#, (down to B key) B, E, F# "I touched you at the soundcheck..." B, E, F# G#m, E, F# G#m, E, F# ... ...then the solo follows: ...really know...aw! (key of D) q q q q. e e e e e== ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- --------------------5----- --7--------7--8--7-------- ------------------------- --------7-----7----------- --------------------7--7== ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] =(e) e e q q e e e q e e e e e e e e e e e ----------5--7-----5----- -------------------------- --------------------7----- ------------------------- --8--7-----------5--5--5-- -5/7-10-7--10-8--10----10= =(7)-6--6----------------- --------7--7-------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] h q. e q q e e e e w ----------------------10- --10---------------------- -------------------------- =(10)========(10)--------- --------7-----8--7-------- -------------------------- ------------------------- --------------------9--9====(9)---------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] e e h q e q q q e e e e e h -7^^5-------------------- --7--5-------------------- --------------9----------- -pull-------------------- -------------------------- --------8----------------- -off---7==========(7)---- -----------6-----7-----7-- --7-7/9----9-------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] e e e e e e e e e q e h e e e e e e e e -------9^^7--------7--5-- -------------------------- -------------------------- -5--5--pull--5--5-------- -------------------------- -----------------------12- -------off--------------- --7--7-----9--9----------- -9-9/11-14-11-14-12-14---- ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] q e h q w (key of B) Best of, most of... ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -12----10-10=========(10) --11---------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- --------------------------
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