Not A Pretty Girl Live tab by Ani Difranco

Tabs

Posted : Musological(@gmail.com)		12/05/05

This is the live version from So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter, which is far better
than the album version. It has a different rhythm so beware!


It is played with a capo on the 2nd fret, but for simplicity I’ll post without capo
transpositions.

Em:	022000 or (E2): 075007
G:	320030 or 320000
C:	x32000 or (C2): 870080
D:	xx0200 or (D2): 10/9/0/0/10/0

A:	x02200 or (A2): 540050

Right lets start
(I’ll notate the basic inflections, but please fill in the rhythm yourself)

Intro & Chorus:
		 (hammer and pulls with little finger)
E minorEm	G+G    C2    D2
-----0------------0-------0---0h10p0-9p0-0h7-
-----0-0---0h3----8------10-------------------
--0----0---0------0-------0-------------------
--2--------0------0-------0-------------------
--2--------2------7-------9------------------
--0--------3------8------10------------------

Em2(*hamon)  G+G   C2	       D2
------7(7*)-------------(8s9p0)-------0---/
--0----0(7*)--0h3-----8-------(p0)----10--/
--0-----0(7*)---0-----0---------------0---/
--5-------------0-----0---------------0---/
--7-------------2-----7---------------9---/
--0-------------3-----8---------------10--/

The verses are far simpler:

I am not a pretty girl,	  that’s not what I do,
(D2)	  E minorEm	    G+G C majorC	       D MajorD
I ain’t no damsel in distress, and I don’t need
      E minorEm	     G+G      C majorC
to be rescued.
     D MajorD

So put me down punk,	 I am not a maiden fair,
     E minorEm  G+G       C majorC	      D MajorD
and I am not a kitten stuck a tree somewhere!
	    A(or A2)	   C(or C2)


And so on, the other verses are similar, but listen out nuances and differing lengths.

Have fun with the hammer and pull, I promise it is possible, and sounds great with a capo!

Musological.