A Heady Tale chords by The Fratellis

Chords:

G5 3-5-5-X-X-X   G 3-2-0-0-0-3
C5 X-3-5-5-X-X   C X-3-2-0-1-0
D5 X-5-7-7-X-X   D X-X-0-2-3-2
Cm X-3-5-5-4-3
A5 5-7-7-X-X-X
A#5 6-8-8-X-X-X
B5 7-9-9-X-X-X
D7 10-12-10-11-10*-10

10* - slide on B between 12/13 occasionally (B|--13-12-10--|)


Intro:

(Piano only)

G C G C
G C G C


Verse 1:

(Piano only)

 G   C   G
Pull me up a chair
  C     G   C
And keep your money
    G C      G C G C G C G C
There's no guarantees
 D
Won't you please forgive me?
 D                    G   C G C G C G C
But you know cold-blooded women make me sneeze
     C
And I'll kick you out the door
    Cm           G C G C G C G C
If for just one minute you lie
       D
They'll come crashing through the wall
       D                 G C G C G C G C
And leave you crawling 'til the minute you die


Verse 2:

 G    C    G    C
Pour yourself a drink or three
   G   C      G    C     G C G C G C G C
And maybe we'll think clearer for a while
 D   D    D   D
You may be an embarassment
   D     D    D     D     G  C G C G C G C
But I love the way your clothes are never in style
 C    C    C
Living's much too easy
 C  Cm  Cm    Cm  Cm    G C G C G C G C
And dying must be some kind of bore
     D     D    D  D
Well you swear that you're original
    D     D     D    D    G  C G C G C G C
But I know I've seen those jealous eyes before


Chorus 1:

      C5
So steal a watch right off my wrist
    G5
Oh and shake me by the hand
     D5
We could disappear for days
     G5    A5  A#5
And they wouldn't understand
 B5  C5
Gypsy blood will get you far
    G5              D7
And we will not miss you when you go


Bridge 1:

D7...

G C G C
G C G C


Verse 3:

 G  C   G    C    G
Tear another hole in my brown shoes
  C   G     C   G   C G C G C G C
And we can all sleep for a while
    D     D   D
Well I told you once before
  D    D    D    D  D  G  C G C G C G C
I love your braces and your hesitant smile
 C
Please don't get me wrong
      Cm
It's only right that you can stamp on my heart
    D    D    D     D
Well I see you and your friends someplace
  D    D     D   D  G  C G C G C G C
You know I just can't tell you apart


Chorus 2:

          C5
And though they'll hunt you like a dog
     G5
But they won't take you alive
     D5
Cause you made big piles of money
      G5   A5   A#5
Stacked up twenty storeys high
 B5    C5
Well the boys in every bar
   G5              D7
They will not miss you when you go


Bridge 2:

D7...
G C G C
G C G C
D7...
G C G C
G C G C

C5 C5 C5
D5 D5 D5

D5 (hard to explain, but strum quickly, then pull off and strum open, and mute almost instantly)

G5 G5 G5 G5 C5
G5 G5 G5 C5 G5 C5
G5 G5 G5 G5 C5
G5 G5 G5 C5 G5 C


Chorus 3:

       C5
So steal the watch right off my wrist
    G5
Oh and shake me by the hand
     D5
We could disappear for days
     G5
And they wouldn't understand
    C5
Gypsy blood will get you far
      G5
Though it's far away from me
    D5
Look me up when you get home
  G5
And maybe then we'll see

       C5
Well they'll hunt you like a dog
     G5
But they won't take you alive
     D5
Cause you made big piles of money
 G5  A5    A#5
Twenty storeys high
 B5  C
 The boys in every bar
       G5
Well they'll miss you when you're gone
    D5
You can tell a Heady Tale
     G5    A5    A#5
And we'll both keep screaming on

B5  C5     G5     D5     G5
La  la... la la... la la... la la
  C5    G5    D5      G5 A5 A#5
La la... la la... la la... la la la
B5  C5     G5     D5     G5
La  la... la la... la la... la la
  C5    G5    D5      G5 A5 A#5
La la... la la... la la... la la la

C5 G5 D5 G5 A5 A#5 B5

C5 G5 D5 G5 A5 A#5 B5


Outro:

C5 C5 C5
G5 G5 G5
D5 D5 D5
G5 G5 G5

C5 C5 C5
G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5
D5 D5 D5
G5 G5 G5