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She Ain't Pretty by The Northern Pikes

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G)



      Intro
G |-------|-------|-------|-------|----------------------------|
D |-------|-------|-------|-------|-----7L-7s------------------|
A |-------|-------|-------|-------|----------------------------|
E |-------|-------|-------|-------|----------------------------|


G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |--------------2--2--4--2----|-----------0-----0----------|
A |--0--0--3h-4----------------|--0--0--3b----------3--0L---|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|
G |----------------------------|----------------------------||
D |--------------2--2----------|--4--2----------------------||
A |--0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|--------3b-0L-0--------0L---||
E |----------------------------|----------------------------||

Verse 1: I had two jobs I had dishwasher hands
G |---------------------------|----------------------------|
D |-------------2--2--4--2----|-----------0-----0----------|
A |-0--0--3h-4----------------|--0--0--3b----------3--0L---|
E |---------------------------|----------------------------|

And on the weekend in a rock an roll band
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |--------------2--2----------|----------------------------|
A |--0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|--2--2--2--0-----------0L---|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|

One Friday night in my home town bar
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |--------------2--2--4--2----|-----------0-----0----------|
A |--0--0--3h-4----------------|--0--0--3b----------3--0L---|
A |----------------------------|----------------------------|

In walked a girl looked like a movie star
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |--------------2--2--4--2----|--------4--2L-2--------0L---|
A |--0--0--3h-4----------------|--2--2----------------------|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|

She stared at me and it was turning me on
G |--------------2--2----------|-----0--1--2--------2-------|
D |--0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|--2--------------------0L---|
A |----------------------------|----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|

She said she worked in a beauty salon
G |--------------2--2----------|-----2--3--4L-4-------------|
D |--0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|--4-------------------------|
A |----------------------------|-----------------------0L---|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|

I heard I voice inside me say
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|-------|
D |--------------2--2--4--2----|-----------0-----0----------|-------|
A |--0--0--3h-4----------------|--0--0--3b----------3--0----|-------|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|-------|

        She ain't pretty she just looks that way
               Break
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|--------------2--2--4--2----|
A |-----------------------0L---|--0--0--3h-4----------------|
E |-----------------1h-2-------|----------------------------|
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |-----------0-----0----------|--------------2--2----------|
A |--0--0--3b----------3--0L---|--0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|


G |---------------------------|
D |--4--2--------------------o|
A |--------3b-0L-0--------0--o|
E |---------------------------|

Verse 2: We made a date to go for a drink
G |---------------------------|----------------------------|
D |-------------2--2--4--2----|-----------0-----0----------|
D |-0--0--3h-4----------------|--0--0--3b----------3--0L---|
E |---------------------------|----------------------------|

I wore my jeans and she work a mink
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
A |--------------2--2----------|----------------------------|
A |0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|--2--2--2--0-----------0L---|
E |--------------------------|----------------------------|

There was this misconception all over town
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
A |--------------2--2--4--2----|-----------0-----0----------|
A |0--0--3h-4----------------|--0--0--3b----------3--0L---|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|

That she ate lonely guys hearts by the pound
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
A |--------------2--2--4--2----|--------4--2L-2--------0L---|
A |0--0--3h-4----------------|--2--2----------------------|
E |--------------------------|----------------------------|

She said 'Take me home, there won't be any fuss'
G |--------------2--2----------|-----0--1--2--------2-------|
A |--0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|--2--------------------0L---|
A |----------------------------|----------------------------|
E |--------------------------|----------------------------|

I said said, 'Sure you got any change for the bus'
G |--------------2--2----------|-----2--3--4L-4-------------|
A |--0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|--4-------------------------|
A |--------------------------|-----------------------0L---|
E |--------------------------|----------------------------|

Watching her leave I heard the bartender say:
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|-------|
D |------------2--2--4--2----|-----------0-----0----------|-------|
A |0--0--3h-4----------------|--0--0--3b----------3--0----|-------|
E |--------------------------|----------------------------|-------|

        She ain't pretty she just looks that way

G |----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|
A |-----------------------0L---|
E |-----------------1h-2-------|



Interlude
G |--------------2--2----------|-----0--1--2--------2-------|
D |--0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|--2--------------------0L---|
A |----------------------------|----------------------------|
E |--------------------------|----------------------------|


G |--------------2--2----------|-----2--3--4L-4-------------|
D |--0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|--4-------------------------|
A |----------------------------|-----------------------0L---|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|

Piano Solo
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |--------------2--2--4--2----|-----------0-----0----------|
A |--0--0--3h-4----------------|--0--0--3b----------3--0L---|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|

               This is a bar of 2/4:
G |----------------------------|----------------|----------------------------|
D |--------------2--2----------|--4--2----------|----------------------------|
A |--0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|--------3b-0L---|--0L----------------0--0L---|
E |----------------------------|----------------|----------------------------|


G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|----------------------------|
A |--0L----------------0--0L---|--0L----------------0--0L---|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|

                Bridge
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|----------------------------|
A |--0L----------------0-------|----------------------------|
E |-----------------------5----|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5----|


G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|----------------------------|
E |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5----|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5----|


G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|----------------------------|
E |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5----|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5----|


G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|----------------------------|
A |--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5----|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5----|

               Verse 3: I fell in love with a model from hell
G |----------------------------|--------------2--2----------|
D |-----------------------0L---|--0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|
A |--------------------3-------|----------------------------|
E |--5--5--5--5--5-------------|----------------------------|

               It took some time for my hormones to tell
G |-----0--1--2--------2-------|--------------2--2----------|
A |--2--------------------0L---|--0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|
D |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|----------------------------|

That chasing her was a grave mistake
G |-----2--3--4L-4-------------|----------------------------|
D |--4-------------------------|--------------2--2--4--2----|
A |-----------------------0L---|--0--0--3h-4----------------|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|

                 She ain't pretty she just looks that way
G |----------------------------|-------|----------------------------|
D |-----------0-----0----------|-------|-----------------------0L---|
A |--0--0--3b----------3--0----|-------|-----------------1h-2-------|
E |----------------------------|-------|----------------------------|

Verse 4 - short form: Her ego wrote cheques incredibly fast
G |--------------2--2----------|-----0--1--2--------2-------|
D |--0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|--2--------------------0L---|
A |----------------------------|----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|

But her personality didn't have the cash
G |--------------2--2--------|-----------2--------4-------|
D |0--0--3h-4--------3h-4----|--4-------------------------|
A |--------------------------|----------------------------|
E |--------------------------|----------------------------|

I laughed out loud to my total dismay     She ain't pretty she just looks that way
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|-------|
D |--------------2--2--4--2----|-----------0-----0----------|-------|
A |--0--0--3h-4----------------|--0--0--3b----------3--0----|-------|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|-------|

               Outro: She ain't pretty she just looks that way
G |----------------------------|-------|----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|-------|----------------------------|
A |-----------------5--3--0----|-------|-----------------5--3--0L---|
E |----------------------------|-------|----------------------------|

She ain't pretty
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|
D |--------------2--2--4--2----|----------------------------|
A |--0--0--3h-4----------------|--0--2--3--------------0L---|
E |----------------------------|-----------3-----3--3-------|

She ain't pretty
G |----------------------------|-----------------------6L---|
D |--------------2--2--4--2----|----------------------------|
A |--0--0--3h-4----------------|--0--2--3-----------0-------|
E |----------------------------|-----------3----------------|

She ain't pretty
G |--6--4-----------------5L---|--5--4----------------------|-------|
D |--------6--4----------------|--------7--5-----3----------|-------|
A |----------------------------|--------------------3--0----|-------|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|-------|


G |--------------------------|----------------------------||
D |------------------7--7----|--7-------------------------||
A |--------------------------|----------------------------||
E |--------------------------|----------------------------||

🏷Legend
L - tied note
x - dead note
h - hammer on/pull off
b - bend
s - slide
~ - vibrato
g - ghost note
> - accentuated note
t - trill
M - palm mute
. - staccato
P - popping (bass)
S - slapping (bass)
+ - tapping
W - wide vibrato
< - fade in
w - whammy bar
= - tremolo picking
v - brush up
^ - brush down
V - pick stroke up
n - pick stroke down

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