None of them
Artist: The Pretenders
Song: Talk of the town
Tabbed by: DJ
6th July 2014
This is based on the full version of the original single,
which is found on The Pretenders 'Greatest Hits' album.
The 'Pretenders II' album had a shorter edited version.
Chrissie now plays a simplified version on acoustic sessions, but
I've tried to emulate what I can hear on the record, with the chords
taking into account a bit of what Pete Farndon was playing on bass.
(G/F#)= 2xxxxx A7sus2= x02000 G/B = x20033 D4 = xx0233
G = 320033 Am7 = x02010 Cadd9 = x32033 C/G = 332010
C = x32013 B7 = x21202 D = xx0232
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(G/F#) G C
e |--------------3---|-----------3---| (x3)
B |--------------3---|-----------1---|
G |--------------0---|-----------0---|
D |--------------0---|--------2------|
A |----------2-------|---2-h3--------|
E |---2-h3-----------|---------------|
(G/F#) G A7sus2 Am7
e |--------------3---|---0----0---3----|
B |--------------3---|---0---h1---1----|
G |--------------0---|---0----0---0----|
D |--------------0---|---2----2---2----|
A |----------2-------|---0----0---0----|
E |---2-h3-----------|-----------------|
A7sus2 Am7 B7
e |---0----0---3---3-3-3---|---x---2---|
B |---0---h1---1---1-1-1---|---x---0---|
G |---0----0---0---0-0-0---|---x---2---|
D |---2----2---2---2-2-2---|---x---1---|
A |---0----0---0---0-0-0---|---x---2---|
E |------------------------|-----------|
G G/B Am7
It's such a drag to want something sometime,
C D D4 D
One thing leads to a - nother, I know,
B7 G G/B Am7 C D D4 D
Was a time I wanted you for mine, nobody knew!
B7 G G/B Am7
You arrived like a day, and passed like a cloud,
C D D4 D Cadd9 G/B G D
I made a wish, I said it out loud-------,
D4 D Cadd9 G/B G D
A - loud in a crowd----------,
D4 D Cadd9 G/B G D
Every - body heard-----------,
D4 D C
'Twas the talk of the town------!
A7sus2 Am7 B7
e |---0----0---3---3-3-3---|---x---2---|
B |---0---h1---1---1-1-1---|---x---0---|
G |---0----0---0---0-0-0---|---x---2---|
D |---2----2---2---2-2-2---|---x---1---|
A |---0----0---0---0-0-0---|---x---2---|
E |------------------------|-----------|
G G/B Am7
It's not my place to know what you feel,
C D D4 D
I'd like to know, but why should I?
B7 G G/B Am7
Who were you then, who are you now--------?
C D D4 D
Common labourer by night, ...by day high - brow!
B7 G G/B Am7 C D
Back in my room, I wonder, then I ...sit on the bed,
D4 D Cadd9 G/B G D
And look at the sky-------------,
D4 D Cadd9 G/B G D
Up in the sky-----------,
D4 D Cadd9 G/B G D
Clouds re - ar - ranged----------,
D4 D Cadd9 G/B G C
Like the talk of the town------------! | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
(G/F#) G C/G (G/F#) G C/G
Maybe to - morrow, maybe some day,
(G/F#) G C/G (G/F#) G C/G
Maybe to - morrow, maybe some day--------,
(G/F#) G Cadd9
You've changed, (You've changed!)
G Cadd9
...Your place in this world,
(G/F#) G Cadd9
You've changed, (You've changed!)
G
...Your place in this world!
Am7
e |---0--------------|-----------------|
B |---1--------------|-----------------|
G |---0--------------|-----------------|
D |---2--------------|-----------------|
A |---0--------------|-----------------|
E |------------------|-----------------|
A7sus2 Am7 B7
e |---0----0---3---3-3-3---|---x---2---|
B |---0---h1---1---1-1-1---|---x---0---|
G |---0----0---0---0-0-0---|---x---2---|
D |---2----2---2---2-2-2---|---x---1---|
A |---0----0---0---0-0-0---|---x---2---|
E |------------------------|-----------|
G G/B Am7
Oh, but it's hard to live by the rules,
C D D4 D
I never could, and still never do,
B7 G G/B
The rules, and such, never bothered you,
Am7 C D D4 D
You call the shots, and they fol - low!
B7 G G/B Am7
I watch you still ...from a distance then go...
C D D4 D Cadd9 G/B G D
Back to my room, you never know-----------------,
D4 D Cadd9 G/B G D
I want you-------------,
D4 D Cadd9 G/B G D
I want you, but now----------
D4 D Cadd9 G/B G C
...who's the talk of the town------------? | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
(G/F#) G C/G (G/F#) G C/G
Maybe to - morrow, maybe some day,
(G/F#) G C/G (G/F#) G C/G
Maybe to - morrow, maybe some day--------,
(G/F#) G Cadd9
You've changed, (You've changed!)
G Cadd9
...Your place in this world,
(G/F#) G Cadd9
You've changed, (You've changed!)
G
...Your place in this world!
Am7 A7sus2 Am7
e |---0-------------|-----------------|---0----0---3------||
B |---1-------------|-----------------|---0---h1---1------||
G |---0-------------|-----------------|---0----0---0------||
D |---2-------------|-----------------|---2----2---2------||
A |---0-------------|-----------------|---0----0---0------||
E |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
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