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Paint Pastel Princess

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Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

0:00

eb|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
Bb|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
Gb|-----------------2---2-------|
Db|-0-----0---0-----------------|
Ab|-----------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------|
|-----2---3---5---3-----3-----|
|---3---------------------3---|
|---------------------2-----2-|
|-0-----0---0---0---0---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-------|
|-0-----0---0-----------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----2---3---5---------3---------------3---------------3-------------3-------|
|---3---------------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3-------3-----3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2---2---2-----2---|
|-0-----0---0---0---------------0---------------0-------------0---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

0:19

D F E

|--2----|--------|
|--3----|--6--5--|
|--2----|--5--4--|
|--0----|--3--2--|
|--0----|--3--2--|
|--0----|--3--2--|

It's only self rejection

With a mean left

D D- F E F F E

|--2--2--|--------------2--|
|--3--3--|--6--5--6--8--3--|
|--2--1--|--5--4--5--7--2--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|

Cold carbon copied coping

And it's mean theft

That's been left behind

[0:41] Acoustic guitar (doubled by an electric playing the first notes)

B C# D A F# B C# D C# D C#

|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7-------|--4--6--7--6--7--6--|
|---------7--4--|--------------------|
|-2--4--5-------|--2--4--5--4--5--4--|
|---------7--4--|--------------------|

Paint pastel princess

Bo and arapax

B C# D A F# A B C# D B C# D

|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|

The shelves when they're broken

I'll beg you, beg you

1:04

|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-------|
|-0-----0---0-----------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----2---3---5---3-----3-----|
|---3---------------------3---|
|---------------------2-----2-|
|-0-----0---0---0---0---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

1:10

D D- F E

|--2--2--|--------|
|--3--3--|--6--5--|
|--2--1--|--5--4--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--|

Waste life when youth is sweeter, neater

Content with contents

D D- F E F F E

|--2--2--|--------------2--|
|--3--3--|--6--5--6--8--3--|
|--2--1--|--5--4--5--7--2--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|
|--0--0--|--3--2--3--5--0--|

Cultures cringing at accents

And it's too tense, camp out

1:33

B C# D A F# A B C# D B C# D

|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|

She tastes the candy

Sugarless, cancerous

B C# D A F# A B C# D B C# D

|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|

Crave cocaine cop shows

I'll beg you, beg you

1:55

||----2--2-3--3-5--5-5-5--|--5--5-3--3--0----|| x4
||----3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3--|--3--3-3--3--2----||
||-o--2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|--2--2-2--2--2--o-||
||-o--0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0--0--2--o-||
||------------------------|------------------||
||------------------------|------------------||

But it's all the same to me (x4)

2:18

|-4--4-2-4--4-2-4-5-|-4--4-2-4--4-2-4-2-|
|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-4--4-2-4--4-2-4-5-|-4--4-2-4------------|
|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3------------|
|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2------------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-0-|
|-------------------|-----------3-5-7-7-0-|
|-------------------|-----------3-5-7-7-0-|

2:29

F G A D x4 F G A F D

||------------------||-----------|
||------------------||-----------|
||-o--------------o-||-----------|
||-o--3-5-7-7-0---o-||-3-5-7-3-0-|
||----3-5-7-7-0-----||-3-5-7-3-0-|
||----3-5-7-7-0-----||-3-5-7-3-0-|

D F G A D x3 D F G A

||---------------------------------||-------------------------|
||---------------------------------||-------------------------|
||-o-----------------------------o-||-------------------------|
||-o--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-0--o-||-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-|
||----0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-0----||-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-|
||----0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-0----||-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-5-7-7-|

***** *** ***** *** *:palm mute

3:05

|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-------|
|-0-----0---0-----------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----2---3---5---3-----3-----|
|---3---------------------3---|
|---------------------2-----2-|
|-0-----0---0---0---0---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----2---3---5-----------5---|
|---3-----------3---3---3---3-|
|-----------------2---2-------|
|-0-----0---0-----------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----2---3---5---3-----3-----|
|---3---------------------3---|
|---------------------2-----2-|
|-0-----0---0---0---0---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

3:16

|-2--2-3--3-5-----|-2--2-3--3-5--3-3-3-|
|-3--3-3--3-3-----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-|
|-2--2-2--2-2-7-7-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-|
|-0--0-0--0-0-7-7-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|-------------5-5-|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2--2-3--3-5-----|-2--2-3--3-5--3-3-3-|
|-3--3-3--3-3-----|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-|
|-2--2-2--2-2-7-7-|-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-|
|-0--0-0--0-0-7-7-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|-------------5-5-|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|

3:28

||----2--2-3--3-5--5-5-5--|--5--5-3--3--0----|| x4
||----3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3--|--3--3-3--3--2----||
||-o--2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|--2--2-2--2--2--o-||
||-o--0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|--0--0-0--0--2--o-||
||------------------------|------------------||
||------------------------|------------------||

But it's all the same to me (x4)

3:57

B C# D A F# A B C# D B C# D

|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|

Paint pastel princess

Bo and arapax

B C# D A F# A B C# D B C# D

|-----------------|--------------------|---|
|-----------------|--------------------|---|
|-4--6--7---------|--4--6--7--4--6--7--|-4-|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|---|
|-2--4--5---------|--2--4--5--2--4--5--|-2-|
|---------7--4--7-|--------------------|---|

The shelves when they're broken

I'll beg you, beg you

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