#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Talk Of The Town Original Album: - (single) Other Album: Pretenders II Pretenders Greatest Hits Live In London Words and Music by Chrissie Hynde Copyright © 1980 Sire Records Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) NOTES: This transcription is from the original 1980 mono single. You can find other "remastered" versions on the above albums. Key to tab ---------- / - slide up x -muted note INTRO: Chords: G5 3x003x C xx2013 G5 C |----|--------------------------------|-------------3-------------------| |----|--------------------------------|---------1-----------1-----------| |----|---------0----------------------|-----0-------------------0-------| |----|-----0-----------------------0--/-2-------------------------------| |----|--------------------------------|---------------------------------| |--2-/-3------------------------------|-----------------------------2---/ | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | G5 C |--------------------------------|-------------3-------------------| |--------------------------------|---------1-----------1-----------| |---------0----------------------|-----0-------------------0-------| |-----0-----------------------0--/-2-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------------------------| /-3------------------------------|-----------------------------2---/ | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | G5 C |--------------------------------|-------------3-------------------| |--------------------------------|---------1-----------1-----------| |---------0----------------------|-----0-------------------0-------| |-----0-----------------------0--/-2-------------------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------------------------| /-3------------------------------|-----------------------------2---/ | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | G5 G C |--------------------------------|-------------3-------------------| |--------------------------------|-0---1-------1-------------------| |---------0----------------------|-0---0---------------------------| |-----0--------------------------|-0---2---------------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------------------------| /-3------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | VERSE1: G C B7 |-------------3-------3---3---3--|---------2________---------------| |-0---1-------1-------1---1---1--|-0-------0________---------------| |-0---0-------0-------0---0---0--|-2-------2________---------------| |-0---2--------------------------|-1-------1________---------------| |--------------------------------|-x-------x-----------------------| |--------------------------------|-2-------2________---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1. Such a... VERSE1: Chords: Em7 022033 G* xx000x Am x02210 B7 2x2102 D xx0232 Am7 x02013 Dsus2 xx0230 | Em7 | Am7 Such a drag to want something sometime, G* | D Dsus2 D G* | B7 One thing leads to an - other, I know, | Em7 | Am7 G* | D Dsus2 D G* | B7 Was a time I wanted you for mine, nobody knew_____________ | Em7 | Am7 You arrived like a day, passed like a cloud, | D Dsus2 I made a wish, I said it out... Notes: The electric guitars play the following for the last part of the verse. If you're a solo acoustic, just play chords. If there are two acoustics, one can pick chords, the other might play the EG2 part. Chords: C x32010 D5 xx023x G/B x20003 Csus2 x3x03x Am7 x02013 Cadd9 x3203x Electric guitar2: |-10------10------10------10-----|-10------10------10------10-----| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-7-------7-------7-------7------|-7-------7-------7-------7------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | | Electric guitar1: | | C G/B Am7 | D5 Csus2 G/B | |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|---------3-------3--------------| |---------0-----------0-------0--|-----2---------------0-------0--| |-----2-----------0--------------|-0------------------------------| |-3-----------2-----------0------|-------------3-----------2------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| | C G/B Am7 | D5 Csus2 G/B | loud_______________________, out loud in a | C G/B Am7 | D5 Csus2 G/B | crowd______________________, Everybody | C G/B Am7 | D5 Csus2 G/B | heard______________________, 'Twas the talk of the Electric guitar1: Cadd9 G C |---------------------------------|-------------3-------3---3---3---| |-3-------------------------------|-0---1-------1-------1---1---1---| |-0-------------------------------|-0---0-------0-------0---0---0---| |-2-------------------------------|-0---2---------------------------| |-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | Cadd9 town_______________________________ B7 |-0-------2________---------------| |-0-------0________---------------| |-2-------2________---------------| |-1-------1________---------------| |-x-------x-----------------------| |-2-------2________---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | VERSE2: Chords: Em7 022033 G* xx000x C x32013 Am x02210 B7 2x2102 G/B x20003 D xx0232 Am7 x02013 Csus2 x3x03x Dsus2 xx0230 G5 3x0033 D5 xx023x | Em7 | Am It's not my place to know what you feel, | D Dsus2 D | B7 I'd like to know, but why should I? | Em7 | Am7 Who were you then, who are you now? | D Dsus2 D G5 | B7 Common labourer by night, by day highbrow | Em7 | Am7 | G* D Dsus2 Back in my room, I wonder, then I sit on the bed, look at the... Notes: The electric guitars play the following for the last part of the verse. If you're a solo acoustic, just play chords. If there are two acoustics, one can pick chords, the other might play the EG2 part. Chords: C x32010 D5 xx023x G/B x20003 Csus2 x3x03x Am7 x02013 Cadd9 x3203x Electric guitar2: |-10------10------10------10-----|-10------10------10------10-----| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-7-------7-------7-------7------|-7-------7-------7-------7------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | | Electric guitar1: | | C G/B Am7 | D5 Csus2 G/B | |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|---------3-------3--------------| |---------0-----------0-------0--|-----2---------------0-------0--| |-----2-----------0--------------|-0------------------------------| |-3-----------2-----------0------|-------------3-----------2------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| C G/B Am7 | D5 Csus2 G/B sky________________________, Up in the C G/B Am7 | D5 Csus2 G/B sky________________________, clouds rea- C G/B Am7 | D5 Csus2 G/B -rranged, like the talk of the... Electric guitar2: |-10------10------10------10------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-7-------7-------7-------7-------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | Electric guitar1: | | C G/B Am7 C | |---------------------------------|-----0---0---0---0---0---0-------| |---------------------------------|-----1---1---1---1---1---1-------| |---------0-----------0-------0---|-----0---0---0---0---0---0-------| |-----2-----------0---------------|-----2---2---2---2---2---2-------| |-3-----------2-----------0-------|-----3---3---3---3---3---3-------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------2---| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | C G/B Am7 C town_________________________ CHORUS: Chords: G5 320033 C x32013 | G5 | C | G | C Maybe tomorrow, maybe some day, | G5 | C | G | C Maybe tomorrow, maybe some day, | G5 | C | G | C You've changed, your place in this world, | G5 | C | G You've changed, your place in this world! Am7 |-3____________________________-----------------------------------| |-1____________________________-----------------------------------| |-0____________________________-----------------------------------| |-2____________________________-----------------------------------| |-0____________________________-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| G C B7 |-------------3-------3---3---3--|---------2________---------------| |-0---1-------1-------1---1---1--|-0-------0________---------------| |-0---0-------0-------0---0---0--|-2-------2________---------------| |-0---2--------------------------|-1-------1________---------------| |--------------------------------|-x-------x-----------------------| |--------------------------------|-2-------2________---------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | VERSE3: Notes: Play as for previous verses. Chords: Em7 022033 G* xx000x C x32013 Am x02210 B7 2x2102 G/B x20003 D xx0232 Am7 x02013 Csus2 x3x03x Dsus2 xx0230 G5 3x0033 D5 xx023x | Em7 | Am Oh, but it's hard to live by the rules, G*| D Dsus2 D | B7 I never could and still never do, | Em7 | Am7 The rules, and such never bothered you, | D Dsus4 D | B7 You call the shots, and they follow | Em7 | Am7 I watch you still from a distance then go | D | C G/B Am7 | D5 Csus2 G/B | C G/B Am7 Back to my room, you never know________, I want you_________, | D5 Csus2 G/B | C G/B Am7 | D5 I want you, but now_________, D Who's the talk of the... Electric guitar2: |-10------10------10------10-----|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-7-------7-------7-------7------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | | Electric guitar1: | |--------------------------------|-----0---0---0---0---0---0------| |--------------------------------|-----1---1---1---1---1---1------| |---------0-----------0-------0--|-----0---0---0---0---0---0------| |-----2-----------0--------------|-----2---2---2---2---2---2------| |-3-----------2-----------0------|-----3---3---3---3---3---3------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| | C G/B Am7 | C | town________________________ [repeat CHORUS] ENDING: Am7 |-3____________________________-----------------------------------| |-1____________________________-----------------------------------| |-0____________________________-----------------------------------| |-2____________________________-----------------------------------| |-0____________________________-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| G C |-------------3_____________________________________________-------| |-0---1-------1_____________________________________________-------| |-0---0-------0_____________________________________________-------| |-0---2--------------------------|---------------------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------------------------| |--------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |