Cigarette Girls
View chords used in this chart
Written here as though played in D at the nut. On the album its in G,
play it as its written here but with a capo at 5th fret.
[intro]:
D D5 D D5 D Em7 Em7+10 Em7 D
e --2-5-5--5-5-5--2---2-5-5--5-5-5-2-------3-3-3-3-3-0------||-
B --3-3-3--3-3-3--3---3-3-3--3-3-3-3---(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3--3---||-
G --2-2-2--2-2-2--2---2-2-2--2-2-2-2----0--0-0-0-0-0----2--.||-
D --0-----------------0-----------------2---------------0--.||-
A --------------------------------------2-------------------||-
E --------------------------------------0-------------------||-
D D5 D D5
one too many dockside kisses
Em7 Em
too few ships coming in
D D5 D D5
make a threat into a promise
Em7 Em
make her start where you begin
[chorus] :
C^ Cmaj7v C Cmaj7v D D5 Em7
how you love how you love to watch them burn
how you love how you love to watch them burn
D D5 Em7
cigarette girls
forgotten faces lipstick traces
who needs friends when you've got eyes
broken homes from crooked houses
crocodile tears and alligator smiles
[chorus]
[bridge]:
C G D Dsus D Dsus
I've been watching I've been seeing how's it done
C G Am
it's an ugly ugly world where everybody loves a cigarette girl
[break- pick around verse chords]
it breaks my heart to hear them talking
they say I hope I live before I get old
all that sadness all of it man-made
all that glitter that isn't gold
[chorus]
EADGBe
xx0232 - D
xx0235 - D5
xx0233 - Dsus
022000 - Em
022030 - Em7
022033 - Em7+10 (ok its just another Em7)
x32010 - C^ (heavy on the hi strings)
x32000 - Cmaj7v (heavy on the bass strings)
Any improvements etc. welcome.
Nic
Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk
How to play Cigarette Girls
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is D. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.