Sitting Pretty
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Intro
F Bb F Bb
F Bb F Bb
[Verso 1]
F Bb F Bb
My parents house is bigger than our two-room apartment
F Bb F Bb
But we made one of those a red room for your photographs
F Bb F Bb
And my mother said I could stay, long as I called you a phase
F Bb F Bb
I remember your face when I first told you that and you laughed
[Pré-Refrão]
Dm Bb
Crawling back to my gilded cage
Gm Ab Dm Bb C
Baby birds flying and Fido is stuck inside
[Refrão]
F Bb F Bb
You will move to different cities
F Bb F Bb
And I'll still be here sitting pretty
Interlude
F Bb F Bb
F Bb F Bb
[Verso 2]
F Bb
I wonder where your car was headed
F Bb
The day that you packed up and vanished
F Bb F Bb
Did you make it to sunset, or somewhere with similar views?
F Bb
And I dream about you in my childhood bedroom
F Bb
Haunted by husbands-to-be
F Bb
Don the makeup, the earrings, fit every wrong feeling
F Bb
In skirts that go better with you
[Pré-Refrão]
Dm Bb
This blue ribbons back on display
Gm Ab Dm Bb Bbm
Fidos a show dog and baby birds flying away
[Refrão]
F Bb F Bb
You will move to different cities
F Bb F Bb
And I'll still be here sitting pretty
F Bb F Bb
F Bb F Bb
Ooh ooh, ooh
[Ponte]
F Bbm F
You're setting a scene, Im setting his table
Bbm F
You're laughing in bars, Im feeding his friends
Bbm F
You're kissing her back, and I'm barely able
Bbm F
To love someone else without playing pretend
Bbm
Some piece of my heart ran out with you
F Bbm
An echo of what I once was
F Bbm
When Id choose to be somewhere (In photographs you left behind)
F Bbm
Choose to be someone (A smile that I dont recognize)
[Refrão]
F Bb F Bb
If Fidos a show dog and baby birds flying away
F Bb F Bb
Can ribbons still hold her if nothing shes wanted has stayed?
F Bb F Bb
And Fido has plenty, long as she stays in her cage
F Bb F Bb
But nothing is stopping the screaming inside her to change
Outro
F Bb F Bb
You will move to different cities
F Bb F Bb
And I'll still be here sitting pretty
How to play Sitting Pretty
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is F. 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.