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Jack the Lad – Pet Shop Boys
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Pet Shop Boys
Jack the Lad (1986)
(Chris Lowe/Neil Tennant)
B-side of “Suburbia”
Now on: "Alternative"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Em7 0-2-2-0-3-0
F#m/A x-0-4-2-2-2
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
Gmaj7/B x-2-0-0-0-2
Cmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0
G/D x-x-0-0-0-3
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INTRO
| Em7 | F#m/A | Em7 | F#m/A |
| Em7 | F#m/A | Em7 | F#m/A |
| Em7 | F#m/A | Em7 | F#m/A |
| Em7 | F#m/A | Em7 | F#m/A |
VERSE
Em7 F#m/A
Lawrence in the desert
Em7 F#m/A
How was he to know?
Em7 F#m/A
Under so much pressure
Em7 F#m/A
From the men back home
BRIDGE
G/B A
Play with fire you must be mad
Em F#m/A
Are you only Jack the lad?
G/B A
Play with guns you must be bad
Em F#m/A
Or hiding something, Jack
VERSE
Em7 F#m/A
Telling lies in public
Em7 F#m/A
Breaking codes at home
Em7 F#m/A
Underneath the blankets
Em7 F#m/A
For another role
BRIDGE
G/B A
Tell these lies you must be mad
Em F#m/A
Are you only Jack the lad?
G/B A
To feast with panthers every night
Em F#m/A
You must be careful, Jack
CHORUS
Gmaj7/B
Don't let them try to restrain you
A
This is your only religion
Gmaj7/B
Don't let them try to detain you
A
You're not the only fool
Em Em7 C
We all fall, even Jack the lad
Em Em7 C A [ Cmaj7 | % |
We all fall, even Jack the lad will fall
VERSE
Em7 F#m/A
Philby in the desert
Em7 F#m/A
Looking for a phone
Em7 F#m/A
Waiting on the pavement
Em7 F#m/A
For a call from home
BRIDGE
G/B A
Play with fire you must be mad
Em F#m/A
Are you only Jack the lad?
G/B A
Turn your back on friends you had
Em F#m/A
They must have hurt you, Jack
CHORUS
Gmaj7/B
Don't let them try to restrain you
A
This is your only religion
Gmaj7/B
Don't let them try to detain you
A
You're not the only fool
Em Em7 C
We all fall, even Jack the lad
Em Em7 C | A | % |
We all fall, even Jack the lad
CHORUS
Gmaj7/B
Don't let them try to restrain you
A
This is your only religion
Gmaj7/B
Don't let them try to detain you
A
You're not the only fool
Em Em7 C
We all fall, even Jack the lad
Em Em7 C A [ Cmaj7 | % | G/D
We all fall, even Jack the lad will fall
CODA
| Em7 | F#m/A | Em7 | F#m/A |
| Em7 | F#m/A | Em7 | F#m/A | Em7