Biography:
The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band that was founded in London in the late 70s. They came together in England's burgeoning punk scene of 1977 and initially consisted of Richard Butler (vocals), Tim Butler (bass guitar), Duncan Kilburn (saxophone), Paul Wilson (drums), and Roger Morris (guitars). By 1979, this line-up had expanded to a sextet due to the addition of John Ashton on guitar and Vince Ely replacing Wilson on drums.
The Furs initially used Martin Hannett as a producer
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Pretty in Pink Psychedelic Furs
Previous versions of the chords for this brilliant song have the verse as D C G A, which is fine
if you have a bass player to turn your G into Em7 for the first half of the measure by thumping out
the E bass and then walking up to the G, or to add in the C natural bass into the A for the second
half of the measure. I play unaccompanied, so I play the full chords with the bass notes. If you
have any doubt about them, check out the bass tabs, and listen to the original to hear those
changes: the C natural is especially satisfying: you can play an A major with a C bass, but for
unaccompanied guitar, I prefer a full C major, which is what I've written in here!
Verse notes:
Counting individual beats, the verse changes go:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D C
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Em7 Em7/F# G A C
The Em chords sound best if it's only the bass playing E, so I use:
Em7 0-2-0-0-0-3
Chorus notes:
On the chorus, I also play the solo together with the rhythm guitar, so the chords I've written
reflect the added F# E and G notes. Counting individual beats, the changes go 1 2 3, 1 2 3, 1 2, so:
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2
GaddF# GaddE GaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Chorus chords are:
EaddF# x-x-2-1-0-2
E x-x-2-1-0-0
EaddF# x-x-2-1-0-2
F#addG x-x-4-3-2-3
F# x-x-4-3-2-2
F#addE x-x-4-3-2-0
GaddF# x-x-5-0-0-2
GaddE x-x-5-0-0-0
GaddF# x-x-5-0-0-2
For the F# chords, reach your little finger over for the 4th fret on D string(barre the E and B
strings))I only hit all four strings (including the high E string) on the first beat of the change
of chord, and strum the other three strings throughout, so there's a nice separation of the riff
from the rhythm.
Intro notes:
I don't get the B bass into the intro/main riff, but the chord shapes I use work nicely, and are
as follows (in sequence):
D5 x-x-0-2-3-5
E5 x-x-x-4-5-7
D5 x-x-x-2-3-5
G 3-2-0-0-0-3
A x-0-2-2-2-0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D5 D5 D5 E5 D5 G
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A D5 (repeat)
D C
Caroline laughs and it's raining all day
Em7 Em7/F# G A C
She loves to be one of the girls
D C
She lives in the place in the side of our lives
Em7 Em7/F# G A C
Where nothing is ever put straight
D C
She turns herself round and she smiles and she says
Em7 Em7/F# G A C
"This is it that's the end of the joke"
D C
And loses herself in her dreaming and sleep
Em7 Em7/F# G A
And her lovers walk through in their coats. She's
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Pretty in pink.
GaddF# GaddE GaddF#F# F#addG F# F#addE
Isn't she--ee
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Pretty in pink?
GaddF# GaddE GaddF#F# F#addG F# F#addE
Isn't she?
D C
All of her lovers all talk of her notes
Em7 Em7/F# G A C
And the flowers that they never sent
D C Em7 Em7/F# G
And wasn't she ee--ea--sy
A C D
And isn't she pretty in pink
C Em7 Em7/F#
The one who insists he was first in the line
G A C D
Is the last to remember her name
C Em7 Em7/F#
He's walking around in this dress that she wore
G A
She is gone but the joke's the same
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Pretty in pink.
GaddF# GaddE GaddF#F# F#addG F# F#addE
Isn't she--ee
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Pretty in pink?
GaddF# GaddE GaddF#F# F#addG F# F#addE
Isn't she?
Interlude and solo: D D G A (repeatedly)
D C
Caroline talks to you softly sometimes
Em7 Em7/F# G A C
She says, "I love you, and too much."
D C
She doesn't have anything you want to steal
Em7 Em7/F# G A C D
Well, nothing you can touch.
C Em7 Em7/F# G A C
She waves... she buttons your shirt.
D C
The traffic is waiting outside
Em7
She hands you this coat
Em7/F# G A
She gives you her clothes, these cars collide
Chorus x 2
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Pretty in pink.
GaddF# GaddE GaddF#F# F#addG F# F#addE
Isn't she--ee
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Pretty in pink?
GaddF# GaddE GaddF#F# F#addG F# F#addE
Isn't she?
D D G A (repeat)
Previous versions of the chords for this brilliant song have the verse as D C G A, which is fine
if you have a bass player to turn your G into Em7 for the first half of the measure by thumping out
the E bass and then walking up to the G, or to add in the C natural bass into the A for the second
half of the measure. I play unaccompanied, so I play the full chords with the bass notes. If you
have any doubt about them, check out the bass tabs, and listen to the original to hear those
changes: the C natural is especially satisfying: you can play an A major with a C bass, but for
unaccompanied guitar, I prefer a full C major, which is what I've written in here!
Verse notes:
Counting individual beats, the verse changes go:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D C
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Em7 Em7/F# G A C
The Em chords sound best if it's only the bass playing E, so I use:
Em7 0-2-0-0-0-3
Chorus notes:
On the chorus, I also play the solo together with the rhythm guitar, so the chords I've written
reflect the added F# E and G notes. Counting individual beats, the changes go 1 2 3, 1 2 3, 1 2, so:
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2
GaddF# GaddE GaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Chorus chords are:
EaddF# x-x-2-1-0-2
E x-x-2-1-0-0
EaddF# x-x-2-1-0-2
F#addG x-x-4-3-2-3
F# x-x-4-3-2-2
F#addE x-x-4-3-2-0
GaddF# x-x-5-0-0-2
GaddE x-x-5-0-0-0
GaddF# x-x-5-0-0-2
For the F# chords, reach your little finger over for the 4th fret on D string(barre the E and B
strings))I only hit all four strings (including the high E string) on the first beat of the change
of chord, and strum the other three strings throughout, so there's a nice separation of the riff
from the rhythm.
Intro notes:
I don't get the B bass into the intro/main riff, but the chord shapes I use work nicely, and are
as follows (in sequence):
D5 x-x-0-2-3-5
E5 x-x-x-4-5-7
D5 x-x-x-2-3-5
G 3-2-0-0-0-3
A x-0-2-2-2-0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D5 D5 D5 E5 D5 G
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A D5 (repeat)
D C
Caroline laughs and it's raining all day
Em7 Em7/F# G A C
She loves to be one of the girls
D C
She lives in the place in the side of our lives
Em7 Em7/F# G A C
Where nothing is ever put straight
D C
She turns herself round and she smiles and she says
Em7 Em7/F# G A C
"This is it that's the end of the joke"
D C
And loses herself in her dreaming and sleep
Em7 Em7/F# G A
And her lovers walk through in their coats. She's
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Pretty in pink.
GaddF# GaddE GaddF#F# F#addG F# F#addE
Isn't she--ee
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Pretty in pink?
GaddF# GaddE GaddF#F# F#addG F# F#addE
Isn't she?
D C
All of her lovers all talk of her notes
Em7 Em7/F# G A C
And the flowers that they never sent
D C Em7 Em7/F# G
And wasn't she ee--ea--sy
A C D
And isn't she pretty in pink
C Em7 Em7/F#
The one who insists he was first in the line
G A C D
Is the last to remember her name
C Em7 Em7/F#
He's walking around in this dress that she wore
G A
She is gone but the joke's the same
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Pretty in pink.
GaddF# GaddE GaddF#F# F#addG F# F#addE
Isn't she--ee
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Pretty in pink?
GaddF# GaddE GaddF#F# F#addG F# F#addE
Isn't she?
Interlude and solo: D D G A (repeatedly)
D C
Caroline talks to you softly sometimes
Em7 Em7/F# G A C
She says, "I love you, and too much."
D C
She doesn't have anything you want to steal
Em7 Em7/F# G A C D
Well, nothing you can touch.
C Em7 Em7/F# G A C
She waves... she buttons your shirt.
D C
The traffic is waiting outside
Em7
She hands you this coat
Em7/F# G A
She gives you her clothes, these cars collide
Chorus x 2
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Pretty in pink.
GaddF# GaddE GaddF#F# F#addG F# F#addE
Isn't she--ee
EaddF# E EaddF# F#addG F# F#addE
Pretty in pink?
GaddF# GaddE GaddF#F# F#addG F# F#addE
Isn't she?
D D G A (repeat)
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