Pretty (Ugly Before) Acoustic
Elliott SmithVersion1
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Pretty Mary K walks along the dock
with some sailor's pay shoved down in her sock.
Pretty Mary K, with some little boy in blue
Who can't stay away from you.
Pretty Mary K took him back to town.
I'm down here by the bay,
where the water pounds.
Up against the wall, crying black and blue
Keeps me away from you.
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Pretty words that you whisper, (riff)
Maybe I misunderstood.
Somebody's not paying attention when they promised and their word
Isn't good.
Oh, Mary K, I can see your face.
Down there in the waves, painted and erased.
But I know it's just
a reflection of the moon,
A big fake resembling you.
(riff) (riff)
Gonna go down in the water, fill my mouth up full of sand.
(riff)
I'll be waiting still impatient with my dead imagination
while you're with some other man.
Pretty Mary K, off in somebody's room.
I'm down here by the bay
with my arm around the moon.
But I'll be with you soon,
just as soon as I've paid.
I walk across the water with Pretty Mary K.
Walk on the water with Pretty Mary K.
(Thanks for this song, Elliott.)
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Readable chord sheet for Pretty (Ugly Before) Acoustic by Elliott Smith
Pr[Bm]etty Mary[A] K w[G]alks along the d[D]ock wi[Bm]th some sailor's [A]pay s[G]hoved down in her s[D]ock. Pr[D]etty Mar[F#m]y K, wi[C]th some little boy in [G]blue [D] W[D]ho can't s[G]tay [Bm]away [A]from y[D]ou. P[Bm]retty Mary[A] K t[G]ook him back to t[D]own. I[Bm]'m down here by the b[A]ay, [G] where the water p[D]ounds. [D]Up against the w[F#m]all, c[C]rying black and [G]blue[D] K[D]eeps [G]me [Bm]away [A]from y[D]ou. (riff: -----------------| -----------------| -----------------| -----------------| -0--1--2---------| -----------------| P[Bm]retty w[Bb]ords that you wh[D]isper, (riff) M[Bm]aybe [Bb]I misunde[D]rstood. [Bm] [Bb] [D] [C] Somebody'[G]s not paying attention when they promised and their word Isn't g[Gm]ood. Oh[Bm], Mary [A]K, I[G] can see your f[D]ace. D[Bm]own there in the w[A]aves, pa[G]inted and er[D]ased. B[D]ut I know it's j[F#m]ust [C]a reflection of the [G]moon[D], [D]A big [G]fake [Bm]resembli[A]ng y[D]ou. (riff) (riff) [Bm] [Bb] [D] [Bm] [Bb] Gonna go [D]down in the water, fill my mouth up full of sand. (riff) I[Bm]'ll be [Bb]waiting still [D]impatient with my d[C]ead imagin[G]ation wh[G]ile you're with some other m[Gm]an. P[Bm]retty Mary[A] K, o[G]ff in somebody's ro[D]om. [Bm]I'm down here by the b[A]ay w[G]ith my arm around the m[D]oon. [D]But I'll be with you [F#m]soon, [C]just as soon as I've p[G]aid. [D]I walk across the w[G]ater with [F#m]Pretty [A]Mary [D]K. W[D]alk on the w[G]ater with P[Bm]retty[A] Mary[D] K. (Thanks for this song, Elliott.)