Pretend To Be Nice by Josie And The Pussycats “Pretend To Be Nice” by Josie and the Pussycats Tabbed and arranged by Alex Nennig (al27@treesprocket.com) (Verses are distorted, played with staccato chopping) C Well he looks at me with those Innocent eyes, Am And says it looks like you're wearing some kind of disguise, E Because your hair sticks up and your shoes are untied, A# F A# F And I hope you got that shirt at half price, C And every word I say falls flat on the floor, Am I try to tell a joke but he's heard it before, E And I don't think I can take it no more, A# F A# F Cause he's driving me right out of my front door, C G E F Why do you do what you do to me baby, C G E F Shaking my confidence, driving me crazy, C G E F You know if I could I'd do anything for you, G Please don't ignore me cause you know I adore you, (clean) C G F Can't you just pretend to be nice, C G F Can you at least pretend to be nice, C G F If you could just pretend to be nice, (distorted) G Everything in my life would be alright, C G E F Oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh C G E F Oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh C wee oooh C And I try so hard just to figure him out, Am But he won't tell me what he's thinking about, E And then he falls asleep on the living room couch, A# F A# F With his sunglasses on and his tongue hanging out, C And then he disappears for a week at a time, Am And then he shows up just like everything's fine, E And I don't get what goes on in his mind, A# F A# F But I'm tired of hearing the same stupid line, C G E F Why do you do what you do to me baby, C G E F Shaking my confidence, driving me crazy, C G E F You know if I could I'd do anything for you, G Please don't ignore me cause you know I adore you, (clean) C G F Can't you just pretend to be nice, C G F Can you at least pretend to be nice, C G F If you could just pretend to be nice, (distorted) G Everything in my life would be alright, C G E F Oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh C G E F Oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh C wee oooh (For the solo, the backing chords are the same as the verse chords only they are all moved up two frets. So they‘re: D-Bm-F#-C-G-C-G) (solo, at least how I play it) -|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|- -|-7-7-----7-8-7-----------7-7-----7-8-7-----------7-7-----7-8-7------------|- -|-----7-9-------9-7-----7-----7-9-------9-7-----7-----7-9-------9-9-7------|- -|-------------------7h9---------------------7h9----------------------------|- -|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|- -|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|- -|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|- -|------------8p7-----------------------------------------------------------|- -|-9-9--7-7-7-----9-7-------7-----------------------------------------------|- -|--------------------7-7h9-------------------------------------------------|- -|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|- -|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|- D A F# G Why do you do what you do to me baby, D A F# G Shaking my confidence, driving me crazy, D A F# G You know if I could I'd do anything for you, A Don’t mean to bore you cause you know I adore you, (clean) D A G Can't you just pretend to be nice, D A G Can you at least pretend to be nice, D A G If you could just pretend to be nice, (distorted) A Everything in my life would be alright, D A F# G Oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh D A F# G Oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh wee oooh A wee oooh (Repeat until song fades) END www.TAB6.com