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)

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