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