Mother of Pearl

Riff:
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Verse 1:
E5           D5          E5
    Turn the lights down,
            (Way down      ...low!)

E5           D5       E5
    Turn up the music,
               (Hi as Fi can go!)

        D5           E5
All the gang's here,
       (Everyone you know!)
B5                                  A5
                             It's a crazy scene,
   (Hey, there! Just look over your shoulder!)

           E5             D5
Oo - hoo!      ...Get the picture?
E5                    B5         A5
     No, no,          yes----!
    (No, no, no---!)

Verse 2:
E5          D5           E5
    Walk a tight-rope,
     (Your tight side - line!)

E5               D5           E5
          Such a bright hope,
  (Right  place, right     ...time!)

E5              D5        E5
    What's your number?
               (Never you  ...mind!)
E5
     Take a powder!
(But hang on a minute!)

        B5
(What's that coming 'round the corner?)
                     A5         E5            D5
(Woo - oo -oo - oo!) Woo - hoo!    Have you a future?

E5                    B5      A5
     No, no,          yes---!
             (No, no, no--------!)

Solo:
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Piano bridge:
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Verse 3:
                D
Well, I've been up all night again,
A                      E
Party-time wasting is  ...too much fun,
        D                     A     Asus4        A
Then I step back thinking of life's inner mean - ing,
        E
And my    ...latest fling,
         D               A
It's the same old story, all love and glory,
       E
It's a pantomime,
           D                    A
If you're looking for love in a looking-glass world,
             E
It's pretty   ...hard to find

Verse 4:
    D
Oh, mother of pearl,
A                            E
I wouldn't trade you for a - nother girl,
     D                       A
Di - vine intervention, al - ways my intention,
       E
So I    ...take my time,
          D                     A
I've been looking for something I've always wanted,
        E                       D
But was never mine but now I've seen that something,
     A                           E
Just out of reach, glowing, very  ...Holy Grail

Verse 5:
    D                A                  E
Oh, mother of pearl, lustrous lady of a sacred world,
      D                     A
Thus, even Zarathustra, a - nother time-loser,
           E
Could be - lieve in you,
           D
With every goddess a let down,
      A                      E
Every idol a bring down, it  ...gets you down,
        D
But the search for perfection,
     A                     E
Your own predilection goes on, and on, and on, and on

Verse 6:
      D
Can - adian Club love,
  A                             E
A place in the country, every - one's ideal,
            D
But you are my favourita,
      A
And a place in your heart, dear,
          E
Makes me   ...feel more ...real

Verse 7:
    D
Oh, mother of pearl,
A                             E
I wouldn't change you for the  ...whole world,
       D
You're highbrow holy,
     A                        E
With lots of soul, melancholy  ...shimmering,
      D                     A
Ser - pentine sleekness was always my weakness,
        E                    D
Like a  ...simple tune,  but no dilettante...
A                         E
Filigree fancy beats the  ...plastic you

Verse 8:
     D                     A
Ca - reer-girl cover, ex - posed,
                        E
And another slips right into view,
    D                     A
Oh, looking for love in a looking-glass world,
          E                     D
Is pretty ...hard for you,  few throw - away kisses,
    A                       E
The boomerang misses, spin  ...'round, and around,
        D
Fall on feather bed quilted,
A                               E
Faced with silk softly stuffed   ...eiderdown,
     D
Take refuge in pleasure,
     A                                E
Just give me your future, we'll for - get your past

Verse 9:
    D
Oh, mother of pearl,
A                     E
Submarine lover in a  ...shrinking world,
    D
Oh, lonely dreamer,
     A                         E
Your choker provokes a picture ...cameo,
    D
Oh, mother of pearl,
     A                        E
So - so semi-precious in your ...detached world,
    D
Oh, mother of pearl,
A                            E
I wouldn't trade you for a - nother girl

Outro:
    D
Oh, mother of pearl,
A                            E
I wouldn't trade you for a - nother girl,
    D
Oh, mother of pearl,
A                            E
I wouldn't trade you for a - nother girl,
    D
Oh, mother of pearl,
(nc)
I wouldn't trade you for another girl
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