Biography:
The Northern Pikes began their career in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in early 1984. Over the next two years, the band recorded and released the independent EPs 'The Northern Pikes' and 'Scene In North America' with producer and pal Mitch Barnett. Both were recorded and mixed at Studio West in Saskatoon. Sharing a taste for jangly, tuneful songs mixing alternative rock with power pop and indie music, the original lineup was spawned from the ashes of three local groups
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She Ain`t Pretty ( She Just Looks That Way ) - The Northern Pikes
Tabbed by:johnnybebad
Email:[email protected]
Tuning: standard
[Intro]
A D A E A
E|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------------|----------3------|-2--3/5-5-5-5----------|
G|--2-2-----------------|--2----2--2------|-2--4/6-6-6-6--------2-|
D|--2-2---4p---5p---4p--|--2----2--0------|---------------2-2---2-|
A|--0-0---0----0----0---|--0----0---------|---------------2-2---0-|
E|----------------------|-----------------|---------------0-0-----|
fill A
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------2-----|
D|-------------2-----|
A|-------------0-----|
E|--3p---3p----------|
A D
I had two jobs I had dishwater hands
A E A + Fill
And on the weekend in a rock & roll band
A D
One Friday night in my hometown bar
A E A
In walked a girl who looked like a movie star
D E A
She stared at me and it was turning me on
D F# B
She said she worked in a beauty salon
A D
I heard a voice inside me say
A (E)
She ain't pretty she just looks that way
- intro once
A D
We made a date to go for a drink
A E A + fill
I wore my jeans and she wore a mink
A D
There was this misconception all over town
A E A
That she ate lonely guy heart by the pound
D E A
She said "Take me home there won't be no fuss"
D F# B
I said "Sure you got some change for the bus"
A D
Watching her leave, I heard the bartender say
A E A
"She ain't pretty she just looks that way"
D E A D F# B A D A E A
[Fill]
A
I called her up her father was home
Said "She's busy she can't come to the phone"
I held my breath, decided to wait
E A
A guy like me doesn't get many dates
D E A
I fell in love with a model from hell
D F# B
It took some time for my hormones to tell
A D
That chasing her has been a grave mistake
A E A
She ain't pretty she just looks that way
D E A
Her ego wrote cheques incredibly fast
D F# B
But her personality didn't have the cash
A D
I laughed out loud to my total dismay
A E A
She ain't pretty she just looks that way
A G
She ain't pretty
A G
She ain't pretty
F# D C G
A A A A
She ain't pretty she just looks that way
************************************
| / Slide up
| p Pull-off
************************************
Tabbed by:johnnybebad
Email:[email protected]
Tuning: standard
[Intro]
A D A E A
E|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------------|----------3------|-2--3/5-5-5-5----------|
G|--2-2-----------------|--2----2--2------|-2--4/6-6-6-6--------2-|
D|--2-2---4p---5p---4p--|--2----2--0------|---------------2-2---2-|
A|--0-0---0----0----0---|--0----0---------|---------------2-2---0-|
E|----------------------|-----------------|---------------0-0-----|
fill A
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------2-----|
D|-------------2-----|
A|-------------0-----|
E|--3p---3p----------|
A D
I had two jobs I had dishwater hands
A E A + Fill
And on the weekend in a rock & roll band
A D
One Friday night in my hometown bar
A E A
In walked a girl who looked like a movie star
D E A
She stared at me and it was turning me on
D F# B
She said she worked in a beauty salon
A D
I heard a voice inside me say
A (E)
She ain't pretty she just looks that way
- intro once
A D
We made a date to go for a drink
A E A + fill
I wore my jeans and she wore a mink
A D
There was this misconception all over town
A E A
That she ate lonely guy heart by the pound
D E A
She said "Take me home there won't be no fuss"
D F# B
I said "Sure you got some change for the bus"
A D
Watching her leave, I heard the bartender say
A E A
"She ain't pretty she just looks that way"
D E A D F# B A D A E A
[Fill]
A
I called her up her father was home
Said "She's busy she can't come to the phone"
I held my breath, decided to wait
E A
A guy like me doesn't get many dates
D E A
I fell in love with a model from hell
D F# B
It took some time for my hormones to tell
A D
That chasing her has been a grave mistake
A E A
She ain't pretty she just looks that way
D E A
Her ego wrote cheques incredibly fast
D F# B
But her personality didn't have the cash
A D
I laughed out loud to my total dismay
A E A
She ain't pretty she just looks that way
A G
She ain't pretty
A G
She ain't pretty
F# D C G
A A A A
She ain't pretty she just looks that way
************************************
| / Slide up
| p Pull-off
************************************
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