Very
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys - Very Released 27 September 1993 Recorded 1992-1993 Genre synth-pop/dance-pop/techno Length 53:17 Label Parlophone Producers Pet Shop Boys/Stephen Hague/Brothers in Rhythm Writers All songs written by Neil Tenant/Chris Lowe (except "Go West") Track List 1. Can You Forgive Her? - 3:53 2. I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing - 3:03 3. Liberation - 4:05 4. A Different Point of View - 3:26 5. Dreaming of the Queen - 4:19 6. Yesterday When I Was Mad - 3:55 7. The Theatre - 5:10 8. One and One Make Five - 3:30 9. To Speak Is a Sin - 4:45 10. Young Offender - 4:50 11. One in a Million - 3:52 12. Go West - 8:22 (The song Go West ends at 5:07. After 2 minutes of silence begins the hidden track Postscript (I Believe in Ecstasy) sung by Chris Lowe.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Can You Forgive Her? - Pet Shop Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Tennant/Lowe From: “Very” (1993) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Chords] C#7 x-4-3-4-2-x A5 x-0-2-2-x-x C5 x-3-5-5-x-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [Verse] Another night with open eyes Too late to sleep to soon to rise You’re short of breath is it a heart attack? Hot and feverish you face the fact [Bridge] You’re in love And it feels like shame Because she’s gone and made a fool of you in public again You’re in love And it feels like pain Because you know there’s too much truth in ev’rything she claims [Chorus] So ask yourself now can you forgive her If she wants you to? Ask yourself can you even deliver What she demands of you [Verse] You drift into the strangest dreams Of youthful follies and changing teams Admit you’re wrong oh no! Not yet Then you wake up and remember that you can’t forget [Bridge] She’s made you Some kind of laughing stock Because you dance to disco and you don’t like rock She made fun Of you and even in bed Said she was gonna go and get herself a real man instead [Chorus] So ask yourself now can you forgive her If she begs you to? Ask yourself can you even deliver What she demands of you [Middle 8] Or do you want revenge But that’s childish so childish But that’s childish so childish [Verse] Remember when you were more easily led Behind the cricket pavilion and the bicycle shed Trembling as your dreams came true You looked right into those blue eyes and knew [Bridge] It was love And now you can’t pretend You’ve forgotten all the promises of that first friend It’s bad enough She knows how you feel But she’s not prepared to share you with a memory [Chorus] So ask yourself now can you forgive her If she begs you to? Ask yourself can you even deliver What she demands of you Ask yourself now can you forgive her If she begs you to? And ask yourself can you even dare What she demands of you [Coda] = Middle 8 Or do you want revenge But that’s childish so childish --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind Of Thing - Pet Shop Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Chris Lowe/Neil Tennant From: “Very” (1993) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS D/C# x-4-x-2-3-2 D/B x-2-x-2-3-2 D/A x-0-x-2-3-2 Bb6 x-1-3-3-3-3 G/A x-0-0-0-0-3 or x-0-5-4-3-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | / | / / | | | | / | / / | | | [Verse] Ask me why I’ll say it’s most unusual How can I even try to explain Why today I feel like dancing Singing like lovers sing When I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing [Verse] Ask me when I’ll say it started when I met you And ever since then I knew that the past couldn’t last For right now I think I’m running A race I know I’m gonna win And I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing [Middle 8] If people say I’m crazy I tell them that it’s true Let them watch with amazement Say it won’t last beyond breakfast It’s just a phase he’s going through Denigrate or speculate On what I’m going through Because it isn’t the sort of thing I’d normally do [Interlude] | | | | | | | | | | [Verse] Ask me what I’ll say I think it’s good for you Believe it or not I know where it’s all leading to I feel like taking all my clothes off Dancing to ’The Rite Of Spring’ And I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing [Coda] I wouldn’t normally do this kind of ... ... this kind of thing --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Liberation - Pet Shop Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe From: Very (1993) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo: 1st fret Play: A Key: Bb --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Chords] Amaj7 x-0-2-1-2-0 Dmaj9 x-x-0-2-2-0 Bm7-5 x-2-3-2-3-x F#m/E 0-4-4-2-x-x Dmaj7C# x-4-x-2-2-x C#m7-5 x-4-5-4-5-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | | | | -5 | | | | / | / | | | | / | / | | | [Verse] Take my hand I’ve changed my mind again Really I believed it true That all who fell in love were foolish [Verse] But I was wrong I’ve learned that lesson well All the way back home at midnight You were sleeping on my shoulder [Chorus] Take my hand Don’t think of obligations Now right now Your love is liberation [Verse] To free in me The trust I never dared I always thought the risk too great But suddenly I don’t hesitate so [Chorus] Take my hand Don’t think of complications Now right now Your love is liberation Liberation [Interlude] Ta la la la la Ta la la la la | | / | / | | | | / | / | | [Verse] The night the stars A light shone through the dark All the way back home at midnight You were sleeping on my shoulder [Chorus] Take my hand Don’t think of hesitation Now right now Your love is liberation Liberation [Interlude] Ta la la la la Ta la la la la Ta la la la la [Coda] Back home at midnight All the way back home at midnight (break) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. A Different Point of View - Pet Shop Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Tennant/Lowe From: “Very” (1993) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Special chords] Bbmaj7 x-1-3-2-3-1 Ebmaj7 x-x-1-3-3-3 G 3-x-0-0-3-3 Ab/Bb x-1-1-1-1-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | | | | | | Gsus4 | | | | | Gsus4 | | | [Verse] When I’m sitting so close to you There’s only one thing that I wanna do But I know what you’re likely to say That I’m going about it the wrong way [Verse] We can’t agree about anything Where to go or even where we’ve been And I know what you’re likely to do Say that I’ve never cared about you [Chorus] And all I wanted to say was that I love you But you tell me now you don’t believe it’s true F Gsus4 You got a different a different A different point of view You got a different Point of view [Verse] You don’t believe a single word I say If I’d say black was white you’d say it was grey But in spite of being treated this way I still dream of you all night and day [Chorus] And all I wanted to say was that I love you But you tell me now you don’t believe it’s true F Gsus4 You got a different a different A different point of view You got a different Gsus4 [ Ab/Bb ] Point of view [Middle 8] | / | | Just this once Just say yes Please [Verse] You’ve got a clever way of haunting me I’m never scared but you’re still daunting me Because I know what you’re likely to say And I know that you’ll get your own way [Chorus] And all I wanted to say was that I love you But you tell me now you don’t believe it’s true F Gsus4 You got a different a different A different point of view You got a different Point of view [Coda] F Gsus4 You got a different a different A different point of view You got a different Point of view --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Dreaming of the Queen - Pet Shop Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Tennant/Lowe From: Very (1993) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS Csus4 1-1-0-3-3-x Asus4 x-3-2-2-0-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo 1st fret [Intro] | Csus4 | C | Csus4 | C | [Verse] Am Asus4 Dreaming of the Queen Am Asus4 Visiting for tea You and her and I And Lady Di [Verse] Am Asus4 The Queen said: I’m aghast Am Asus4 Love never seems to last However hard you try And Di replied [Chorus] That there are no more lovers left alive No one has survived So there are no more lovers left alive And that’s why love has died Yes it’s true Look it’s happened to me and you [Interlude] | Csus4 | C | Csus4 | C | [Verse] Am Asus4 Then carriages arrived Am Asus4 We stood and said goodbye Diana dried her eyes And looked surprised [Verse] Am Asus4 For I was in the nude Am Asus4 The old Queen disapproved But people laughed and asked For autographs [Chorus] And there were no more lovers left alive No one has survived So there are no more lovers left alive And that’s why love has died Yes it’s true Look it’s happened to me and you [[Middle 8] | | % | | % | | | % | | | [Verse] part I woke up in a sweat Desolate [Chorus] For there were no more lovers left alive No one has survived So there are no more lovers left alive And that’s why love has died Yes it’s true Look it’s happened to me and you [Outro] | Csus4 | C | Csus4 | C | (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Yesterday When I Was Mad - Pet Shop Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Tennant/Lowe From: Very (1993) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo: 1st fret For original chords transpose +1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Chords] Bbdim7 x-1-2-0-2(0) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | | | | | | | | Bbdim7 | | | % | % | % | | | % | % | % | [Verse] ’Darling you were wonderful you really were quite good I enjoyed it though of course no one understood A word of what was going on they didn’t have a clue They couldn’t understand your sense of humour like I do’ [Bridge] You’re much too kind I smiled with murder on my mind [Chorus] Yesterday when I was mad G#m F#sus4 F# And quite prepared to give up everything Admitting I don’t believe G#m7 F#sus4 F# | % | % | In anyone’s sincerity and that’s what’s really got to me N.C. [Verse] ’You have a certain quality which really is unique Expressionless such irony although your voice is weak It doesn’t really matter ’cause the music is so loud Of course it’s all on tape but no one will find out’ [Bridge] You hated me too But not as much as I hated you [Chorus] Yesterday when I was mad G#m F#sus4 F# And quite prepared to give up everything Admitting I don’t believe G#m7 F#sus4 F# In anyone’s sincerity and that’s what’s really got to me [Middle 8] 6/8 time Then when I was lonely I thought again A Bbdim7 And changed my mind [Interlude] | | % | % | % | [Verse] Then we posed for pictures with the competition winners And argued about the hotel rooms and where to go for dinner [Bridge] And someone said: ’It’s fabulous you’re still around today You’ve both made such a little go a very long way’ [Chorus] Yesterday when I was mad G#m F#sus4 F# And quite prepared to give up everything Admitting I don’t believe G#m7 F#sus4 F# In anyone’s sincerity and that’s what’s really got to me Yesterday when I was mad G#m F#sus4 F# And quite prepared to give up everything Admitting I don’t believe G#m7 F#sus4 F# In anyone’s sincerity and that’s what’s really got to me [Coda] = Middle 8 in 4/4 time Then when I was lonely I thought again And changed my mind --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. The Theatre - Pet Shop Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Tennant/Lowe From: Very (1993) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo: 1st fret For original chords transpose +1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Chords] Dm/C x-3-x-2-3-1 A/C# x-4-2-2-2(0) Gmaj7 3-x-0-0-0-2 G6 3-x-0-0-0-0 [Intro] | | / | | | | | / | | | | | | / | | | N.C. [Verse] It’s another world here The streets are gleaming I was even dreaming That they’re paved with gold [Bridge] Seventeen at half past ten All the crowds are surging past An electric display [Verse] There’s another world here Below shop windows Upon the pavement Where you wave goodbye [Bridge] Boys and girls come too roost From Northern parts and Scottish towns Will we catch your eye? [Chorus] While you pretend not to notice All the years we’ve been here We’re the bums you step over As you leave the theatre N.C [Verse] It’s another world here Somebody is singing (Yeah) I was only wishing For a bit of cash [Bridge] From a patron of the arts Or at least the phantom of the opera Will I catch your eye? [Chorus] While you pretend not to notice All the years we’ve been here We’re the bums you step over As you leave the theatre [Interlude] | Dsus2 | % | % | % | | Dsus2 | % | % | % | [Verse] instrumental | | / | | | | | | | % | [Bridge] Pavarotti in the park Then you walked back up the Strand Did you catch my eye? [Chorus] And then pretend not to notice All the years we’ve been here We’re the bums you step over As you leave the theatre [Chorus] In the end you pretend Cause it’s so much easier We’re the bums you step over As you leave the theatre [Chorus] | | / | | | We’re the bums you step over As you leave the theatre [Outro] | Dsus2 | % | % | % | | Dsus2 | % | % | % | (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. One And One Make Five - Pet Shop Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Tennant/Lowe From: Very (1993) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Chords] C/D x-x-0-0-1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | | / | | | | | | | | | | | | [Verse] Have you heard the news? Everybody’s asking who Is that man you’ve been seen with And why I’m never out with you [Chorus] Please tell me that you love me Sort out this confusion Say our love is still alive For people must be jumping To the wrong conclusion But one and one make five [Verse] What I need right now Is to hear you say they got it wrong That he’s just a new friend A perfectly innocent one [Chorus] Please tell me that you love me Sort out this confusion Say our love is still alive For people must be jumping To the wrong conclusion But one and one make five People are assuming ’Cause it’s so confusing But one and one make five [Middle 8] If one and one make two (make two) (Here we go here we go here we go here we go) Don’t need to worry about you (Here we go here we go here we go here we go) If you hear gossip and rumor thrive (Here we go here we go here we go here we go) One and one add up to three four or five (Here we go here we go here we go here we go) (Interlude] | | | | | (One and one make five) [Verse] Let’s stay in tonight Maybe disconnect the phone The correct arithmetic Just two of us at home [Chorus] Please tell me that you love me Sort out this confusion Say our love is still alive For people must be jumping To the wrong conclusion But one and one make five [Chorus] Please tell me that you love me Sort out this confusion Say our love is still alive For people must be jumping To the wrong conclusion But one and one make five [Outro] = Middle 8 One and one make two (make two) (Here we go here we go here we go here we go) Don’t need to worry about you (Here we go here we go here we go here we go) (Here we go here we go here we go here we go) Don’t need to worry about you (Here we go here we go here we go here we go) (Here we go here we go here we go here we go) Don’t need to worry about you (Here we go here we go here we go here we go) One and one make two (make two) (Here we go here we go here we go here we go) (Here we go here we go here we go here we go) [Coda] (break) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. To Speak is a Sin - Pet Shop Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Tennant/Lowe From: Very (1993) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS Fmaj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0 Em7 0-2-2-0-3-0 Abaug 4-x-2-1-1-x C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0 F#m7-5 2-x-2-2-1-0 A/G# 4-x-2-2-2-0 F#m7 2-x-2-2-2-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | | | | | | | | | % | | % | | | % | | % | [Verse] Am Abaug We’ve been around forever Look at us now together Ordering drinks at the bar Am Abaug Saying hello to men friends Smiling across a friend’s friends Ordering drinks at the bar [Chorus] To speak is a sin You look first then stare And once in a while A smile if you dare [Interlude] | | % | | % | | | % | | % | [Verse] Am Abaug We’ll stand around forever Regardless of time or weather Ordering drinks at the bar Am Abaug Looking for love and getting Nothing that’s worth regretting But wondering why we travel so far [Chorus] To speak is a sin You look first then stare And once in a while A smile if you dare To speak is a sin You’d better beware But once in a while A smile if you dare [Interlude] | | | | | | | | | | % | | % | | | % | | % | [Chorus] To speak is a sin You look first then stare And once in a while A smile if you dare To speak is a sin You’d better beware But once in a while A smile if you dare [Outro] | | / | | | | | | | % | | | / | | | | | | | % | | Abaug | / -5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Young Offender - Pet Shop Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Tennant/Lowe From: Very (1993) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo: 1st fret For original chords transpose +1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Chords] F/C x-3-x-2-1-1 Gsus4 3-5-5-5-3-3 G5 3-x-0-0-3-x F#m7-5 2-x-2-2-1-0 D5 x-x-0-2-3-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | / | | / | | | | Asus4 | | | | / | | / | | | | Asus4 | | | | / | | / | | | | Asus4 | | | [Verse] You may be broke now and you may be bored Call you delinquent or leave you ignored Dsus4 D You’ll get what you want Drive to distraction and crash on the way Watch your reaction and wait ’til you say Dsus4 D You’ll get what you want Dsus4 D It hurts if you can’t [Chorus] Young offender What’s your defence? Am Asus4 You’re younger than me Obviously Young offender Why the pretence? You don’t agree I know I know [Verse] I’ll do what you want if you want me enough I’ll put down my book and start falling in love Dsus4 D Or isn’t that done? How graceful your movements how bitter your scorn I’ve been a teenager since before you were born Dsus4 D And I’m younger than some Dsus4 D I’ve only begun [Chorus] Young offender What’s your defence? Am Asus4 You’re younger than me Obviously [Middle 8] Will I get in your way Or open your eyes? Who will give whom The bigger surprise? [Verse] Is that fire in your eyes or the glow of machines? Watch how your fingers burn over the keys Dsus4 D So sure what you do Dsus4 D I haven’t a clue [Chorus] Young offender What’s your defence? Am Asus4 You’re younger than me Obviously Young offender How you resent Am Asus4 The lovers you need It hurts when they bleed Young offender Why the pretence? You don’t agree I know I know | / | | / | | | | Asus4 | | | | / | | / | | | -5 | | | | | / | | / | | | | Asus4 | | | | / | | / | | | -5 | | | | (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. One in a Million - Pet Shop Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Tennant/Lowe From: “Very” (1993) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo: 2nd fret Play: G Key: A --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Special Chords] ----- ----- / 2-x-0-0-3-3 / 4-x-2-2-2(0) / x-x-0-0-0-0 / 0-4-2-2-2-2 / x-2-x-0-1-0 / x-4-x-2-3-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | / | / | / | | | / | / | / | | | / | / | / | | [Verse] Why This uncertainty? It’s not clear to me Would you rather be independent? Have I lost your love? Have you had enough? Do you feel too much resentment? How can I make you see When you disagree That you just can’t leave? [Chorus] One in a million men Could change the way you feel One in a million men Baby it’s up to me [Verse] I Won’t stand in your way I can make you stay Though of course I feel rejected You’re a part of me You’re the family I can’t bear to leave [Chorus] One in a million men Could change the way you feel One in a million men Baby it’s up to me [Interlude] | | | | | | | | | | [Middle 8] Feel Free To leave If you think you’re trapped But please Believe I’ll always want you back [Chorus] One in a million men Could change the way you feel One in a million men Baby it’s up to me One in a million men Could change the way you feel One in a million men Baby it’s up to me [Chorus] instrumental | / | / | / | | | / | / | / | | [Build-up] | | % | % | | | [Chorus] One in a million men Could change the way you feel One in a million men Baby it’s up to me One in a million men Could change the way you feel One in a million men Baby it’s up to me [Coda] | | % | | % | | | % | | % | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Go West - Pet Shop Boys --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Morali/Belolo/Willis From: “Very” (1993) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Special Chords] D6(add9) x-5-4-4-5-5 Gm/D x-x-0-3-3-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [Verse 1] (Together) we will go our way (Together) we will leave some day (Together) your hand in my hand (Together) we will make our plans (Together) we will fly so high (Together) tell all our friends good-bye (Together) we will start life new (Together) this is what we’ll do [Chorus] (Go West) life is peaceful there (Go West) in the open air (Go West) where the skies are blue (Go West) this is what we’re gonna do [Instrumental] | | | | | | | | | [Verse 2] (Together) we will love the beach (Together) we will learn and teach (Together) change our pace of life (Together) we will work and strive (I love you) I know you love me (I want you) how could I disagree (So that’s why) I make no protest (When you say) you will do the rest [Chorus] (Go West) life is peaceful there (Go West) in the open air (Go West) baby you and me (Go West) this is our destiny (Go West) sun in the wintertime (Go West) we will do just fine (Go West) where the skies are blue (Go West) (this is what we’re gonna do) [Middle 8] There where the air is free We’ll be (we’ll be) what we want to be Now if we make a stand We’ll find (we’ll find) our promised land [Verse 3] (I know what) there are many ways (To live there) in the sun or shade (Together) we will find a place (To settle) where there’s so much space (Without rush) and the pace back East (The hustling) rustling just to feed (I know I’m) ready to leave too (So that’s what) we are gonna do (What we’re gonna do is) [Chorus] (Go West) life is peaceful there (Go West) there in the open air (Go West) where the skies are blue (Go West) this is what we’re gonna do (life is peaceful there) Go West (in the open air) Go West (baby you and me) Go West (this is our destiny) (Go West) sun in the wintertime (Go West) we will feel just fine (Go West) where the skies are blue (Go West) this is what we’re gonna do A D6add9 (’mon ’mon ’mon ’mon go West) [Instrumental] Go West Go West (repeat and fade out) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Postscript (I Believe In Ecstasy) - Pet Shop Boys [Hidden Track after “Go West” starting 7:07] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Tennant/Lowe From: “Very” (1993) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard [Intro] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | % | | % | [Verse] I believe in ecstasy The times we’ve had you and me Friends we’ve met along the way Partied every night and day And I know we’ll meet again
