The Pretenders - Precious

      

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 First song from the enonymous album of the greatest band ever on the face of this earth.
 Have been playing this song for years and i think its pretty damn accurate.
 Corroborated by live performances by the band in newcastle. and the LA dvd etc.
 Rhythm note durations are included, but you might want to ignore them.
 
 Basically, the chords could be 5th "power" chords or major bar chords as you choose.
 I think top half of the bar is used for most of the track.
 
 
 Enjoy!!
 
 
 Intro
 
 E E E E E E E E 8x

 ||-------------------||
 ||o-----------------o||
 ||--4-4-x-5-4-4-x-5--||
 ||--5-5-x-3-5-5-x-3--||
 ||o-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-o||
 ||--3-3-x-3-3-3-x-3--||
 

 
 
 Instr. Break 1
 Q. Q. Q E Q Q. Q 4x

 ||---------------|--------------------||
 ||o--------------|-------------------o||
 ||---------------|--------------------||
 ||--7----7----7--|-/10-10--10----10---||
 ||o-7----7----7--|-/10-10--10----10--o||
 ||--5----5----5--|--/8--8---8-----8---||
 

 
 
 Verse
 E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q 7x

 ||----------------|----------------------||
 ||o---------------|---------------------o||
 ||--6-6-6--6-6-6--|--9--9--9---9--9--9---||
 ||--7-7-7--7-7-7--|-10-10-10--10-10-10---||
 ||o-7-7-7--7-7-7--|-10-10-10--10-10-10--o||
 ||--5-5-5--5-5-5--|--8--8--8---8--8--8---||
 

 PM| PM| PM| PM|
 
 E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q

 |---------------|-------------------|
 |---------------|-------------------|
 |-6-6-6--6-6-6--|--9--9--9---9---9--|
 |-7-7-7--7-7-7--|-10-10-10--10--10--|
 |-7-7-7--7-7-7--|-10-10-10--10--10--|
 |-5-5-5--5-5-5--|--8--8--8---8---8--|
 

 PM| PM| PM|
 
 
 Chorus
 H Q Q E E E E E E E E 4x

 ||-------------|------------------------||
 ||o------------|-----------------------o||
 ||--4----4--4--|-11-11-10-10--9--9-7-7--||
 ||--5----5--5--|-12-12-11-11-10-10-8-8--||
 ||o-5----5--5--|-12-12-11-11-10-10-8-8-o||
 ||--3----3--3--|-10-10--9--9--8--8-6-6--||
 

 
 Instr. Break 1 2x
 
 Verse 2
 
 Chorus
 
 
 Bridge
 E E Q E Q E +E Q Q Q E

 ||----------------|----------------|
 ||o---------------|----------------|
 ||--6-6-7--6-6--7-|-(7)-6--7--6--6-|
 ||--7-7-5--5-7--7-|-(7)-7--7--7--7-|
 ||o-7-7-7--7-7--7-|-(7)-7--7--7--7-|
 ||--5-5-5--5-5--5-|-(5)-5--5--5--5-|
 

 
 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 
                 

 |-----------------------|-------------------------||
 |-----------------------|------------------------o||
 |-----------------------|-------------------------||
 |-10-10-x-10-10-10-x-10-|-10-10-x-10-10-10-x-10---||
 |-10-10-x-10-10-10-x-10-|-10-10-x-10-10-10-x-10--o||
 |--8--8-x--8--8--8-x--8-|--8--8-x--8--8--8-x--8---||
 

 
 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 
                 

 ||------------------|-----------------|
 ||o-----------------|-----------------|
 ||------------------|-----------------|
 ||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
 ||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
 ||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 PM---------------------------------
 

 
 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 
                 

 |-------------------------|---------------------------||
 |-------------------------|--------------------------o||
 |--------9--------9-------|--9--------9--------9------||
 |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---||
 |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--o||
 |--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---||
 

 ----| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM
 
 Chorus
 
 Instr Break 1 with...
 
 Lead - Siren
 Q H H H H H H H H

 |-----|-15----------|-15----------|-15----------|-15----------|
 |-13--|-------13----|-------13----|-------13----|-------13----|
 |-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 |-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 |-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 |-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 

 
 Final Verse... Gtr Tacet. Bass only
 
 Chorus
 
 Instr Break 1
 
 
 Key Change
 Q. Q. Q E Q Q. Q

 ||---------------|--------------------||
 ||o--------------|-------------------o||
 ||---------------|--------------------||
 ||--9----9----9--|-/12-12--12----12---||
 ||o-9----9----9--|-/12-12--12----12--o||
 ||--7----7----7--|-/10-10--10----10---||
 

 
 E E Q E Q E +E E Q Q. E

 ||-----------------|-----------------------||
 ||o----------------|----------------------o||
 ||--8-8-9--9-8--11-|-(11)-11-11--12----12--||
 ||--9-9-7--7-9--12-|-(12)-12-10--12----12--||
 ||o-9-9-9--9-9--12-|-(12)-12-12--12----12-o||
 ||--7-7-7--7-7--10-|-(10)-10-10--10----10--||
 

 
 Q H.

 |---------|
 |---------|
 |---------|
 |-9s7-----|
 |-9s7-----|
 |-7s5-----|
 

 
 Duration Legend

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 W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
 

 + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
 Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
 Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
 duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
 
 Tablature Legend

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 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 
 PM - palm muting
 
 Misc Legend

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 | - bar
 ||o - repeat start
 o|| - repeat end
 Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
 
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