March 7th 2001, 21.29pm
PRECIOUS by THE JAM
Off ‘The Gift’ LP (Polydor, POLD 5055 – March 1982)
Chords used:
Bm: xx9777 F#7aug: xx11-9-11-10 A: xx7655
G: xx5433 Em: xx9987
F#: xx4322 D: xx12-11-10-10-|
F#aug: xx4332 Gm/Bb: xx12-12-11-10-| (Bb played by bass)
F#7: xx11-9-11-9 D/A: xx12-11-10-10-| (A played by bass)
Bm
Bm
Your precious love – that means so much
will it ever stop or will I just lose touch?
G F#
What I want to say – but my words just fail
Bm
Is that I need you so I can’t help myself
Like a hungry child – I just help myself
G F# F#aug
And when I’m all full up – I got out to play
Bm
Aw! Huh!
Bm
Lonely as the moors on a winter’s morning
Quiet as the sea on a good calm night
G F#
In your tranquil shadow – I try and follow
Bm
I hear your distant shoe clicks
To the midnight beat –
I feel trapped in sorrow
In this imagery
G F# F#aug
But that’s how I am and why I need you so
Bm
Aw! Huh!
Bm
F#7 F#7aug
Em D
But I don’t mean to bleed you dry
Gm/Bb D/A
Or take you over for the rest of your life
Bm A G F#
It’s just that I need something solid in mine
Believe me baby!
Bm
You precious love – it means so much
Will it ever stop or will I just lose touch?
G F#
What I want to say but my words just fail
Bm
I hear your distant shoe clicks
To the midnight beat
I’m feeling trapped in sorrow
In this imagery
G
But that’s how I am
F# F#aug
And why I need you so
Bm
Aw! Huh!
Bm (instrumental)
Bm
If the sky fell from above
I said who’s your precious love?
If the sky fell from above
I said who’s your precious love?
If the sky fell from above
Buddy, who’s your precious love?
Bm
Huh!
