Pretty When You Cry Guitar Tab

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Pretty When You Cry
By VAST
Tabbed by Patrick McGuire
midpat@home.com 

Standard Tuning

Intro and Verse (1,2,3):

Synth Arr. for Bass:

Part A
G|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|--0---0-0--0-0--0--0-0--3h5-|--0---0-0--0-0--0--0-0--3h5--|

Part B
G|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|--0---0-0--0-2--2--2-2--0-2-|--3--3--2--2-2---------------| Part A
and B x4
E|----------------------------|----------------4--4--4--4-4-|


Acoustic Guitar-
play this over Verse and 1st half of chorus:

e|---------------------------------
B|---------------------------------
G|---------------------------------
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- x20
A|---------------------------------
E|---------------------------------


Chorus:
G|---------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-------------------------| x4
E|--3--3--3--3-0--0--0--0--0-|--3--3--3--3---0-0---0-0-|



Chorus: play this during the second half of the chorus:

e|---------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--3--3--3--3-5--5--5--5--5-|--3--3--3--3---5-5---5-5-|
G|---------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-------------------------| x2
A|---------------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-------------------------|

verse 2, then
chorus 2, then
verse riff with "ahh" over it

Choir "ahh":

D|--0-2--|

2nd half of third chorus:
(Dist. guitar)

e|------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--5--5-5-5--5-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|--5--5-5-5--5---2-2-X-X-2-2-|
A|--5--5-5-5--5-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|--5--5-5-5--5---2-2-X-X-2-2-|
E|--3--3-3-3--3-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-|--3--3-3-3--3---0-0-X-X-0-0-|
(you hurt me baby.....)

Verse 3, then

Last 1/2 of chorus 4 & outro:
(Dist. Guitar)

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X--|
A|-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X--|
E|-X-X-X-X--X-X-X-X--|


e|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|5--5-5-5-5-5-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5--5-5-5-5-5---2-2-X-X-2-2-X-X-|
A|5--5-5-5-5-5-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5--5-5-5-5-5---2-2-X-X-2-2-X-X-|
E|3--3-3-3-3-3-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--3--3-3-3-3-3---0-0-X-X-0-0-X-X-|
(i didn't wanna hurt you baby!!....)




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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Spanky Lead Player	#1 by Spanky Man at Mar 7, 1970 at 11:00 PM EST
	I read an interview with Jon Crosby ( Original member/founder of VAST.. vocals and damn near everything else :) ) and he went into great detail about this song. It was written about a disaterous relationship he had previously. The woman had (i don't remember details) some form of mental issues and so the relationship was very unstable , going from intense bouts of passion to equally intense fits of violence. They were together a while before it finally ended, and a fair bit of damge was done to both sides... needless to say it wasn't a very good time in his life. The lyrics really show the spiteful, hateful things people do to each other when things go bad, eg. 'I didn't want to hurt you but you're pretty when you cry ' etc. You get the idea. Hope you find this helpful.

No Picture Jeremy Average	#2 by Jeremy Rees at Aug 25, 1970 at 10:15 PM EST
	Pysonide and Oubliette are the two people with correct interpretations. It's a truly sad song, the girl he loved had schitzophrenia, or so I'm told. There's even an instrumental song by VAST titled "Schitzophrenia" not to mention the song "Touched". Aside of all that, Jon Crosby is phenominally talented and this music is by far the best kept secret in musicland.

No Picture Tommy Wanna Be	#3 by Tommy Tang at Sep 12, 1970 at 3:55 PM EST
	why the video to this song really sucks ass. I could've made a much better one (and that's not a conceit its the truth)

No Picture Drennan Professional Badass	#4 by Drennan Bragg at Jul 14, 1973 at 3:10 PM EST
	The lyrics to this song are priceless...he is mocking the modern day physical relationships of lust. He, in great articulation, describes a relationship where the man only wants the girl for her sexual aspects and literally "couldn't give a %@#$ about."

No Picture maximus Average	#5 by maximus hyrule at Jun 5, 1979 at 5:46 AM EST
	Psyonide's interpretation is perfect. And damned if this song doesn't sum up my last relationship.

No Picture jordan Porreca Lead Player	#6 by jordan Porreca porreca at Sep 5, 1982 at 2:12 PM EST
	hey, i was wondering if anyone could give me any links to the video for this song - i saw it last year on the official vast website but now whenever i go back to it, they say that they're 're-working' the page. i can't get access to it, but it was one weird-ass, hauntingly creepy clip.... PLEASE anybody? :)

No Picture amy Average	#7 by amy at Jul 17, 1985 at 8:33 AM EST
	heh. so i was actually right about this one for once. nice. thanx psyonide.

No Picture JUSTIN Lead Player	#8 by JUSTIN LOCKHART at Jun 5, 1993 at 2:42 PM EST
	at first i thought he raped the girl heh, but after reading the comments i have to agree that he did use her, through her desire for him, to have sexual relations with her. sad, eh?

No Picture Tim Rhythm Player	#9 by Tim Hanson at Jun 11, 2001 at 4:52 PM EST
	My personal belief is that this whole album(despite the language in this song) is about John's relationship with God. While it does have multiple layers(ie: this song being about a girl) This song ALSO feels to me like he's talking from Adam's view point about Eve "Your made of my rib or baby your made of my sin" Beautiful song. I must get my VAST cd out again ^o^