Composer: Bryan Ferry [Lead riff] |------|------------|------------| |------|------------|------------| D |--9\--|-----7----9---------|-7-7-----9-------| A |------|--7----7----~10--7--|-----10-----10\--| |------|------------|------------| \ = slide down ~ = vibrato = 0799xx = 577xxx = x57775 = 079997 = x577xx = 799xxx = x02220 Asus4 = x02230 N.C. = No chords Please select a star rating for this tab many thanks ============================================================= [Verse 1] Turn the lights down turn up the music (Way down ...low!) (Hi as Fi can go!) All the gang’s here (Everyone you know!) It’s a crazy scene oo - hoo! (Hey there! Just look over your shoulder!) Get the picture? No no yes----! (No no no---!) [Verse 2] Walk a tight-rope (Your tight side - line!) Such a bright hope (Right place right ...time!) What’s your number? (Never you ...mind!) Take a powder! (But hang on a minute! What’s that coming ’round the corner?) Woo -hoo! (Woo -oo -oo -oo!) Have you a future? No no yes---! (No no no----------!) [Solo break] | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | | / / / / | / / / / | | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | [Piano bridge] | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | [Verse 3] Well I’ve been up all night again Party-time wasting is ...too much fun Then I step back thinking of life’s inner mean - ing And my ...latest fling It’s the same old story all love and glory It’s a pantomime If you’re looking for love in a looking-glass world It’s pretty ...hard to find [Verse 4] Oh mother of pearl I wouldn’t trade you for a - nother girl Di - vine intervention al - ways my intention So I ...take my time I’ve been looking for something I’ve always wanted But was never mine but now I’ve seen that something Just out of reach glowing very ...Holy Grail [Verse 5] Oh mother of pearl lustrous lady of a sacred world Thus even Zarathustra a - nother time-loser Could be - lieve in you with every goddess a let down Every idol a bring down it ...gets you down But the search for perfection Your own predilection goes on and on and on and on [Verse 6] Can - adian Club love A place in the country every - one’s ideal But you are my favorita and a place in your heart dear Makes me ...feel more ...real [Verse 7] Oh mother of pearl I wouldn’t change you for the ...whole world You’re highbrow holy With lots of soul melancholy ...shimmering Ser - pentine sleekness was always my weakness Like a ...simple tune But no dilettante filigree fancy beats the ...plastic you [Verse 8] Ca - reer-girl cover ex - posed And another slips right into view Oh looking for love in a looking-glass world Is pretty ...hard for you few throw-away kisses The boomerang misses spin ...’round and around Fall on feather bed quilted Faced with silk softly stuffed ...eiderdown Take refuge in pleasure Just give me your future we’ll for - get your past [Verse 9] Oh mother of pearl Submarine lover in a ...shrinking world Oh lonely dreamer Your choker provokes a picture ...cameo Oh mother of pearl So - so semi-precious in your ...detached world Oh mother of pearl I wouldn’t trade you for a - nother girl [Coda] Oh mother of pearl I wouldn’t trade you for a - nother girl Oh mother of pearl I wouldn’t trade you for a - nother girl Oh mother of pearl N.C. I wouldn’t trade you for another girl