heliocentric@breathe.com
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:      xx9987F#:    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!