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Prescilla

Bat For Lashes

PopAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C#mDiagram coming soon
E6Diagram coming soon
F#Diagram coming soon
E○○○
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              C#m                           E6    F# 
 There's a girl that wants to start 
 
C#m                                       E     F# 
 Been thinking about having a couple of kids 
 
C#m                        E6             F#    
 Comb a brush around their heads in the morning 
 
C#m            E            F#  
 To be needed, simply and be needing 
 
C#m          E6    F# 
 Her name is Karen 
 
C#m                      E     F# 
 Been on the road for so long 
 
C#m                                      E6              F# 
 She wants to live in a place that has a number in a name 
 
C#m                               E            F#  
 Find lovers and anchor before the courage is gone 
 
 
           C#m                 E    
She really loves him, Prescilla 
 
           B/F#                F# 
She really loves him, Prescilla 
 
           C#m         E6       B/F#     F# 
She really loves him, I tell you 
 
           C#m                 E 
She really loves him, Prescilla 
 
           B/F#                F# 
She really loves him, Prescilla 
 
           C#m         E        B/F#     F# 
She really loves him, I tell you 
 
 
C#m     E     F#     C#m     E     F# 
 
 
C#m                          E6    F#  
 To live life outside of the world 
 
C#m                                E     F# 
 To break the cross that bears her name 
 
C#m                        E6               F#  
 She's not your queen anymore, queen of the highway 
 
C#m                          E            F# 
 Needs something better than learning away 
 
 
           C#m                 E    
She really loves him, Prescilla 
 
           B/F#                F# 
She really loves him, Prescilla 
 
           C#m         E6       B/F#     F# 
She really loves him, I tell you 
 
           C#m                 E 
She really loves him, Prescilla 
 
           B/F#                F# 
She really loves him, Prescilla 
 
           C#m         E        B/F#     F# 
She really loves him, I tell you 
 
 
C#m      E6 
Gone away 
 
E             F# 
 Queen of the highway 
 
C#m      E6     E     F# 
Gone away 
 
C#m      E6 
Hide away 
 
E             F# 
 Queen of the highway 
 
C#m      E6     E     F# 
Gone away 
 
 
C#m     E     F#     C#m     E     F#     C#m

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Chord set

C#m · E6 · F# · E · B

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.