Appetite Chords
Appetite by Prefab Sprout is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, F#m, Bm7, A/E, A, A7/E, Bm/E, A/F#, G, Gmaj7 and Em/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
||: Em F#m Bm7 / :|| x4
verse 1:
Em A/E Em A
"Please be careful" is never careful till it hears the gun
Em A/E Em A7/E
She will always pay the bills for the having big fun
Bm/E A
He talks so well, what can you do?
Bm/E A
It's pretty plain he means it, too
Bm/E A/F#
I don't want to sell you lines
Bm/E A/F#
I only mean to do you right
A G
But I'm a simple slave of appetite
A/F# A G
I'm a poor slave of appetite
verse 2:
Em A/E Em A
Hunger howls, hunger's red, hunger stays until it's fed
Em A/F#
Then it somehow-how-how fades
Em A/F#
Then it somehow leaves your sight
F#m A G
Depending on its appetite
F#m A G
Depending on its appetite... so if you
Gmaj7 A G (Em Em/F#)
| Take, then put back good, and if you
Gmaj7 A G (Em Em/F#)
Steal, be Robin Hood. If your
Gmaj7 A G
Eyes are wanting all you see,
F#m A G o|| x 2
Then I think I'll name you after me o||
F#m A G
I think I'll call you appetite
||: Em F#m Bm7 / :|| x2
verse 3:
Em A/E Em A
Here she is with two small problems and the best part of the blame
Em A/E Em A
Wishing she could call him heartache but it's not a boy's name
Em A/E Em A
If you grow up to be just like him, just like me,
Em A/F#
You're fighting for exclusive rights
Em A/F#
For honeymoons each sleepless night
F#m A G
In which case I'll call you appetite
F#m A G
Yes I think I'll call you appetite... so if you
2:
||o Gmaj7 A G (Em Em/F#)
||o Take, then put back good, and if you
Gmaj7 A G (Em Em/F#)
Steal, be Robin Hood. If your
Gmaj7 A G
Eyes are wanting all you see,
F#m A G
Then I think I'll name you after me
F#m A G o|| x 2
I think I'll call you appetite, (so if you) o||
F#m A G
Then I think I'll name you after me
F#m A G
Yes, I think I'll call you appetite
||: Em F#m Bm7 / :|| x4