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Chords by Jason Maggard <jason@claytorre.com>
The chords just fit in with the songs name, Simple 3 chord rock.
(Bang out) E E E (rest) | E E E (rest) |
Blood and chocolate
I hope you're satisfied with what you've done
You think it's over now,
But it's only just begun
Hold A
It's in your eyes (x3)
B A
UN Complicated
(back to banging out E for other verses)
A E
You think It's over now but this is only, this is only, this is only the
beginning
A
It's in your eyes (x3)
B A
UN Complicated
The current tab for this song is confusing and misses the entire point
of the song. E.C. is writing a crummy love song for a girl he plans to
shower with shoddy gifts so he can get into her pants. (I'm going to buy
you a big blue diamelle, cheap white plastic shoes... Cause when your
under me there's noone above you) Think of this as the antithesis of
Elton John's "This is your song" (I know it's quite simple, so let's do
it!)
Lust is a recurring theme throughout Blood and Chocolate (Honey are you
straight, Hope you're happy, Home is anywhere, I want you, Crimes of
Paris [the guy not the city!], Poor Napoleon...) Even E.C.'s motown
lines are from lust tunes....
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tabbed by theoquik@aol.com
This is a guitar-based transcription, though some notes played
by other instruments may be included so that the lone guitarist
can more fully realize the tune as it exists on Blood & Chocolate.
Those lone guitarists with dexterity trouble can skip those notes
and still "put over" the song in question, but it won't sound as cool.
Lower case letters indicate that the preceding chord should be played
with the lower case note in the bass (e.g. A g f# = you play an
A chord, then you play an A chord with a G in the bass, then an A chord with
an F# in the bass)
Tricky chords are pictured below the transcription.
[DaddE, no 3rd E] x 2
E
blood and chocolate I hope you're satisfied with what you have done
you think it's over now but it's only just begun
I asked for water and they gave me rose wine
a horse that knows arithmetic and a dog that tells your fortune
A g E
it's in your eyes it's in your eyes
A g E
it's in your eyes it's in your eyes
D A E7
un- compli- cated
E
I want to buy you a big blue Diamel
cheap white plastic shoes that don't walk out and don't let in
I want to show you how I love you
but when you're over me there's no-one above you
A g E
it's in your eyes it's in your eyes
A g E
it's in your eyes it's in your eyes
D A E7
un- compli- cated
D A E7
un- compli- cated
DaddE (f# in bass) DaddE, no 3rd (e in bass)
you think it's over now but this is only
d c# c E
this is only this is only the be- ginning
A g E
it's in your eyes it's in your eyes
A g E
it's in your eyes it's in your eyes
D A E7
un- compli- cated
D A E7
un- compli- cated
D A E7
un- compli- cated
DaddE (f# in bass) DaddE, no 3rd (e in bass)
you think it's over now but this is only
d c# c E
this is only this is only the be- ginning
A g E
it's in your eyes it's in your eyes
A g E
it's in your eyes it's in your eyes
D A E7
un- compli- cated
D A E7
un- compli- cated
D A E7
un- compli- cated
DaddE, no 3rd: x x o o
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6 5 4 3 2 1
1I
2I X
3I X
4I
5I
6I
tabbed by theoquik@aol.com
This is a guitar-based transcription, though some notes played
by other instruments may be included so that the lone guitarist
can more fully realize the tune as it exists on Blood & Chocolate.
Those lone guitarists with dexterity trouble can skip those notes
and still "put over" the song in question, but it won't sound as cool.
Lower case letters indicate that the preceding chord should be played
with the lower case note in the bass (e.g. A g f# = you play an
A chord, then you play an A chord with a G in the bass, then an A chord with
an F# in the bass)
Tricky chords are pictured below the transcription.
Correspond to the list, or drschre@cumc.cornell.edu.
N.C.
he's a fine figure of a man and handsome
A / Asus (alternate between the two)
too. with his eyes upon the secret places
A7 D/ Dsus (alternate between the two)
he'd like to undo.
Bm b flat a b flat
still he knows who and where and how---------------->
Bm D E
and I hope you're happy now
A / Asus
N.C.
he's got all the things you need and some that you would
A/ Asus
never. but you make him sound like frozen food his
A7 D / Dsus
love will last for- ever
Bm b flat a
b flat
still he knows what you want and what you don't allow------------->
Bm D E
and I hope you're happy now
A / Asus <a c# e>riff
F#m Emaj6 A A7
I hope that you're happy now the way you're supposed to be
DaddE,(f# in bass) Esus
and I know that this will hurt you
A <e d c# b>riff
more than it hurts me
A/ Asus
N.C.
he's acting inncocent and proud still you know what he's
A/ Asus
after. like a matador with his pork sword while
A7 D / Dsus
we all die of laughter
Bm b flat a b flat
in his turquoise pa- jamas and his motorcycle hat------------>I
Bm D DaddE,(f# in bass)
hope you're happy now because you'll soon put
<e d c# b>riff
pay to that
F#m Emaj6 A
I knew then what I know now
F#m Emaj6 D DaddE,(f# in bass)
I never loved you anyhow
Bm D E
and I hope you're happy now
A / Asus A7 <a c# e>riff
F#m Emaj6 A
I knew then what I know now
F#m Emaj6 D DaddE,(f# in bass)
I never loved you anyhow
Bm D E
and I hope you're happy now
The main verses start in D7, Bruce is playing a standard blues shuffle
(DDBCD) The change in the verse is to G7. The chorus is
in D7 or can also be
Played in straight D if youve got a bass boy on the pents bringing
out it 7ish
nature. Then:
F# G Were only living this instantAll solos are in D mixolodyian, just play with the notes in the G scale
Other than that, jsut make sure you scream wildly at the end of the
song.
The sky fell over cheap Korean monster-movie scenery
And spilled into the reservoir of the crushed capsule hotel
Between the Disney abattoir and the chemical refinery
And I knew I was in trouble but I thought I was in hell
So you look around the tiny room and you wonder where the hell you are
While the K.K.K. convention are all stranded in the bar
They wear hoods and carry shotguns in the main streets of Montgomery
But they're helpless here as babies 'cause they're only here on holiday
Chorus: What do we care if the world is a joke
(Tokyo Storm Warning)
We'll give it a big kiss
We'll give it a poke
(Tokyo Storm Warning)
Death wears a big hat 'cause he's a big bloke
(Tokyo Storm Warning)
We're only living this instant
The black sand stuck beneath her feet in a warm Sorrento sunrise
A barefoot girl from Naples or was it a Barcelona hi-rise
Whistles out the tuneless theme song on a hundred cheap suggestions
And a million false seductions and all those eternal questions
Chorus
So they flew the Super-Constellation all the way from Rimini
And feasted them on fish and chips from a newspaper facsimile
Now dead Italian tourists bodies litter up the Broadway
Some people can't be told you know they have to learn the hard way
Holidays are dirt-cheap in the Costa del Malvinas
In the Hotel Argentina they can hardly tell between us
For Teresa is a waitress though she's now known as Juanita
In a tango bar in Stanley or in Puerto Margarita
She's the sweetest and the sauciest
The loveliest and the naughtiest
She's Miss Buenos Aires in a world of lacy lingerie
Chorus
Japanese God-Jesus robots telling teenage fortunes
For all we know and all we care they might as well be Martians
They say gold paint on the palace gates comes from the teeth of pensioners
They're so tired of shooting protest singers
That they hardly mention us
While fountains fill with second-hand perfume
And sodden trading stamps
They'll hang the bullies and the louts that dampen down the day
Chorus
We braved the cold November air and the undertaker's curses
Saying "Take me to the Folies Bergere and please don't spare the hearses"
For he always had a dream of that revolver in your purse
How you loved him 'til you hated him and made him cry for mercy
He said "Don't ever mention my name there or talk of all the nights
you cried
We've always been like worlds apart now you're seeing two nightmares
collide"
Chorus
[A]Here comes Mr. Misery
[D]He's tearing out his [A]hair again
[D]He's crying over [A]her again
He's [D]standing [A]in the [F7]super-market
[Bm7]Shouting at the [E]customers
[A]Here comes Mr. Misery
[D]He'll never be [A]any good
[D]With a mouth full of [A]gold and blood
He's [D]contem[A]plating [F7]murder again
[Bm7]He must be in [E]love
{soc}
But you [D]know she doesn't [A]want you
But you [Db]can't seem to get it in your [F#m]head
[B7]Oh and you can't [A]sleep at night
And she [Db]haunts you when you go to [F#m]bed
When you're [A]tired of talking and you [E]can't drink it down
So you [Db]hang around and drown in[F#m]stead
[B7]Home isn't where it [A]used to be
[D]Home is any[E]where [D]you [A]hang [D]your [A]head
You hang your [D]head
Home is anywhere
You hang your [A]head
Home is anywhere
You hang your [B7]head
Home is anywhere
[D]You [A]hang [D]your [A]head
{eoc}
[A]Here comes Mr. Misery
[D]Looking for a place for his [A]mouth to shoot
Saying "[D]You'd look cute in your [A]birthday suit"
You [D]tore him [A]out and [F7]screwed him up
Like a [Bm7]bad page in a naughty [E]picture book
[A]The day ended as it began
[D]As he was seconds [A]older than the
[D]Man he was this [A]morning and
The [D]world has [A]wiped its [F7]mouth since then
[Bm7]Or maybe it was [E]yawning
{c:Chorus}
This is for those who requested it. The tab section was created with
my TAB MASTER program for TAB transcribing on PC. I'm not so sure how
accurate it is, but it works anyway. I suppose that some of the E chords
of the intro can be played as E7 - it works too. The intro, anyway,
should sound good, I personally think its far from what is actually
played on the album (not the chords, but the notes themselves). It's
very easy to to play the song, but I think that remembering all the
lyrics is a bit tricky... Enjoy!
Remarks, questions, requests,
comments,
Ofir Zwebner
e-mail: ofirz1@ccsg.tau.ac.il
Oh my ba- by baby I love you more than e:-----------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------| B:------2----|------0-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------| G:------2----|------1-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------| D:---2-----2-|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|-----2--------2----| A:0----------|------------|0-----------|0-----------|0------------------| E:-----------|0-----------|------------|------------|-------------------| A E A
I can tell I don't think I can e:------------|------------|------------|--------------------| B:------2-----|------0-----|------0-----|------------2-------| G:------0-----|------1-----|------1-----|------------2-------| D:---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|------2---------2---| A:0-----------|------------|------------|0-------------------| E:------------|0-----------|0-----------|--------------------| A7 E A
live with- out you and I know that I e:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------| B:------2----------|--------3-----|------3-------|------2--------| G:------0----------|--------2-----|------2-------|------2--------| D:---2--------2----|-----0-----0--|---0-----0----|---2-----2-----| A:0----------------|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------| E:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------| A7 D (/A?) A
never will e:------------|------------|------------| B:------3-----|------2-----|2-----------| G:------1-----|------2-----|2-----------| D:---0-----0--|---2-----2--|2-----------| A:------------|0-----------|0-----------| E:0-----------|------------|------------| E7 A
Oh my ba- by baby I want you so it e:-----------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------| B:------2----|------0-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------| G:------2----|------1-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------| D:---2-----2-|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|-----2--------2----| A:0----------|------------|0-----------|0-----------|0------------------| E:-----------|0-----------|------------|------------|-------------------| A E A
scares me to death I can't say a- ny e:------------|------------|------------|--------------------| B:------2-----|------0-----|------0-----|------------2-------| G:------0-----|------1-----|------1-----|------------2-------| D:---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|------2---------2---| A:0-----------|------------|------------|0-------------------| E:------------|0-----------|0-----------|--------------------| A7 E A
more than "I Love you" everything else is a e:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------| B:------2----------|--------3-----|------3-------|------2--------| G:------0----------|--------2-----|------2-------|------2--------| D:---2--------2----|-----0-----0--|---0-----0----|---2-----2-----| A:0----------------|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------| E:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------| A7 D (/A?) A
waste of breath e:------------|------------| B:------3-----|------------| G:------1-----|2-----------| D:---0-----0--|4-----------| A:------------|4-----------| E:0-----------|2-----------| E7 F#m (5?)
A E A A7 E
Oh... my baby baby I love you more than I can tell
A A7 D
I don't think I can live without you
A E7 A
And I know that I never will
A E A A7 E
Oh my baby baby I want you so it scares me to death
A A7 D
I can't say anymore than "I love you"
A E7 F#m (5?)
Everything else is a waste of breath
Em G
I want you
C B7 Em
You've had your fun you don't get well no more
G
I want you
C B7
Your fingernails go dragging down the wall
B7 C C B7
be careful darling you might fall
]Repeat the Em-G-C-B7 sequence in the next lines(
I want you
I woke up and one of us was crying
I want you
You said "Young man I do believe you're dying"
I want you
If you need a second opinion as you seem to do these days
B7
You can look in my eyes and you can count the ways
B7 C C B7
]continue sequence...(
I want you
Did you mean to tell me but seem to forget
I want you
Since when were you so generous and inarticulate
I want you
It's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for
It's the way your shoulders shake and what they're shaking for
It's knowing that he knows you now after only guessing
I want you
B7 It's the thought of him undressing you on you undressingB7 C C B7
]continue sequence(
I want you
He tossed some tatty compliment your way
I want you
B7 ]pause then continue( And you were fool enough to love it when he said"I want you"
I want you
The truth can't hurt you it's just like the dark
It scares you witles
But in time you see things clear and stark
I want you
Go on and hurt me when we'll let it drop
I want you
I'm afraid I won't know where to stop
I want you
I'm not ashamed to say I cried for you
I want you
I want to know the things you did that we do too
I want you
I want to hear he pleases you more than I do
I want you
I might as well be useless for all it means to you
I want you
Did you call his name out as he held you down
I want you
Oh no my darling not with that clown
I want you
B7 ]pause(
You've had your fun you don't get well no more
I want you
No-one who wants you could want you more
I want you
Every night when I go off to bed and when I wake up
I want you
I want you
I'm going to say it once again till I instill it
I know I'm going to feel this way until you kill it
I want you
I want you
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partially transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu
A E A A E Oh my baby baby I love you more than I can tell A C#m A I don't think I can live without you A E A And I know that I never will A E A A B Oh my baby baby I want you so it scares me to death A E C#m I can't say anymore than "I love you"
A E A Everything else is a waste of breath
Em G
I want you
C B7
You've had your fun you don't get well no more
Em G
I want you
C B B7
Your fingernails go dragging down the wall
C B7
Be careful darling you might fall
I want you
I woke up and one of us was crying
I want you
You said "Young man I do believe you're dying"
I want you
If you need a second opinion as you seem to do these days
You can look in my eyes and you can count the ways
I want you
Did you mean to tell me but seem to forget
A--2--3--2--0---- E--------------0-I want you
Here's my best stab at this song. Parts of it seem to be not quite
right (especially the part where Elvis is stating whose turn it is
to do what). Improvements are more than welcome.
--Mark
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[Intro stays on D]
D
G D
Now it's just you and me, my blue friend
D
And you say that it's you that she's thinking of
G F#7
And our affair must end
D
But if it's you that she's thinking of
G
F#7
I think my broken heart might mend
G
F#m Em
D
Now it's my turn to talk and your turn to think
G
A D
G
Your turn to buy and my turn to drink
G
F#m Em
D
Your turn to cry and my turn to sink
G
Em
Down in the Blue Chair
G A
D
Down in the Blue Chair
Now I've made up my mind
I've made my mistake
And I know that she cries for you
When she's barely awake
Well she's going to bend your mind
Well I hope it don't break
[Repeat chorus]
Em
Down in the Blue Chair
F#m
G
We can watch our troubles rise
F#m
Em
Like smoke into the air
A
D
And drift up to the ceiling
Em
Down in the Blue Chair
F#m
G F#m
You can feel just like a boy or a man
Em
A
D
And next minute you can find yourself kneeling
F#m
Down in the Blue Chair
G#m
A G#m
They're boasting of loving the daylights
F#m
G#m Bm
right out of her in the small hours
Em
Down in the Blue Chair
F#m
G
F#m
You say that your love lasts forever
Em
G A
A/G A/F# A/E
when you know the night just hours
uh ho ho ho ho ho
And still I want her right now
Not any minute, hour or day
And wherever she is tonight
I want her anyway
I suppose she never said to you,
You were just in the way
G
F#m Em
D
Now it's my turn to talk and your turn to think
G
A D
G
Your turn to buy and my turn to drink
G
F#m Em
D
Your turn to cry and my turn to sink
G
Em
Down in the Blue Chair
G A
D
Down in the Blue Chair
G
Bm
Down in the Blue Chair
Bb A
D [N.C.]
Down in the Blue Chair
G A
D
Down in the Blue Chair
G A
D
Down in the Blue Chair
G A
B7
Down in the Blue Chair
Em F#m
Down in the blue
G Bm
Blue becomes you
G A
D
Down in the Blue Chair
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From: kevinmoore@cruz.com (Kevin Moore)
This is definitely a challenging one:
Here's what I got :
> G
F#m7 C/E
D
>Now it's my turn to talk and your turn to think
>G
A A# aug
Bmi
>Your turn to buy and my turn to drink
>G
F#m7 C/E
D
>Your turn to cry and my turn to sink ...
C/E would just be a normal C chord with an open E in the bass.
(EC uses C/E a lot)
The A# augmented chord is weird and has something else in it,
possible an open E? My best guess for a fingering would be:
E string: deadened
A string: 1st finger on 1st fret
D string: 4th finger on 4th fret
G string: 2nd finger on 3rd fret
B string: 3rd finger on 3rd fret
E string: Open
I don't know, though-I've never seen Elvis live-sigh-I have a laser
disc of
The Juliet Letters, but of course he doesn't play guitar on that one.
The bridge is also strange-you have the right bassline: E F# G F# E
(B) A D,
but I think the chord just stays on Emi, although some instrument other
than the guitar keeps hinting at D#'s
[The early 70's dylan inflections are beautiful in this section]
The second part of the bridge (boasting of loving the daylights...)
sounds like the first part transposed up a whole step, so
F#mi, F#mi/G#, F#mi/A, etc.
Then back to the Emi
and then when he says "you know the night just hours" [what does he
mean by that?] the bass goes: E and then in 8th notes: F# G F# G, still
all against some kind of Emi. I'm just playing the bass line and
plucking the G B and E strings open for the E mi
On the F#mi part, I'm barring the 2nd fret to get the 3 highest
strings and then playing the bassline on the low string.
Your descending bassline coming down against the A chord is right, as
is the rest of the transcription.
I hope my carriage returns aren't coming out weird. Let me know.
Now I've got to go buy the CD to hear it better. I was going to
wait for the box set reissues to get to this album.
Does anyone know when the next box set is due to be released?
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From: Stu Shea <stu@infochi.infochi.com>
On Mon, 22 Aug 1994, Mark J. Schnitzius wrote:
>
> Here's my best stab at this song. Parts of it seem to be not
quite
> right (especially the part where Elvis is stating whose turn it is
> to do what). Improvements are more than welcome.
--Mark
Looks good to me except that the chorus might be a bit different:
>
> G
F#m Em
D
> Now it's my turn to talk and your turn to think
> G
A D
G
> Your turn to buy and my turn to drink
> G
F#m Em
D
> Your turn to cry and my turn to sink
> G
Em
G
F#m Em
D
Now it's my turn to talk and your turn to think
G
A Bbm
Bm
Your turn to buy and my turn to drink
G
F#m C
Bm
Your turn to cry and my turn to sink
blah blah
Or something like that.
Stuart Shea
The [D]landlady's [D/9]husband came [D]up to town to[D/9]day
[G]Since he left them both ten year's ago to serve the [D]ministry
[D/9]
The [D]dark down road of [D/9]his approach in [D]constant rain
was [D/9]drenched
The [G]tenant's boy said "How d'ya do" then [A]swore in [D]French
[D/9]
[D]Did you teach this [D/9]little child these [D]curses on my [D/9]soul?
[G]You should both be shut down in the [D]coal-hole [D/9]
[D]That's the way to [D/9]treat a child who [D]cries out in the
[D/9]night
And a [G]woman who teaches [A]wrong from [D]right
{soc}
He's a [G]Battered Old Bird
And he's a-[D]livin' up there whoa-[D/9]oh
He's a [G]Battered Old Bird
And he's a-[D]livin' up there whoa-[D/9]oh
[A]There's a place where time [D]stands [A]still
If [A7]you keep takin' those [D]little pink pills whoa-oh-oh-[D/9]oh
{eoc}
[D]"Hush your mouth you [D/9]hypocrite" his [D]humour cut her [D/9]deep
The [G]tight-lipped leer of judgement that had seen her love desert
her just like [D]sleep [D/9]
[D]"Filthy words on [D/9]children's lips are [D]better my dear
[D/9]spouse
Than [G]if I were to speak my mind a[A]bout this [D]house"
{c:Chorus}
On the [Am]first floor there are two old maids
Each one [G]wishing that the [C]other was afraid
And [Am]next door to them is a man so mild
'Til he chopped off the [G]head of a [C]visitor's child
He [F]danced upon the [n.c.]bonfire swallowed sleeping pills like
dreams
With a bottle of sweet sherry that [C]every[G]thing re[C]deems
{soc}
He's a [F]Battered Old Bird
And he's a-[C]livin' up there whoa-[C/9]oh
He's a [F]Battered Old Bird
And he's a-[C]livin' up there whoa-[C/9]oh
[G]There's a place where time [C]stands [G]still
If [G7]you keep takin' those [C]little pink pills whoa-oh-oh-[C/9]oh
{eoc}
And on the [Am]second floor is the Macintosh Man
He's in his [G]overcoats [C]more than out of them
And the [Am]typewriter's rattlin' all through the night
He's burgun[G]dy for [C]breakfast tight
He [F]says "One day I'll [n.c.]throw away all of my cares
And it is always Christmas in a cupboard at the [C]top [G]of the
[C]stairs"
{c:Chorus in F}
"Well [D]here's a boy if [D/9]ever there was who's [D]going to do
big [D/9]things
[G]That's what they all say and that's how the [D]trouble begins
[D/9]
I've [D]seen them rise and [D/9]fall been through their [D]big
deals and [D/9]smalls
He'd [G]better have a dream that goes be[A]yond four [D]walls"
[D/9]
You [Bm]think he should be sent outside playing [A]with the [D]traffic
When [G]pieces of him are already scattered in the attic
{c:Bizarro modulation occurs}
{c:Chorus in F}
tabbed by
Clyde MacFadden (mls377@nwu.edu)
Mike Sturgess (mls377@nwu.edu)
Mark Schnitzius (schnitzi@east.isx.com)
Intro: G
G
C D
G C G
I thought it was you and your optimist's view of the clock
G
G/F
And how it's always another day
E
Am
Just after twelve o'clock's struck
Am
Am/G#
D
You said "Now I only want you so I don't have to promise"
Am
C
But tiny children in grown-up clothes
C/E
D D/C D/B D/A
Whispered all the Crimes of Paris
CHORUS
G C
D
You're not the girl next-door or a girl from France
G
G/F C/E
C/D
Or the cigarette-girl in the sizzle hot-pants
C
G/B D/A
G
All the words of love seem cruel and crass
C
G/B D/A
E (possibly G)
When you're tough and transparent as armoured glass
C
G/B D/A
E
You're everywhere girl in an everyday mess
Am
C G C G
Who'll pay for the Crimes of Paris
I heard that you fell for the "Hell or to Hammersmith Blues"
In the tiny torn up peices of his mind he's irresistible too
Now it's hard to say now if he's only stupid or smart
When he crawled through the door
And poured out more of his creeping-Jesus heart
Chorus
E
E7
And it's all here and now
Am
Am/B Am/C
A/E
She hit him with that paper-weight Eiffel Tower
Dm
G
Dm
G
And I tried to hold on to you but I don't know how
C
C/B C/A# C/A
And I find it hard to swallow good advice
Am
Am/B
Am/C Am/D
Like going down three times to only come up twice
Am/D# Am/E
G C G
Come up twice
She's so convenient, he's always stiff as hair-laquer
It's hard to discover now he's in love with her
It was her way of getting her own back
You never did anything she couldn't do on her own
You're as good as your word and that's no good to her
You'd better leave that kitten alone
Chorus
Fade out:
(repeat last four bars of chorus)
Am | C | G C G |
G C G...
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Comments from Clyde MacFadden (mls377@nwu.edu):
The tough thing about Crimes of Paris (as in many EC songs) is that
he's
actually only playing five chords on the guitar, but the changes in
the
bass notes and the vocals are what you really hear. So, if you
play it by
yourself the way EC does on the album, it sounds like you're missing
a lot
of important changes- and you are. Luckily, it's not too tough
to work the
bass notes into the chords on this one...I imagine that's how Elvis
played
it as he was writing it, and if he ever performed it by himself.
Mark's chords were on the right track, but his choruses and a few other
parts were off. There are a few frustrating things about playing
this song
on guitar. One is the pesky G with F bass (there's no F
major in the song)
in the verses, which is tough to play on guitar. It sounds *okay*
if you
play a G7 there- the F will be in the chord, just on top instead of
on the
bottom. A similar problem is the Am with G# bass- which
can be solved by
flatting the A on the G string (what the hell chord is that anyway?
Ammaj7?????) As for chords like C/E and G/B, well, the bass notes
are in
the normal major chords anyway, but I included the bass notation for
fingerpicking purposes- or if any bass players want to give it a shot.
[...]
Whew! I guess that's it. Only Costello could make such a
mess out of G,
C, D, Am, and E. I mean that as a compliment.
If anyone thinks I messed up, feel free to add corrections. And
if anyone
thinks this is on target and wants other transcriptions, just ask.
I don't
have the time to do this every night, but if I have the time, I'll
figure
any Costello song out. I've even been trying to put together
some guitar
arrangements for songs from "The Juliet Letters" to play with
my sister
(no way my voice can handle some of that stuff...). It's easy
to hear the
notes clearly with the Brodskys, but trying toactually play that stuff
on
guitar is a different matter. Even the occasional stuff that
resembles
good ole Costello pop melodies ("Why must I always apologize...") is
way
more complex than it sounds.
You know, I said I was going to study tonight...
-Clyde
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From: kevinmoore@cruz.com (Kevin Moore)
(use Monaco font for proper chord alignment)
G
G/F
And how it's always another day
E7
Am
Just after twelve o'clock's struck
Am
Ami/G#
D
You said "Now I only want you so I don't have to promise"
G
G/F C/E
C
Or the cigarette-girl in the sizzle hot-pants
C
G/B D/A
G/B
All the words of love seem cruel and crass
C
G/B D/A
G/B
When you're tough and transparent as armoured glass
C
G/B D/A
E/G#
You're everywhere girl in an everyday mess
E
E/D
And it's all here and now
Am
Am/B Am/C
A/E
She hit him with that paper-weight Eiffel Tower
Dm
G
Dm
G
And I tried to hold on to you but I don't know how
C
C/B C/Bb A
And I find it hard to swallow good advice
Am
Am/B
Am/C ?/D ?/D#
Like going down three times to only come up twice
A/E
Come up twice
***analysis***
The recurring device here is a major chord with the flat 7th in the
bass.
It happens on "another day" "cigarette girl" and "here and now" and
"good
advice".
Also lots of 1st & 2nd inversion chords. The most original part
is the
bridge with the bassline walking up beneath the Am chord. Ami/B is,
by
itself very dissonant, as the B isn't part of an Am or Am7, but in
context
it sounds great. The end of the bridge is really strange with the same
line
continuing through D D# E with the Beatles-like chanting going on against
it-I don't know what to call those chords.
Anyone care to analyze the lyrics? I like the line about going down
3 times
to only come up twice.
Kevin Moore
kevinmoore@cruz.com
Intro: C C/B C C/B
C
Em/B
Gm/Bb
I can't lie on this bed anymore it burns my skin
F/A
Fm/Ab
You can take the truthful things you've said to me
D/F#
F G
and fit them on the head of a pin
C
F Dm
G
Poor Napoleon
C
Em/B Gm/Bb
You always look so disappointed when I take my stockings off
F/A
Fm/Ab
Don't you know the facts of life boy
D/F#
F
Don't you know what these things cost?
C
Em/B Gm/Bb
She was selling stolen kisses to travelling salesmen and minstrel
singers
F/A
Fm/Ab
You put a penny in the slot
D/F#
F
G
She called you her magic fingers
C F
Dm G
C F
Dm G
Poor Napoleon
E
E/G#
I bet she isn't all that's advertised
Am
C
I bet that isn't all she fakes
D
Eb
Just like that place where they take your spine
F
Eb D
C C/B C C/B etc.
And turn it into soapflakes
C
Em/B Gm/Bb
Bare wires from the socket to the bed where you embraced that girl
F/A
Fm/Ab D/F#
F
Did you ever think there's far too many people in the world?
C
Em/B Gm/Bb
One day they'll probably make a movie out of all of this
F/A
Fm/Ab D/F#
F
G
There won't even have to be a murder just a slow dissolving kiss
C F
Dm G (continue this chord progression till
end)
Poor Napoleon
[n.c.]As I stepped out upon the landing my heart was already down
the stairs
{sot}
D |-0-2-4---
{eot}
[G]She's in the [C]bedroom with that [D] boy of hers
[F]Though her face is [E]creased and her eyes seem [Am]strange
[C] [D]
There's a [G]second hand e[C]motion on a [G]battered forty-five
[G]My tears were [C]never enough to [D]keep that girl alive
[F]Now she seems con[E]trite will she make the [Am]change? [C]
[D]
{c:Chorus}
The next time [G]round [C] [D]
[Dsus4]
The next time [G]round [C] [D]
[Dsus4]
[Dm]You'll be [F]someone [E]else's baby
But [Am]I'll be [C]under[D]ground [Dsus4]
The next time [G]round
{sot}
A |---0-2-3--2-0------
E |-3------------3-2--
{eot}
Then [G]you took two steps [C]forward and then [G]one step on your
back
[G]Now it's a [C]future for me and [D]you that I lack
[F]You'll be the one who'll [E]stand out in the dark
Even [Am]when you're all [C]dressed in [D]black
{c:Chorus}
The next time [G]round [C] [D]
[Dsus4]
The next time [G]round [C] [D]
[Dsus4]
[Dm]You'll be [F]someone [E]else's baby
But [Am]I'll be [C]under[D]ground [Dsus4]
The next time [G]round
[C]You've got [G]something [D]that I [G]want now
And [C]I've got [G]something [D]I can't [G]hide
[C]I've got [G]too much [D]love for [G]you now
Have [C]you got too much [D]pride
[G]
[n.c.]Sometimes I name and number all the things you gave to me
{sot}
D |-0-2-4---
{eot}
[G]Your elastic [C]love, this velvet-[D]lined purgatory
[F]You used to take the [E]breath out of me
Now I [Am]think you'll be the [C]death of [D]me
{c:Chorus}
The next time [G]round [C] [D]
[Dsus4]
The next time [G]round [C] [D]
[Dsus4]
[Dm]You'll be [F]someone [E]else's baby
But [Am]I'll be [C]under[D]ground [Dsus4]
The next time [G]round
[C] The next time round
The next time [G]round [C] [D]
[Dsus4]
The next time [G]round [C] [D]
[Dsus4]
[Dm]You'll be [F]someone [E]else's baby
But [Am]I'll be [C]under[D]ground [Dsus4]
The next time [G]round
[C] The next time round
The next time [G]round [C] [D]
[Dsus4]
The next time [G]round [C] [D]
[Dsus4]
[Dm]You'll be [F]in some [E]sputnick baby
But [Am]I'll be [C]under[D]ground [Dsus4]
The next time [G]round
[C] The next time round
[G]