Brutal Youth
- Pony Street
- Kinder Murder
- 13 Steps Lead Down
- This Is Hell
- Clown Strike
- You Tripped At Every Step
- Still Too Soon To Know
- 20% Amnesia
- Sulky Girl
- London's Brilliant Parade
- My Science Fiction Twin
- Rocking Horse Road
- Just About Glad
- All The Rage
- Favourite Hour
Pony Street
"Pony St." -- (since this song doesn't have distinct verses and choruses,
I will simply list the chords in order)
G (held until "...feet"), C, D, C, G, Am, D, G, D, C, G, Am, D :|
repeat
(not sure about "Mother, oh mother" part): G, C, D, C, Am :|
"If you're going out..." -> G, C, Am, A, G, C, G, Em, D, C, G, Em,
D, C, Am, C, G
She lives on Pony Street
And they should scatter flowers at her feet
But when they come calling I think it's appalling
They're sober and they're polite
They're deeply respectful when I would expect them
To keep her out all night
That little martinet
Will get her own way yet
If you need instruction in mindless destruction
I'll show you a thing or two
You used to adore me but now my life flashes before me
For you to view
Oh mother, oh mother, sometimes you are so mortifying
From the hole in your leopard skin tights I can tell you've been spying
But your generation confesses before it transgresses
Those Super-8 movies of daddy in your disco dresses
If you're going out tonight
I won't wait up
Reading "Das Kapital"
Watching "Home Shopping Club"
While you're flogging a dead horse
All the way down Pony Street
Where you live after a fashion
All the way down Pony Street
The life and the soul of every indiscretion
That lives on, that lives on, that lives on
Pony Street
Daughter, oh daughter, you know I will love you forever
But spare me the white ankle socks with the lace and the leather
For you and your cartoon threat do no good to resist me
For I am the genuine thing but for you it's just history
If you're going out tonight
How can you be sure
Where you lay your pretty head
Mother may have been before
So you're flogging a dead horse
All the way down Pony Street
Where you live after a fashion
All the way down Pony Street
The life and the soul of every indiscretion
That lives on [5x]
She lives on Pony Street [2x]
She lives on, she lives on [2x]
Kinder Murder
Verse: A(add B), F#m (add G#) :| (play four times) D, E
A(add B), F#m (add G#) :| (play four times) D, E, D, Dm7
Chorus: G, Em9, G, Em9, C, Am, C, A (return to verse)
Here in the bar, the boys like to have fun
There's a wager lost and an argument won
There's a stone-washed damsel on a junk food run
It's a kinder murder
There's a ladder to heaven from a battered stiletto
Spitting out the words that he put into her mouth
See her in silhouette going down south
It's a kinder murder
It's a kinder murder
She could have kept her knees together
Should have kept her mouth shut
It's a kinder murder
It's a kinder murder
Jimmy took her down to the perimeter fence
He was back in half an hour, he said he left her senseless
Then he went back to his regiment
It's a kinder murder
The officer said it has to be denied
There's a tear-stained would-be teenage bride
All the family pride in the little ram-rider
It's a kinder murder
It's a kinder murder
She could have kept her knees together
Should have kept her mouth shut
It's a kinder murder
It's a kinder murder
The child went missing and the photo fit his face
Dishonoured Jimmy just read about the case
He said that he was just taking up space
It's a kinder murder
Jimmy took his best friend's keys from the pile on the table in a flash
He was dreaming of the pigskin seats and the walnut dash
The knickers in her handbag and the one false eyelash
It's a kinder murder
It's a kinder murder
She could have kept her knees together
Could have kept her mouth shut
It's a kinder murder [4x]
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Transcripted by Pablo Alonso
A9-F#m9 (x2)
A9 F#m9
Here in the bar, the boys like to have fun
A9 F#m9
There's a wager lost and an argument won
A9 F#m9
There's a stone-washed damsel on a junk food run
D E
It's a kinder murder
There's a ladder to heaven from a battered stiletto
Spitting out the words that he put into her mouth
See her in silhouette going down south
It's a kinder murder
D D/C
It's a kinder murder
G Em
She could have kept her knees together
G
Should have kept her mouth shut Riff 2-12-12-10----10------------------
C Am 3----------12----12-9-9---------
It's a kinder murder play it with vibrato
C A
It's a kinder murder
Jimmy took her down to the perimeter fence
He was back in half an hour, he said he left her senseless
Then he went back to his regiment
It's a kinder murder
The officer said it has to be denied
There's a tear-stained would-be teenage bride
All the family pride in the little ram-rider
It's a kinder murder
It's a kinder murder
She could have kept her knees together
Should have kept her mouth shut (Riff)
It's a kinder murder
It's a kinder murder
solo over intro (try doublestops on the first two strings to get close)
The child went missing and the photo fit his face
Dishonoured Jimmy just read about the case
He said that he was just taking up space
It's a kinder murder
Jimmy took his best friend's keys from the pile on the table in a flash
He was dreaming of the pigskin seats and the walnut dash
The knickers in her handbag and the one false eyelash
It's a kinder murder
It's a kinder murder
She could have kept her knees together
Could have kept her mouth shut (Riff)
It's a kinder murder [4x]
outro A9 - F#m7 (x2) doublestops again
A9 F#m9
EADGBe EADGBe
575657 242224
13 Steps Lead Down
tabbed by Damon S Linker (linkerda@student.msu.edu)
Verse1: variations on E7
Chorus: E, B, A, B :|
Verse2: C#m, A, B, C#m :|
Bridge: C#m, A, E, F#m, C#m, E, A, E, C#m, A, E, F#m, B
When nobody knows she puts on secret clothes
And lies in the meadow with her hands tied behind her back
I won't refuse if you know how to use it
Just stop playing that ugly drug music
CHORUS:
Thirteen steps lead down
Thirteen steps lead down
There's commoners and kings
And everyone's a prisoner of
Paper and glue
And a decent pair of scissors
So tonight I'm drinking to your health
Because I just can't stand myself
Thirteen steps lead down [4x]
She stands and fails
On fashion fingernails
Her lovers have her walking 'round
On instruments of torture
And one of them is poisonous
The other is a thief they say
So what one could give to her
The other cannot take away
When nobody knows she puts on secret clothes
And lies in her splendour for a picture opportunity
Cover up that bruise, put on patent leather shoes
Just stop playing that bad mood music
CHORUS
Thirteen steps lead down [4x]
This Is Hell
tabbed by Damon S Linker (linkerda@student.msu.edu)
Chorus: D, A, G, Em, D, A, G, D, A, G, Em, D, A, Dm7
Verse (first time): G, D, G, D, C, Am, C, Am
Verse (other times): G, D, G, D, C, Am, C, Am, A, A7
Bridge: Dm, G, C, F, Dm, G, C, F, Dm, G, C, F(hold a while), G,
Em, D
CHORUS:
This is hell, this is hell
I am sorry to tell you
It never gets better or worse
But you get used to it after a spell
For heaven is hell in reverse
The bruiser spun a hula hoop
As all the barmen preen and pout
The neon "i" of nightclub flickers on and off
And finally blew out
The irritating jingle
Of the belly-dancing phoney Turkish girls
The eerie glare of ultra violet
Perfect dental work
CHORUS
The failed Don Juan in the big bow-tie
Is very sorry that he spoke
For he's mislaid his punchline
More than halfway through a very tasteless joke
The fräulein caught him peeking down her gown
He's yelling in her ear
And all at once the music stopped
As he was intimately bellowing "My dear . . ."
CHORUS
The shirt you wore with courage
And the violent nylon suit
Reappear upon your back
And undermine the polished line you try to shoot
It's not the torment of the flames
That finally see your flesh corrupted
It's the small humiliations that your memory piles up
This is hell, this is hell, this is hell.
"My Favourite Things" are playing
Again and again
But it's by Julie Andrews
And not by John Coltrane
Endless balmy breezes and perfect sunsets framed
Vintage wine for breakfast
And naked starlets floating in Champagne
All the passions of your youth
Are tranquillised and tamed
You may think it looks familiar
Though you may know it by another name
CHORUS
This is hell, this is hell.
You Tripped At Every Step
tabbed by Damon S Linker (linkerda@student.msu.edu)
Verse: D, F#m, G, D, F#m, Bm, Em, A7
D, F#m, G, D, F#m, Bm
F#''', F#dim'', G, Bm''', Em''
Chorus: G, A, G, Bm, G, D, G, A, G
Bridge: Bb, Gm, Cm, Cdim, Gm, D7, Bb, Gm, Cm, Cdim, G, Em, F, Edim
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from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
lyrics and chords of: You Tripped At Every Step by Elvis Costello
And The
Attractions
Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15
G Em/B C G/D
Take your tiny feet out of your mother's shoes
Bm Em Am7 D7
Or there's is going to be a terrible scene
G Em/B C G/D
It's not just a lipstick drawn on crooked when they
Bm Em
Find how wicked we are
B Bdim C
How wicked we have been
E Am
How I've been tempted
C G/D D C
How you tripped at every step
Em C Em
You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step
C Bm D/A C
Oh, how you tripped at every step
G Em/B C G/D
There's a merry tune that starts in "I" and ends
Bm Em Am7 D7
In "You", like many famous pop songs do
G Em/B C G/D
You would sing along with little tell-tale staggers
Bm Em
While balancing on daggers
B Bdim C
Thou they were killing you
E Am
You looked so deadly
C G/D D C
As you tripped at every step
Em C Em
You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step
C Bm D/A C
Oh, how you tripped at every step
Eb Cm7 Ab6 G7
And I would try to catch you anytime you call
Cm7 Bb7
Only you drank that potion and went out of control
Eb Cm7 Ab6 G7
There's nothing to stop you so how can you fall
C Am
Let me take your hand
Bb/F D/F#
Put down that frying pan
G Em/B C G/D
Darkness would become me, underneath the table
Bm Em Am7 D7
As the fury raged around the house
G Em/B C G/D
Your despairing tread was angry and unstable
Bm Em
You never suspected
B Bdim C
Just as this cartoon mouse
E Am
Went undetected
C G/D D C
As you tripped at every step
Em C Em
You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step
C Bm D/A C
Oh, how you tripped at every step
G Em/B C G/D
In another world of gin and cigarettes
Bm Em Am7 D7
Those cocktail cabinets put mud in your eye
G Em/B C G/D
Maybe that is why you find it hard to see me
Bm Em
And if you don't believe me
B Bdim C
Before you start to cry
E Am
"Don't eve leave me."
C G/D D C
As you tripped at every step
Em C Em
You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step
C Bm D/A C
Oh, how you tripped at every step
Original tune is in D-Major!
Still Too Soon To Know
tabbed by Damon S Linker (linkerda@student.msu.edu)
Verse: Db, Ab7, Db, Gb, Ab7, Db, Bbm, Gb, Ebm, Ab7, Db
Bridge: Ab7, Bbm, Ab7, Bbm, Ab7, Bbm, Ab
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from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
lyrics and chords of: Still Too Soon To Know by Elvis Costello And
The
Attractions
Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15
D A7 D
Do you love him or is it still too soon to know
G
When I think back a couple of days
A7 D
Before I found you in his spell was there a warning?
Bm G
What can I say, should I look away?
Em A D A D A
It's still too soon to know
D A7 D
Are you sorry or is it still too soon to know
G
It didn't take much to break us in two
A7 D
For rivers in the way did he came close to touching you
Bm G
The look in your eyes, I thought I recognised
Em A D
It's still too soon to know
A D A Bm
Yes it's still too soon to know
A Bm A
Will you stay or will you go?
Bm A
It's still too soon to know
D G
When I think back a couple of days
A7 D
If I wasn't happy then I never will be
Bm G
I wonder was this ignorance or bliss?
Em A D
It's still too soon to know
Original tune is in Db-Major!
Sulky Girl
tabbed by Marika L Whaley <mwhaley@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
This is my first posting of chords, please be gentle. :)
Really, though, if you would like to debate any of my decisions, any
input is
appreciated.
VERSES:
She wears a wedding ring her sister lent
Bm
To throw them off the scent
Em
Just let them guess, it's what they expect
Who in the world has bitten her neck?
Bm
She's discovered wearing last night's dress
Em
The carnal and cunning, she couldn't express
Who do you think she's trying to impress?
A D G
CHORUS:
I think you'd better hold your tongue
A Bm A G
Although you've never been that strong
A D Bm
I'm sorry to say that I knew all along
G A D Bm
You were no match for that sulky girl
G (Em?) A Em F#m
VERSE 2 - see verse 1
CHORUS
BRIDGE 1
Sulky girl
G D
I'm sure you look a picture when you cry
Em Bm G D F C F
But threatening the silent treatment doesn't qualify
G D Em Bm G D F C F G
It's like money in the bank
(hold G) F C F G
Your expression is blank
(hold G) F C F G
But while the chance appears
(you get the idea) F C F D
You'll be nearer to tears
(still D)
Sulky girl (2x)
G F C D
VERSE 3
CHORUS
BRIDGE 2 - same as bridge 1 except fade out on
Sulky girl
G F C D
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From: kevinmoore@cruz.com (Kevin Moore)
EC loves to take a regular chord and play it with the third in the
bass
instead of the root-like a D with an F# on the bottom. I once read an
interview with Paul McCartney where they asked him what it was about
Brian
Wilson's Pet Sounds that he drew on for inspiration during his Sgt.
Pepper
period, and he said "Brian would take a C chord and play a G in the
bass."
You can find these "5th in the bass" chords all through the songs of
McCartney and Brian Wilson. I haven't transcribed that much EC yet,
but I
know he likes the 3rd and 7th quite a bit. Steely Dan & Co. take
the whole
thing even farther by putting notes in the bass which aren't even in
the
chord at all, like an F chord with a G in the bass going to a G chord
with
a C in the bass. Or an A chord with a G in the bass.
But I digress! The chord is Sulky Girl is a D chord, but with an F#
in the
bass. At the beginning of the Bridge he sings: "Sul...ky Girl" and right
on
"Girl" he plays the D/F# chord. So D IS the right chord, but putting
that
F# in the bass is what makes it sound so cool. Then he does it again
on
"cry" in "when you cry". What happens after that is wild, and I'm not
sure
what the guitar is doing, but the bass is going C C E C F E C. I think
the
guitar is just playing C to F to C, switching to F when the bass does.
What a great song-and as with most great songs, the bassline is a melody,
not just a bunch of chord roots. The next part is great.
It's like money in the bank (bass: C E C F E C)
Your expression is blank (bass: C C E F E C)
But while the chance appears (bass: C C F C F)
I think your chords are right, except maybe it goes C F C instead of
F C
F-my mail program has everything so mixed up that I can't tell what
goes
with what anyway.
But I digress-when it goes to the little vamp on sulky girl, the bass
player does the third in the bass trick again, this time on the C chord.
The bass goes: G G F F E D C, with the E hitting right when the C chord
comes in.
Earlier in the song, on the chorus there's another hint of 3rd in the
bass.
On "hold your tongue" the bass plays F# D G.
The hardest part for me to hear is "never been that strong". The bass
here
is just wicked! My trick for picking out hard basslines is to record
the cd
onto a 2 speed tape deck at the slow speed and then listen to it at
the
fast speed. This makes Mssr. Costello sound like Alvin the Chipmunk,
but it
also brings the bassline up exactly one octave into the guitar's range
and
makes the pitches very clear. The only problem is when the bass starts
playing really fast, like he's playing here.
Oh-wait-there's the McCartney chord! On the "though" of "although"
the bass
is running up off of an E, so at the moment the guitar hits A, the bass
is
on E, the fifth.
Here's another trick: rest your finger on pause and hit it right after
he
says "although" and let the sound of it roll around in your head in
the
ensuing silence. God I love Elvis Costello! Have you ever heard that
song
that Prince wrote called "I Love You More Than I Did When You Were Mine"?.
It was covered by Cindy Lauper on her first album. Not that I'm a giant
CL
fan, mind you, but what she said "I know" in "I know....that you're
goin'
with another guy..." it killed me. I love that song. Anyway, "I know"
is
the exact same rhythm, notes and rhyme as "Although" in this song, but
EC
takes it a step further by putting the E in bass.
But I digress. On "never been that strong" the bass player, I think,
goes D
D C B A G, so we've got D, D/C, G/B, and then he runs down to the root
of
the G.
This is that 7th in the bass I was talking about. A D chord with a
C in the
bass. This kind of chord loves to have the bass go down one fret to
a chord
with the third in the bass: D/C to G/B. EC loves this progression and
does
all sorts of exceedingly clever things with it.
But i digress-there's one more third in the bass chord right at the
end of
the chorus. When he sings "I'm sorry to say that you knew all along"
the
chords are like you have them, G A D G, but after the 2nd G chord comes
the
D/F# again, on its way down to Emi A Emi F#mi.
But wait! If anyone has actually read this far, HOW WOULD YOU INTERPRET
THE
LYRICS???
p.s. If you listen to Pony Street -"If you're going out tonight..."
then on
"How can you be" is the McCartney chord again, G/D. Then on "When you
lay
our pretty pal" (is that the words?) he goes to Ami with E in the bass.
Two
McCartney chords in a row!-I haven't heard that since Pet Sounds. Try
singing that part of the song with just regular G and Ami-it just doesn't
make it. So-maybe elvis has been listening to the Beach Boys! God-I
hope he
doesn't listen to the words!!!
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from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
---> Original in D-Major
Em
She wears a wedding ring
Am
Her sister lent to throw them off
the scent
Just let them guess, is what they expect
Em
Who in the world has bitten her neck?
Am
She's discovered
wearing last night's dress
The carnal and cunning, she couldn't express
D G C
Who do
you think she's trying to impress?
D G
C
I think you'd better hold your tongue
D G
C
Although you've never been that strong
D G C
I'm sorry to say that I knew all along
Am7 D Am Bm
You were no match for
that sulky girl
Em
She left her European town
Am
Before she let that family down
She couldn't stand the
Massacre game
Em
She
dyed her hair and adopted another name
Am
With the evidence of passing out
Stamped on her hand, she glows
in the dark
D G C
He thinks she's from another planet, oh
D G
C
I think you'd better hold your tongue
D G
C
Although you've never been that strong
D G C
I'm sorry to say that I knew all along
Am7 D Am Bm
You were no match for
that sulky girl
C G Am Em C
G F Bb F
Sulky girl, I'm sure you look a picture when you cry
C G Am Em C G F Bb F
But threatening the silent treatment doesn't qualify
C
F Bb F
It's like money in the bank
C
F Bb F
Your expression is blank
C
F Bb F
But while the chance appears
G
You'll be nearer to tears
C Bb F
Sulky girl
G C
Bb F Em
Sulky girl
Em
He said "Hello, my pretty flower,"
Am
Just trying out his tycoon power
Avoiding the mirror, her pitying stare
Em
She said, "You're mistaken, your money's
no good in here."
Am
Just some
stupid little know-it-all
Who thought she looked easy; he's not that
astute
D G C
He'll pay for
the distance between cruelty and beauty
D G
C
I think you'd better hold your tongue
D
G C
Although you've never been that strong
D G C
I'm sorry to say that I knew all along
Am7 D G C
You were no match
for that sulky girl
D G C D
I
won't tell you again, what do you gain
G C
By
blackening her name?
D G
C
She's smarter than you, oh, isn't it a shame
Am7
D Am Bm
You're going to lose that sulky girl
C G Am
Em C G F Bb F
Sulky girl,
I saw you practicing your blackmail faces
C G Am
Em C G F Bb F
Suddenly,
your talking lika a duchess, but you're still a waitress
C
F Bb F
I saw through your pretence
C
F Bb F
But in my defence
C
F Bb F
There are a few events
G
I think we'll
spare the censor
C Bb F
Sulky girl
G C Bb F
Sulky girl
G C Bb F
Sulky girl
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Sulky Girl
tabbed by Damon S Linker (linkerda@student.msu.edu)
Verse: Bm, Em, Bm, Em, A
Chorus1: D, G, A, D, G, A, D, G, G, A, D, G, A, Em, F#m
Chorus2: G, D, Em, G, Bm, Em, G, D, Em, G, Bm, Em
G, CC, FF, CC, G:| 3X D
G, F, C, D:| 4X
London's Brilliant Parade
tabbed by Damon S Linker (linkerda@student.msu.edu)
Verse: A, C#m, D, A, C, G, A, D, F#, Bm, E, A, C#m, D, A, C, G,
A, D, F#, Bm
Chorus: F, Adim, Dm, D7, Gm, C, Bb, F
Bridge: Am, D, Am, D, G, Bm, Em, G, Bm, Em :| play twice
Gm, Bb, Eb, Edim
Outside my window
Not long before sleep arrives
They come with their sirens
And they sweep away all the boys
Busy draining the joy from their lives
They never said their prayers out loud
And while I'm dreaming
There's a passing motor car
That broadcasts a popular song
And a girl appears to be saying
"Do you think that I'm going to go far?"
FIRST CHORUS:
Just look at me
I'm having the time of my life
Or something quite like it
When I'm walking out and about
In London's brilliant parade
She's one of those girls that you just can't place
You feel guilty desiring such an innocent face
But of course they knew that when they cast her
Along with the red Routemaster
And the film takes place in an MGB
And a perfect re-creation of "The Speakeasy"
Everybody looks happy and twisted
Though she probably never existed
For old times' sake
Don't let me awake
I wouldn't want you to walk across Hungerford Bridge
Especially at twilight
Looking through the bolts and the girders
Into the water below
You'll never find your answer there
They sounded the "all-clear" in the occidental bazaar
They used to call Oxford Street
Now the bankrupt souls in the city
Are finally tasting defeat
SECOND CHORUS:
Don't look at me
I'm having the time of my life
Or something quite like it
When I'm walking out and about
In London's brilliant parade
When I'm walking out and about
In London's brilliant parade
From the gates of St. Mary's, there were horses in Olympia
And a trolley bus in Fulham Broadway
The lions and the tigers in Regents Park
Couldn't pay their way
And now they're not the only ones
At the Hammersmith Palais
In Kensington and Camden Town
There's a part that I used to play;
The lovely Diorama is really part of the drama, I'd say
FIRST CHORUS [2x]
My Science Fiction Twin
{title:My Science Fiction Twin}
{st:Elvis Costello}
# From: Brutal Youth
# Keith Waclena <k-waclena@uchicago.edu>
# http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/keith/
{sot}
Riff 1:
e |-------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------
G |-2-1-0---------2---1-0---------2-1-0---------2---1-0---------
D |-------4---------------4-------------4---------------4-------
A |-----------0-------------3---3-----------0-------------3---3-
E |-------------------------------------------------------------
{eot}
[G] My science [Em]fiction twin is [G]doing better than ex[Em]pected
He [G]captured a little blonde [Em]trophy wife who's [G]really very
well con[Em]nected
[C] And [G]when he [D]calls home [G]with his [C]ali[G]bis, he says:
[D]Is this really neces[C]sary?
But [G]she knows [D]that a [G]man can't [C]be a [G]man unless he's
[D]punishing his secre[F#m]tary [C]
He [Am]sips cynical of his [D]sixty-one vintage [C] just as the
day is [D]dimming
With [Am]every intention of sur[D]rendering to [Dm]fifty-foot [C]women
Who [Am]put the fascination back [Em]into my science fiction twin
{c:Riff 1}
[G] My science [Em]fiction twin de[G]cided to become in[Em]visible
He [G]has my eyes, my [Em]face, my voice
But he's [G]only happy when I'm [Em]miserable
[C] The [G]words flew [D]from his [G]mouth and [C]they were [G]gently
[D]gathered by the gorgeous
[C] Try[G]ing to [D]frame his [G]once in[C]famous [G]flame with
[D]tattered pieces of a [F#m]daughter [C]
Her [Am]hair is all made out of [D]porcupine, [C] her figure is
fan[D]tastic
But [Am]as you know her cor[D]rupted personal [Dm]being sar[C]castic
To [Am]put the fascination back [Em]into my science fiction twin
He'll [Dm]scream and he'll [G]shout, every[C]thing is working [F]out
just as he predicted
{sot}
Riff 2:
e |-------------------------------
B |-------------------------------
G |-2-1-0---------2---1-0---------
D |-------4---------------4-------
A |-----------0-------------0---0-
E |-------------------------------
{eot}
[Dm]Right in po[G]sition in the [C]gallery of at[F]tempted people
{c:Riff 2}
Oh and the [Dm]pain is so [G]sweet that he'll [C]stamp his little
[F]feet
And he'll [Dm]even have [G]time to pity [C]me, how can he [F]feel
content?
{c:Riff 2}
You [D]wonder where this [C]fellow [D]ends
[G] My science [Em]fiction twin es[G]corted by his lovely [Em]nieces
Filled [G]up his purse dic[Em]tating verse while [G]painting master[Em]pieces
[C] His [G]almost [D]uni[G]versal [C]excel[G]lence is [D]starting
to dist[C]urb me
They [G]asked how [D]in the [G]world he does [C]all these [G]things
And [D]he answered, [F#m]Superbly [C]
He's [Am]trapped in his own para[D]llel dimension, [C] that's why
I'm so for[D]given
But [Am]how could I possibly for[D]get to mention those [Dm]fifty
foot [C]women
Who [Am]put the fascination back [Em]into my science fiction twin
{c:Riff 2 x 2}
My science fiction twin
{c:Riff 2 x 2}
My science fiction twin
{c:Riff 2 x 2}
My science fiction twin
{c:Riff 2 x 2}
My science fiction twin
{c:Riff 2 x 2}
Rocking Horse Road
Transcribed by Ben Greenstein
Note: The cool thing about this song is the 'implied melody' over
the
drum part - something very similar to 'The Joker' by Steve Miller
Band,
except in the key of G. There are actually no chords played for
most of
the song, just a bass riff, but I've provided some easy guitar
transcription. Enjoy!
Verse Rhythym - G C D C
(Listen to record to get it right)
Verse 1-
The chains from the bridle and the reins fell from my hands
The engines are idle and the ship sails on dry land
Bridge 1 -
Em Bm Am Bm C
I stood there stupefied, I thought I recognized
C D
Walking down Rocking Horse Road, getting lost
Verse 2 -
Shot through Vaseline, he picks up the paper from the lawn
And tucks "The Suburban Assassin" underneath his arm
Bridge 2 -
He smiles weakly and turns away - I know you'll never come to harm
Walking down Rocking Horse Road, it's so peaceful
F#m Bm
It's like a photograph
F#m Bm
From the other side of the world
C D
I said "I want you only"
C D
And then I left you alone
C D (play verse rythym LOUD)
Crying on Rocking Horse Road, or somewhere quite like it
Verse 3 -
The cemetery gardens, there are names not numbers on the gateposts
And the eyes in the curtain follow you like a smirking ghost
Bridge 3 -
Em Bm Am Bm C
I know I must not look back - 'Cause part of me is waiting still
C
There on Rocking Horse Road for you
Am
In a little dream house made for two
C D G C
Well you were the one that made your escape
C D G C
In your stocking feet and your sticky tape
C D G C
All the way down [repeat to fade]
Just About Glad
Tabbed by Mark Schnitzius (schnitzi@east.isx.com)
D
I'm just about glad that I knew you once
G D
And it was more than just a passing acquaintance
D
I'm just about glad that it was a memory
G D
That doesn't need constant maintenance
G D
There are a few things that I regret
G Em
But nothing that I need to forget
G Bm Em G A
For all of the courage that we never had
G D
I'm just about glad
CHORUS:
G D A D
Just about glad we didn't do that thing
G D A D
Just about glad we didn't have that fling
G D A D
Just about glad we didn't give it a try
G D A D
Just about glad, is that a tear in your eye
G D
And on the few times I rang to propose
G Em
There was a man there or so I suppose
G Bm Em G A
The greatest lover that you never had
G D
I'm just about glad
A
They called time and vodka and lime
D A G D A
In some far flung Canadian Club (Just about glad)
A
And there I was just waiting to fall
D A G D A
Like a toe just aching to stub (Just about glad)
A
Later on I could never accept it
D A G D A
When you finally gave it all to him (Just about glad)
A
And you said that my nurse was sweet
D A G F#m A
But her lamp was just beginning to dim
D
I'm just about glad that we never did
G D
That thing we were going to do
D
I'm just about glad I can look you in the eye
G D
But I can't say the same for you
G D
And though the passion still flutters and flickers
G Em
It never got into our knickers
G Bm Em G A
For all of the courage that we never had
G
I'm just about, I'm just about, I'm just about, I'm just about
CHORUS
G D
And it's all just a stupid creation
G Em
Of my feverous imagination
G Bm Em G A
If I'm the greatest lover that you never had
G
I'm just about, I'm just about, I'm just about, I'm just about
CHORUS
A D
Is that a tear in your eye
A D
Is that a tear in your eye
All The Rage
tabbed by "Eddie Thornley" <ISSUET@razor.wbs.warwick.ac.uk>
I don't pretend that this is as good as chords have been typed in before
but it should give you a start. I picked this song first because it's
one of the easiest.
<INTRO>(G) (Em) (D) (G) (Em) (D)
(G)The twitching (D)impulse is to (G)speak your mind.(D)(C)
(G)I'll lend you my (D)microscope and (G)maybe you will (Am7)find
(G/B)it.
(C)Is it in that (G)ugly (D)place, that's (G)just behind your
face,(D)(G)
(C)where you keep my (G/B)picture (D)still, des(G)pite the fact
that
(D)you had me
re(G)placed.
(G)Say "Good(Em)(D)bye", (G)baby (Em)can't you (D)act your (G)age,
you know (Em)(D)why, (G)I'm going to (Em)give it (D)to you (C)straight.
Although I'll (Am)never be (Em)unhappy as you (D)want me to (C)be,
(Am)still it's all the (G)rage.
(Em) (G) (Em)
(F)I'll probably (C)play along, (D/C)left to my own de(G/B)vi(G7)ces.
(C)Spare me the (D/C)drone of your advice(G/B) (C) (G)
(Am)the sins of (Bm)garter and gin, con(C)fession may de(D)lay.
(Am)You know the (Bm)measuring pole, the (C)merry boots of clay(D)
(Am)I've heard it (Bm)all before, (C)you'll say it (D)anyway(G)
(G)Say "Good(Em)(D)bye", (G)baby (Em)can't you (D)act your (G)age,
you know (Em)(D)why, (G)I'm going to (Em)give it (D)to you (C)straight.
Although I'll (Am)never be (Em)unhappy as you (D)want me to (C)be,
(Am)still it's all the (G)rage.
Eddie Thornley, Computer Officer, Warwick Business School,
Univ. of Warwick CV4 7AL issuet@razor.wbs.warwick.ac.uk
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All the Rage
tabbed by Damon S Linker (linkerda@student.msu.edu)
Verse: G, D, G, D, C, G, D, G, G7, C, G, D, G, D, G, C, G, D, C,
Am, D, G
Chorus: G, Em, D :| play four times
Bridge: F, C, D7, G, G7, C, --- missing a few lines --- D
from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
lyrics and chords of: All The Rage by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15
G Em D
Favourite Hour
tabbed by Damon S Linker (linkerda@student.msu.edu)
D, F#m, Bm, D7, G, Bm, Em, Em7, A, D, A, Bbdim, D, F#m, Bm, Em,
Em6, C#dim7, D,
Bm, Gm, Bbm, F, Am, Dm, G :| play three times
Figure hanging on a leather band
Cog consults the watch he cups in his hand
Bejewelled movement measures lost and vanished time
Pray for the boy who makes his bed in cold earth and quicklime
CHORUS:
So stay the hands, arrest the time
Till I am captured by your touch
Blessings I don't count
Small mercies and such
The flags may lower as we approach the favourite hour
Now there's a tragic waste of brutal youth
Strip and polish this unvarnished truth
The tricky door that gapes beneath the ragged noose
The crippled verdict begs again for the lamest excuse
CHORUS
Put out my eyes so I may never spy
Waving branches as they're waving goodbye
Their vile perfume brings to my mouth a bitter taste
The murmuring brooks had best speak up, it's a terrible waste
CHORUS
