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Beyond
Belief
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Tears Before Bedtime
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Shabby Doll
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The Long Honeymoon
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Man Out Of Time
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Almost Blue
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...And In Every Home
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The Loved Ones
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Human Hands
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Kid About It
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Little Savage
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Boy With A Problem
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Pidgin English
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You Little Fool
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Town Cryer
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From Head To Toe
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The World Of Broken Hearts
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Night Time
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Really Mystified
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I Turn Around
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Seconds Of Pleasure
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The Stamping Ground
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Imperial Bedroom
Beyond Belief
tabbed by Fabio Martinelli Duarte
This is a very easy song, and after a while you'll find there's no need to
check the exact position of every chord. It flows naturally with the strong
tempo. Enjoy it.
Beyond Belief
D
History repeats the old conceits
G
The glib replies the same defeats
D
Keep your finger on important issues
F
With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues
D
I'm just the oily slick
G
On the windup world of the nervous tick
D F
In a very fashionable hovel
D
I hang around dying to be tortured
G
You'll never be alone in the bone orchard
D/F# F
This battle with the bottle is nothing so novel
D G
So in this almost empty gin palace
D/F#
Through a two-way looking glass
F
You see your alice
D
You know she has no sense
G
For all your jealousy
D F
In a sense she still smiles very sweetly
D
Charged with insults and flattery
G
Her body moves with malice
D F
Do you have to be so cruel to be callous
D G
And now you find you fit this identikit completely
D/F# F
You say you have no secrets
And then leave discreetly
G
I might make it California's fault
Be locked in Geneva's deepest vault
Bm G
Just like the canals of mars and the great barrier reef
Dm
I come to you beyond belief
D
My hands were clammy and cunning
G
She's been suitably stunning
D F
But I know there's not a hope in hades
D G
All the laddies cat call and wolf whistle
D
So called gentlemen and ladies
F
Dog fight like rose and thistle
D
I've got a feeling
G
I'm going to get a lot of grief
D/F#
Once this seemed so appealing
F
Now I am beyond belief
Tears Before Bedtime
Tabbed by Rob Lynch (hsapien@localnet.com)
(A)
I know the name on the tip of your tongue And I know that accusing look
Everybody knows I've been so wrong That's the problem and here's the hook
(D) Tears before (Bm) bedtime (C#m) There'll be (Bm) trouble tonight
(A) I don't want to talk about it anymore I don't want to have another fight
(D ) I don't want to talk I don't want to (Bm) fight How wrong (C#m) can I
(E) be before I am right
(A)
For the tears that you boo hoo hoo hoo There can be no defence
You say you'll forgive and forget But it's only a pretense
chorus
(D) Either (Bm) you can leave the (C#m) past behind (Bm)
(F#m ) Or give me (G#m) something to (A) disconnect my (C#m) mind
(D ) I (Bm) sleep with my (C#m) fists clenched (Bm) tight
(F#m) When I (G#m) don't (A) lie (C#m )awake all (G )night
I (F#/G) guess (E) time gave up the ghost too (A) late
And the (G) balance (D) of our (E) love
Very (G) soon (D) turns to (E) hate
(A)
Darling your suspiciousness Tortures me at night
But I can't excuse the cruel words That I use whenever we fight
(chorus)
Shabby Doll
Tabbed by: michael p mccullough (michael@magick.net michaelm@cdsnet.net)
Em6 = 022020
C/E = 032010
A/E = 002220
Dmaj7 = XX0333
INTRO:
Em Em6 C/E Em
Em
Giving you more of what for
Always worked for me before
D Em
Now I'm a shabby doll
Em D
What's going on behind the green elevator door
Em D Em
With just a shabby doll
Am
There's a hit man facing
A compromising situation
Em
With just a shabby doll
D
And a very neat line in character assassination
Em D Em
She's just a shabby doll
CHORUS:
D A
She's just a shabby doll
D A
She's putting him off and putting you on
D A D A
She's just the shabby doll, she's just the shabby doll
D A D
You're swearing upon, you know in your heart
D A Em
She's gone you know in your heart
She's just a shabby doll
Em
There's a girl in this dress
There's always a girl in distress
D Em
She's just a shabby doll
She's so sure she's self-possessed
D Em
Then again she's half undressed
D Em
She's just a shabby doll
Am
The boy that I used to be
Showed no sign of sympathy
Em
For just a shabby doll
I have betrayed you and me
D Em
And paid for my own bribery
D Em
With just a shabby doll
(chorus)
BRIDGE:
A/E (002220) Dmaj7 (XX0333)
He's the tired toy that everyone enjoyed
A/E D
He wants to be a fancy man but he's nothing but a nancy boy
C B
He's all pride and no joy
Em
And being what you might call a whore
Always worked for me before
D Em
Now I'm a shabby doll
Untie the gag the cat's out of the bag
D Em
But won't show his claws
D
He's just a shabby doll
Am
She said you must be joking
Some things are left unspoken
Em
You're just a shabby doll
He's lying limp and soaking
D Em
He was openly broken
D
By just a shabby doll
(chorus)
The Long Honeymoon
from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15
Em
All the bedroom lights go out
D
As the neighbourhood gets quiet
Am Em
Ev'rything in heaven and earth is almost right
Em
But there's a wife who's wond'ring
D
Where her husband could be tonight
Am
And when the phone rang almost once
Em
She took a dreadful fright
Em
Little things just seem to undermine
D
Her confidence in him
Am Em
He was late this time last week
Em
Who can she turn to
D
When the chance of coincidence is slim
Am B+ B9 B
`Cause the baby isn't old enough to speak
G#dim G D
There's been a long honeymoon
G#dim G D
She thought too late and spoke too soon
C
There's no money-back guarantee
Bm
On future happiness
G#dim G F
There's been a long honeymoon
Fm Eb
If he's out on a date then her life's in ruins
Ebm Bb
She never thought her love
Ebm C# Cm Bm
Could ever be as strong as this
Em
All the movies and the papers
D
Feature the murders of lonely women
Am
If he isn't in by ten
Em
She'll call up her best friend
Em
Why doesn't he come home
D
Why does her friend's phone keep on ringing
Am B+ B9 B
Maybe she should just pretend
G#dim G D
There's been a long honeymoon
G#dim G D
She thought too late and spoke too soon
C
There's no money-back guarantee
Bm
On future happiness
G#dim G F
There's been a long honeymoon
Fm Eb
If he's out on a date then her life's in ruins
Ebm Bb
She never thought her love
Ebm C# Cm Bm
Could ever be as strong as this
G D Am Em
Be as strong as this
G D Bbmaj7 Gadd9 D
Be as strong as this
Bbmaj7 Gadd9 D
Be as strong as this
Bbmaj7 Gm7 D G#5
Be as strong as this
Original tune is c-minor!
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The Long Honeymoon
By Elvis Costello
From the album: Imperial Bedroom
Tabbed by: michael p mccullough (michael@magick.net michaelm@cdsnet.net)
G+ = XX3221 (i have no idea what this chord is really called)
Gm = XX0333
Edim = XX2323
Eb = XX1343
Db = XX3121
Dbm = XX2120
INTRO:
Cm Bb Cm Bb
Bb Cm
All the bedroom lights go out
Bb
As the neighbourhood gets quiet
Fm Cm
Everything in heaven and earth is almost right
Cm Bb
But there's a wife whos wondering where her husband could be tonight
Fm Cm
And when the phone rang only once she took a dreadful fright
Cm Bb
Little things just seem to undermine her confidence in him
Fm Cm
He was late this time last week
Cm Bb
Who can she turn to when the chance of coincidence is slim
Fm G+ G9 G
'Cause the baby isn't old enought to speak
G Edim Eb
There's been a long honeymoon
Bb Edim Eb Gm
She thought too late and spoke too soon
Ab Gm
There's no money back guarantee on future happiness
Edim Eb
There's been a long honeymoon
Db Dbm B
If he's out on a date then her life's in ruins
Bm F# Bm A G#m Gm
She never thought her love could ever be as strong as this
Bb Cm
All the movies and the papers
Bb
Feature the murders of lonely women
Fm Cm
If he isn't in by ten she'll call up her best friend
Cm
Why doesn't he come home
Bb
Why does her friends phone keep on ringing
Fm G+ (?)
. . . . Maybe she should just pretend
(chorus)
Man Out Of Time
from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15
E B E
So this is where he came to hide
E B E
When he ran from you
E
In a private detective overcoat
F#m
And dirty dead men's shoes
E B E
The pretty things of Knightsbridge
E B E
Lying for of Minister of State
E
Are a far cry from the nod and wink
F#m
Here at Traitors' Gate
G#m C#m
'Cause the high heel he used to be has been ground down
F#sus4
And he listens for the footsteps
E/B B7
That would follow him around
E F#m G#m E
To murder - my love - is a crime
F#m G#m A F#/A# Bsus4 G#/B# C#m A E
But will you still love - a man out of time
E B E
There's a tupenny ha'ppenny millionaire
E B E
Looking for a fourpenny one
E
With a tight grip on the short hairs
F#m
Of the public imagination
E B E
But for his private wife and kids somehow
E B E
Real life becomes a rumour
E
Days of Dutch courage, just three French letters
F#m
And a German sense of humor
G#m C#m
He's got a mind like a sewer and a heart like a fridge
F#sus4
He stands to be insulted
E/B B7
And he pays for the privilege
E F#m G#m E
To murder - my love - is a crime
F#m G#m A F#/A# Bsus4 G#/B# C#m A E
But will you still love - a man out of time
E B E
The biggest wheels of industry
E B E
Retire sharp and short
E
And after the dinner overtures
F#m
Are nothing but an afterthought
E B E
Somebody's creeping in the kitchen
E B E
There's a reputation to be made
E
Whose nerves are always on the knife's edge
F#m
And who's up late polishing the blade
G#m C#m
Love is always scarpering or cowering or fawning
F#sus4
You drink yourself insensitive
E/B B7
And hate yourself in the morning
E F#m G#m E
To murder - my love - is a crime
F#m G#m A F#/A# Bsus4 G#/B# C#m A E
But will you still love - a man out of time
Almost Blue
Tabbed by: michael p mccullough (michael@magick.net michaelm@cdsnet.net)
Dm9 = 100210
E+ = XX2110
E7 = XX0100
Bm7-5 = 123231 (!!!!!!)
Bflat6 = XX3333 (Bb6)
Adim = X02210
C#dim = XX2323
(Comment: For a short song there are a hell of a lot of chord changes!
-m.)
INTRO:
Am Dm9 E+
Am
Almost blue
Bm7-5 E7 Am
Almost doing things we used to do
Bm7 -5 C F
There's a girl here and she's almost you
E Dm
Almost
Am Adim
All the things that your eyes once promised
C Bb6 A
I see in hers too
Dm Bm7-5 E+
Now your eyes are red from cry - ing
Am B7 Am
Almost blue
F Bm7-5 C C#dim
Flirting with this disaster became me
Dm Bm7-5 E
It named me as the fool who only aimed to be
Am
Almost blue
Bm7-5 E7 Am
It's almost touching it will almost do
Bm7-5 C F E Dm
There's a part of me that's always true.....always
Am Adim C Bb6 A
Not all good things come to an end now it is only a chosen few
Dm Bm7-5 E+
I've seen such an unhappy cou - ple
Am
Almost me
Bm7-5
Almost you
Am
Almost blue
...And In Every Home
The Loved Ones
by Elvis Costello (chords transcribed/interpreted by Evan Finch
)
[A] [C#m]
don't get smart or sarcastic
he snaps back just like elastic
spare us... verbal...
we break.. just like....
[F#m] [C#m]
what would the loved ones say
[F#m] [A]
what would the loved ones say
[D] [E]
you're not.. particular poison
[A] [F#]
I've got.... against you myself
[Bm] [E]
You could.... danger...
[F#m]
Now you're....to yourself
[E] [D] [E] [A]
Oh, what would the loved ones say, what would the loved ones say?
[F#m] [C#m] [F#m] [A]
Oh, what would the loved ones say, what would the loved ones say?
[Bm] [E]
The ugly little scenes run round your head
[Am] [D] [G] [D]
The ugly little dreams you get a needle and no thread
[Bm] [E]
They stiched you up this time
[Am] [Fm]
They say you'll do
[C] [Am] [F] [C]
They bitch about your pretty face turning ugly on you.
2nd time through is the same up until
[E] [D] [E] [D]
P P S I L O V E Y O U
Human Hands
Tabbed by: michael p mccullough (michael@magick.net michaelm@cdsnet.net)
C#dim = XX2323
INTRO:
Dsus4 F6
G D
I've been talking to the wall and it's been answering me
Em B
Oh darling how I miss you
C G
I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness
Am7 D
I crave the silhouette of your kiss
G D
With only the blue light of the TV on
Em B
Lip reading threats and false alarms
C G
There's a boy somewhere holding hands with himself
Am7 D
And a girl in a window on the Reeperbarn
C C#dim G B
Whenever I put my foot in my mouth and you begin to doubt
Em A
That it's you that I'm dreaming about
Cm C
Do I have to draw you a diagram?
C#dim G Am Em
All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands
G D
With the kings and queens of the dance hall craze
Em B
Checkmate in three moves in your heyday
C G
But the girls don't listen to your line anymore
Am7 D
Now you're part of someone else
G D Em
On the factory floor and you still say "Wheres the action?"
B C
Now you manufacture happiness
G D
And get sold on the cheap for someone's satisfaction
(chorus)
G D
All you toy soldiers and scaremongers
Em B
Are you living in this world sometimes I wonder
C G Am7 D
In between saying you've seen too much and saying you've seen it all
before
G D
Tighter and tighter I hold you tightly
Em
You know I love you more than slightly
G Am7 D
Although I've never said it like this before
(chorus)
Kid About It
Tabbed by: michael p mccullough (michael@magick.net michaelm@cdsnet.net)
NOTE: this song is in 3/4 time
G F#m B
He saw no tears in her eyes
Em
Say you wouldn't kid about it
G F#m
She's telling all of those lies
B Em
She swore she'd never told before
But I doubt it
C
So he bit his tongue
Bm Am
And tried hard to capture his breath
C
When she said I waited all my life
For just a little death
D G F#m
Say you wouldn't kid about it
B Em
Say you wouldn't kid about it
A G F#m
Say you wouldn't kid about it
B Em Eb7 (XX1323)
Say you wouldn't kid about it
C Em
Sometimes he takes himself so seriously
C Em
She makes her movements mysteriously
F Dm Eb7
Slow fast or furiously
C
It's a big responsibility
Em
With a face full of mixed ability
C
Big dreams of elegance
Em F C
Singing "The Leaving of Liverpool"
D D9 (XX1232)
And turning into Americans
D G
Say you wouldn't kid about it
G F#m B
So what if this is a man's world
Em
I want to be a kid again about it
G F#m
Give me back my sadness
B Em
I couldn't hide it even if I tried girl
C
We fight so frail
Bm Am
Making love tooth and nail
C/D
You gave me the kiss of my life
D
I might even live to tell the tale
(chorus)
Little Savage
Tabbed by: michael p mccullough (michael@magick.net michaelm@cdsnet.net)
define:
Gm = XX0333
Db+ = XX3221 (i have no idea what this chord is really called)
INTRO:
Dm C G Dm C G
F G D
I would have waited all my life
D G A
Just to make love out of something other than spite
C G Gm A
But the beauty is the beast you're baiting
Dm G
Should really be worth the waiting
Em A
You do something ver - y special to
Em A
Mr. Average
Em B
Now the lamb lies with the lion
F A Dm C G Dm C G
He's just a lit - tle savage
F G D G A
And so you turn your back on me
D F#m Gm C G
And all the hot air that only echoes stale tobacco
F G D
Actions speak louder now than words
(By just a fraction)
D G A C
What's the use of saying I love you when I'm drinking to distraction
G Gm
We save our sanity
A F
By saying such and such
Db+
After all its been discussed
F G
You say you must be touched
(chorus)
Boy With A Problem
(let me know if you want tabs of the trickier chords... I sure need them :)
C F Bb
I feel like a boy with a problem
Dm Eb Cm
I can't believe what we've forgot ten
Eb Eb7/Db Ab/C C7/Bb Ab6 Bb
and I even slapped your face and made you cry
Db G Ab
it's the last thing I want to do
Fm G Ab
pull the curtains on me and you
Db G Ab
pull the carpet from under love
Fm Gm Ab
pull out like young lovers do
Db G Db/Ab
you swore you wouldn't shout
Bbm G Ab
if it's not your punch then it's your pout
Ab Ab/G
Days in silence try my temper
Ab/Gb Fb
Nights spent drinking to remember
Abm/Eb A Gdim
how memories are always tender
Ab G7 C Am
I crept out last night behind your back
C Am
the little they know might be the piece I lack
F Am
came home drunk, talking in circles
Bb Am
the spirit is willing but I don't believe in miracles
G F D
I've got a problem but let's go to bed
Csus4 G/B
I can roll over and I can play dead
F/A G
but here I am in the doghouse instead
C F Bb
I feel like a boy with a problem
Dm Eb Cm
I can't believe all you've forgot ten
Eb Eb7/Db Ab/C C/Bb Ab6 Bb
Sleeping with forgive ness in your heart for me.
Pidgin English
Tabbed by: michael p mccullough (michael@magick.net michaelm@cdsnet.net)
INTRO:
D D7 G D D7 G
D D7 G D
There's a young girl with her old man who's too sick to mention
D D7 G D
She'll be turning twenty seven as she draws her widow's pension
D D7 G D
But he couldn't catch a common cold he couldn't get arrested
D D7
Too terrified to answer back
G D7
Too tired to have resisted
G C
Many hands make light work
G
Shorthand makes life easy
C
When he's out on night work
G
Make sure no one sees me
D
It all ends up in a slanging match with body talk and bruises
A7
A change is better than a rest
Silly beggars can't be choosers
CHORUS:
G D
One of a thousand pities you can't categorize
G A Bm
There are ten commandments of love
G D
When will you realise
There are ten commandments of love
A G Em Em7
I believe, I trust, I promise, I wish love's just a throwaway kiss
D
In this Pidgin English
If you're so wise use your lips and your eyes
C
Take it to the bridge she sighs
D D7 G D
You go cheep cheep cheep between bulls-eyes and bluster
D D7
Stiff as your poker face
G D
Keener than mustard
D D7 G D
From your own back yard to the land of exotica
D D7 G D7
From the truth society to neurotic erotica
G C
Silence is golden
G
Money talks diamonds and ermine
G C
There's a word in Spanish
G
Italian and German
D
In sign language, morse code, semaphore and gibberish
A7
Have you forgotten how to say it
In your Pidgin English?
(chorus)
D
PS I love you
(and so on . . . )
You Little Fool
Tabbed by: michael p mccullough (michael@magick.net michaelm@cdsnet.net)
Am7 = X02010
INTRO:
G C G
G C D
Daddy's best girl in the world is not supposed to have a boyfriend
C Bm Am7
But she's never wanted at home
C G Am7
Other girls are allowed to wear their makeup
C Bm D
She sneaks out her lipstick powder and comb
D G C
She surrounds his name with hearts and flowers
G C G C6
Talks on the telephone for hours and hours
But with the bird in his hand
G D G
And two on a string
C D
The words of love have an imitation ring
CHORUS:
D C
You little fool
G D C G
I suppose that your going to stay all night
D C
You little fool
G D C G
Don't look at me that way you know it isn't right
D Bsus4 G D C
You little fool, you little fool, you little fool
BRIDGE:
E A A7 D
They say no news is good news
E A A7 D
The little girl wants information
D C G E A
Mother just gives her some pills to choose
F Bb C
And says go and use your imagination
G C D
Daddy's best girl in the world says just look what I have got
C Bm Am7
As she sits beside him on the high stools
C G Am7
With his arms around her neck, snowball in one hand
C Bm7 D
And the other full of imitation jewels
D
She fingers a string of pearls
G C G C6
An imitation but he'll never know it
G D G
Imitation lashes flutter above
C D Em
Looking for an imitation of love
(chorus)
Town Cryer
Transcribed by Marika Whaley (whaley.24@osu.edu)
Corrections and comments welcome! I had to do some seriuos
experimentation with this one, since there's no guitar on the track.
Note: chords followed by a (*) have fingerings explained at the bottom.
Intro chords:
C Cmaj7 F C
Cmaj7
I'm the town crier
F C
And everybody knows
Cmaj7
I'm a little down
F C
With a lifetime to go
Am Am/G D/F# (*)
Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place
Am Am/G D/F# (*)
Why don't you take a good look at my face
Bm Bm/A E/G# (*)
Other boys use the splendour of their trembling lip
Bm Bm/A E/G# (*)
They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip
Em
I'm never going to cry again
Bm
I'm going to be as strong as them
Em
They say they'd die for love
And then they live it out
Bm
They'll give you something to cry about
Am Am/G D/F# (*)
And suddenly you really fall to pieces
I'm the town crier
And everybody knows
I'm a little down
With a lifetime to go
Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place
Why don't you take a good look at my face
Other boys use the splendour of their trembling lip
They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip
Love and unhappiness go arm in arm
Long suffering friends of your fatal charm
Isn't it a pity that you're going to get hurt
Just a little boy lost in a big man's shirt
Fadeout: C Cmaj7 F C
"Special" chords:
D/F#: fret number 2X023X
finger no. 1 23
E/G#: fret number 4224XX
finger no. 3114