-
...
This Town ...
- Let Him Dangle
- Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
- Veronica
- God's Comic
- Chewing Gum
- Tramp The Dirt Down
- Stalin Malone (instrumental)
- Satellite
- Pads, Paws And Claws
- Baby Plays Around
- Miss Macbeth
- Any King's Shilling
- Coal Train Robberies
- Last Boat Leaving
...This Town...
tabbed by "Kunihiro Kawamata" < kuniz@mx1.freemail.ne.jp >
define:
G/D :XX0433
D/F#:200232
A/E :X02220
Intro:G/D D/F# G
Verse 1:
C G C G
That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano
C F A/E
like he was pawing a dirty book
Dm A Dm A
He bit a hole in his big bottom lip and gave his
Dm G
very best little boy look
C G C G
It was a song with a topical verse which I'm
C F A/E
afraid he then proceeded to sing
Dm A Dm A
Something about the moody doomed love of
Dm G
the Fish-Finger King
Chorus:
Em Bm Em
You're nobody in this town
Em Bm D
You're nobody in this crowd
Em Bm Em Bm Em
You're nobody 'til everybody in this town
D
thinks you're poison,
C Am
Got your number knows it must be avoided
G D/F# Am Cm
You're nobody 'til everybody in this town
G
thinks you're a bastard
D D/F# G
Verse 2:
Mr. Getgood moved up to Self-Made Man Row
Although he swears that he's the salt of the earth
He's so proud of the "kick-me-hard" sign that
they hung on his back at birth
He said "I appreciate beauty, if I have one, then
it's my fault"
"Beauty is on my pillow, beauty is there in
my vault"
Chorus:
C G C G C G C G
Verse 3:
The girl with the eternity rock went down on
her bookie to buy some stock
Now all her signs in the shopping arcades say
"The corporation thief is The New Jesse James"
Her clothes and her attention were scant, her
eyes were everywhere,
Her eyes were like abstinthe [sic]
The little green figures that dance on his screen
say everything you want to hear and nothing
they mean
They made love while she was changing her dress
She wiped him off she wiped him out and then
she made him confess
A little amused by the belief in her power
You must remember this it was the fetish of
the hour
Chorus:
Let Him Dangle
tabbed by HISCAP@LUSTA.LATROBE.EDU.AU (PERRETT,Andrew)
Em
Bentley said to Craig, "Let him have it, Chris."
C B7
They still dont know today just what he meant by this
Em
Craig fired the pistol but was to young to swing
C B7
so the police to Bentley in the very next thing
Chorus:
Em C B7
Let him dangle let him dangle Do do do do do do do do do
Bently had surrended he was under arrest
when he gave Chris Craig that fatal request
Craig shot Sidney Miles, he took Bentley's word
the prosecution claimed as they charged him with murder...
Bridge
G D Am7
Well its hard to imagine its the times that have changed
G D
When there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange
G D Am7 D
If killing anybody is a terrible crime why does this bloodthirsty chorus
B7 Em C B7
come round from time to time Let him dangle do do do do do do do do do
They said Derek Bentley was easily led
Well what's that to the woman that Sidney Miles wed
though guilty was the verdict and Craig had shot him dead
the gallows stood for Bentley and still she never said...
Not many people thought that Bentley would hang
but the word never came the phone never rang
outside Wadsworth prison there was horror and hate
as the hangman shook Bentley's hand to calculate his weight....
From a welfare state to society murder
bring back the noose is always heard
whenever those swine are under attack
but it won't make you even it won't bring him back...
Em C B7
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
tabbed by Melinda Hale
Some of the chord shapes I've tried to graph out, and the basic
chord shapes and barre chord shapes I didn't, but if you need any
of them graphed out, just e-mail me.
G Bm
One day you're gonna have to face
Am G
A deep dark truthful mirror
D
And it's gonna tell you things that I still
C D
Love you too much to say
G Bm
The sky was just a purple bruise
Am G
The ground was iron
D
And you fell all around the town
C G C
Until you looked the same
[chorus]
G B
The same eyes, the same lips
Em C
The same lie from your tongue trips
C/B D/F#
C Am C C/B Am D/F# G ----------- -----------
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
| 2 2 | | | 2 | | 2 | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 |
C Am C C/B Am D/F# G
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
G Bm
Now the flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts
Am G
Ring to the boots of roustabouts
D
And you're never in any doubt
C D
There's something happening somewhere
G Bm
You chase down the road till your fingers bleed
Am G
On a fiberglass tumbleweed
D
You can blow around the town
C G C
But it all shuts down the same
[chorus]
Bm Em C C G (strum down)
So you bay for the boy in the tigerskin trunks
C C G
They set him up, set him up on a stool
Bm Em C C G
He falls down, he falls down like a drunk
C C G
And you drink till you drool
C Bm G
And it's his story you'll flatter
C Bm Em (I think I play this as G again)
You'll stretch him out like a saint
C Bm Em
But the canvas that he splattered
B/D#
C D B/D# -----------
Will be the picture that you never paint | | | | | |
| 2 | | 2 |
| | | | | 3
| | | | | |
[instrumental break] Em C G
C Am C C/B Am D/F# G
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
C Am C C/B Am D/F# G
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror
G Bm
A stripping puppet on a liquid stick
Am G
Gets into it pretty thick
D
A butterfly drinks a turtle's tears
C D
But how do you know he really needs it
G Bm
Cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand
Am G
Jesus wept, he felt abandoned
D
You're spellbound, baby, there's no doubting that
C G C
Did you ever see her stare like a Persian cat
[chorus]
Veronica
Since I posted this request to the list yesterday I have figured out
a rough version of the chord progression that I think is right.
Now since I transcribed it from tape and I used a piano, the chords
I am describing are piano chords - if you play guitar you'll
still have to figure out the fingering yourself I'm afraid.
Please address any flames/corrections to : jlaw@irus.rri.uwo.ca
Music transcribed by: Jeff Lawrence
Words transcribed by: Kurt Swanson
NOTES : The intro and verse I figured out from the bass notes so the
overlaying chords may be diff. (eg. the bass line may not be the
tonic). But it sounds right to me
STRANGE CHORDS : (On piano from bottom note up)
Faug5(2nd inv.) = C# F A
Fmaj(2nd inv.) = C F A
Gmaj(1st inv.) = B D G
Amin(add6 3rd.inv.) = F# A C E
INTRO :
=======
C F Emin G (over and over)
VERSE 1:
========
C F Emin Dmin.
Is it all in that pretty little head of yours?
C F Emin Dmin.
What goes on in that place in the dark?
C F Emin G
Well I used to know a girl and I would have sworn
F G C
that her name was Veronica
(same chord pattern for this and all subsequent verses - listen to
the CD to get the sync with words right)
VERSE 2:
========
Well she used to have a carefree mind of her
own and a delicate look in her eye
These days I'm afraid she's not even sure if her name is Veronica
CHORUS::
=======
Dmin. Faug5(2nd inv.)
Do you suppose, that waiting hands on eyes,
Fmaj(2nd inv.) Gmaj(1st inv.)
Veronica has gone to hide?
Dmin. Faug5(2nd inv.) Fmaj(2nd inv.)
And all the time she laughs at those who shout
Gmaj(1st inv.)
her name and steal her clothes
Fmaj.
Veronica
Amin(add6 3rd.inv.)
Veronica
("Veronica" in background with the progression of G F Emin D
leading back to verse)
VERSE 3:
========
Did the days drag by? Did the favours wane?
Did he roam down the town all the time?
Will you wake from your dream, with a wolf at
the door, reaching out for Veronica
Well it was all of sixty-five years ago
When the world was the street where she lived
And a young man sailed on a ship in the sea
With a picture of Veronica
BRIDGE:
=======
Amin. Fmin.
On the "Empress of India"
Bb C
And as she closed her eyes upon the world and
Amin. Fmin.
picked upon the bones of last week's news
Bb
She spoke his name outloud again
CHORUS:
VERSE 4:
========
Veronica sits in her favourite chair
and she sits very quiet and still
And they call her a name that they never get
right and if they don't then nobody else will
But she used to have a carefree mind of her
own, with devilish look in her eye
Saying "You can call me anything you like, but
my name is Veronica"
CHORUS:
OUTRO :
=======
G F Emin. Dmin. C
This transcription is copyright Jeff Lawrence ,
1995, and cannot be retransmitted or copied without this entire
document and copyright statement being attached.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: B51MC@aol.com (Bob)
The chords came from one of the guitar newsgroups. It was originally a
piano arrangement that the sender and his friends worked out for guitar.
Feel free to make any corrections. The bridge seems off- there are some
background changes between the listed chords.
The lyrics are from a demo version that a local radio station plays. It
is just EC and guitar, piano and a second voice in the distant background
(Paul?). You can tell they were still getting out the kinks, with slightly
different lyrics and phrasings.
Good luck with this, comments are welcomed...
... Bob
"Veronica" - Elvis Costello & Paul McCartney (Demo version)
INTRO : C F Em G (2x) (Faug5 = 0-0-3-2-2-1)
Is it [C] all in that [F] pretty little [Em] head of [Dm] yours?
What goes [C] on in that [F] place in the [Em]dark? [Dm]
Well I [C] used to know a [F] girl and I [Em] could've [G]sworn,
that her [F] name was [G] Veroni [C] ca
Well she [C] used to have a [F] carefree [Em] mind of her [Dm] own
with a [C] delicate [F] look in her eye [Em] [Dm]
[C] These days [F] I'm afraid [Em] she's not even sure, [G] if her
[F] name is [G] Veron [C] ica
Chorus: Do you [Dm] suppose, that waiting [Faug5] hands on eyes,
Ver [F] onica has [G] gone'n-to hiding?
And [Dm] all the time she [Faug5] laughs at those who
[F] shout her name and [G] steal her clothes
Ve [F] ronica Ve [Am/F#] ronica
Ve[G7] ronica
*(after chorus to verse: C-F-Em-Dm)
Did the [C] days drag [F] by? Did the [Em] favours [Dm] wane?
Did he [C] roam down the [F] town all the [Em] while? [Dm]
As you [C] wake from your [F] dream, with the
[Em] wolf at the [G] door,
reaching [F] out for Ver [G] onica [C]
Well [C] it was all of [F] sixty-five [Em] years ago [Dm]
When the [C] world was the [F] street where she [Em] lived [Dm]
And a [C] young man [F] sailed on a
[Em] ship in the [G] sea
With a [F] picture of Ver [G] onica [C]
Bridge On the [Am]"Empress of India" And [Fm] as she closed her eyes upon
the world [Bb]... and [C] picked upon the [Am] plate of last week's [Fm]
news,
She [Bb] spoke his name outloud again....(to chorus)
Ver[C] onica [F] sits in her [Em] favourite chair[Dm]
as they [C] come with the [F] regular [Em] pill [Dm]
And they [C] call her a [F] name that they
[Em] never get [G] right
while [F] telling her [G] that she must [C] sit still.....(to next verse)
But she [C] always had a [F] carefree [Em] mind of her [Dm] own
with [C] devilish [F] look in her [Em] eye [Dm]
Saying [C] "You can [F] call me [Em]anything you [G] like,
but my [F] name is Ver [G] onica" [C] ...... (....chorus)
OUTRO : C F Em Dm C
("Veronica" in background with the progression of [G F Em D] leading back to
verse after chorus)
from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
lyrics and chords of: Veronica by Elvis Costello
Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15
C F C/E G/D C F C G
C F C/E G/D G
Is it all in that pretty little head of yours?
C F C G
What goes on in that place in the dark?
C F C/E G/D G
Well I used to know a girl and I would have sworn
F G Csus4 C
That her name was Veronica
C F C/E G/D G
Well she used to have a carefree mind of her own
C F C G
And a delicate look in her eye
C F C/E G/D G
These days I'm afraid she's not even shure
F G Csus4 C
If her name is Veronica
C Dm Dm(maj7)
Do you suppose, that waiting hands on eyes
Dm7 G
Veronica has gone to hide?
Dm Dm(maj7)
And all the time she laughs at those
Dm7 G
Who shout her name and steal her clothes
F F#07
Veronica - Veronica - Veronica
G Dm/G Em/G
G Dm/G Em/G G
C F C/E G/D G
Did the days drag by? Did the favour wane?
C F C G
Did he roam down the town all the time?
C F C/E G/D
G
Will you wake from a dream, with the wolf at the door
F G Csus4 C
Reaching out for Veronica?
C F C/E G/D G
Well it was all sixty-five years ago
C F C G
When the world was the street where she lived
C F C/E G/D G
And a young man sailed on a ship in the sea
F G Csus4 C
With a picture of Veronica
Am Fm
On the "Empress of India"
Bb C
And as she closed her eyes upon the world
Am Fm
And picked upon the bones of last week's news
Bb
She spoke his name out loud again
C Dm Dm(maj7)
Do you suppose, that waiting hands on eyes
Dm7 G
Veronica has gone to hide?
Dm Dm(maj7)
And all the time she laughs at those
Dm7 G
Who shout her name and steal her clothes
F F#07
Veronica - Veronica - Veronica
G Dm/G Em/G
G Dm/G Em/G G
C F C/E G/D G
Veronica sits in her favourite chair
C F C G
And she sits very quiet and still
C F C/E G/D G
And they call her name that they never get right
F G Csus4 C
And if they don't then nobody else will
C F C/E G/D G
But she used to have a carefree mind of her own
C F C G
With devilish look in her eye
C F C/E G/D G
Saying "You can call me anything you like
F G Csus4 C
But my name is Veronica"
C Dm Dm(maj7)
Do you suppose, that waiting hands on eyes
Dm7 G
Veronica has gone to hide?
Dm Dm(maj7)
And all the time she laughs at those
Dm7 G
Who shout her name and steal her clothes
F F#07
Veronica - Veronica - Veronica
G Dm/G Em/G
G Dm/G Em/G G
G F Em G/D
C
Veronica
God's Comic
tabbed by HISCAP@LUSTA.LATROBE.EDU.AU (PERRETT,Andrew)
If this song is about a known comedian please drop me a line
with if possible any reference.. (a wager is afoot U C)
Em B7 Em B7 Em G Am A# B
Em B7 Em B7
I wish you'd known me when I was alive
G C D
I was a funny fellow
Am7 B7 C B7
The crowd would hoot and holler for more
Am7 B7 C B7
I wore a drunks red nose for applause
G C D
Oh yes I was a comical priest With a
G C D
joke for the flock and a hand up you fleece
Em B7 Em D
Drooling the drink and the lipstick and grease paint
G C D C
Down the cardboard front of my dirty dog collar
chorus:
G B7 Em B7 Em D
now I'm dead now I'm dead now I'm dead now I'm dead
G C D
And I'm going on to meet my reward
Em B7 Em D
I was scared I was scared I was scared I was scared
G C D C G B7 (*2nd time bridge*)
He might never heard Gods Comic
So there he was on a water bed
drinking a cola of a mystery brand
reading an airport novellette
listening to Andrew Lloyd Webber's requiem
He said before it had really begun
I prefer the one about my son
I've been wading through all this unbelievable junk
and wondering if I should have given it all to the monkeys.
Oops bridge
C D
I'm going to take a little trip
C D
down paradises endless shores
G
the say that travel broadens the mind
B7 E
till you cant get you head out of doors
*
I'm sitting here on the top of the world
I hang around in the longest night
Until each beast has gone to bead
and then I say god bless and turn out the light
While you lie in the dark afraid to breathe
and you beg and you promise and you bargain and you plead
sometimes you confuse me with Santa Claus
its the big white beard I suppose
I'm going up to the pole where you folks die of cold
I might be gone for a while if you need me
Tramp The Dirt Down
Transcribed by Paul Tibbetts
Here's a rough transcription:
G: (320003)
D/F#: (2x0232)
Em: (022000)
C: (x32010)
Bm/D: (x5443x)
A/C#: (x4222x)
E/G#: (4x245x)
G D/F# Em C G
I saw a newspaper picture from the political campaign
Em Bm/D A/C# C G
A woman was kissing a child, who was obviously in pain
Em Bm/D A/C# C G
SHe spills w/ compassion, as that young child's face in her hands she grips
Em Bm/D A/C# C G C
Can you imagine all that greed and avarice coming down on that childs lips
G D/F# Em D
Well I hope you don't die too soon
C G
I pray the Lord my soul to save
Em Bm/D A/C# C G
Oh I'll be a good boy, I'll try so hard to behave
Em Bm/D A/C# C G
Because there's one thing I know, I'd like to live long enough to savor
C Bm Am G Am G
That's when they finally put you in the ground
C Bm Am G Am G D
I'll Stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down
D Em D/F# G(?) D
When England was the whore of the world Margaret was her madam
Em D/F# Em(?) G
And the future looked as brigh and as clear as the black tarmacadam
G C
Well I hope that she sleeps well at night, isn't haunted by every tiny detail
Am E/G# G D/F# Em D
Cos when she held that lovely face in her hands all she thought was betrayal
back intro verse stuff. the alignment of the chords isnn't perfect...and
the Bm/D could be just plain D....
Intro is something like (I don't think its a guitar)
e----------------------------------------------
B--12--10---8---------------------------------------
G--------------11---9----7---9----------------------
then there's a guitar(or some stringed instrument) doing something like this
over the chords, probably following right along w/ them. (this example over
the first Em chord)
------9------------9---------
--------10-----------10-----------
----9------9------9-----9-----------
---9---------9---9-------9------------
--7-------------7-------------------
--------------------------------
the Bm/D could also be a D6 (xx0202)....experimentation is suggested, and
you can do whatever sounds best.
Satellite
tabbed by Melinda Hale
[intro] Em C#m A B
E C#m
She looked like she learned to dance
B A
>From a series of still pictures
E C#m
She's madly excited now
B A
She throws her hands up like a tulip
G#7/B#
B G#7/B# C#m F#7/A# B -----------
She looks like an illustration of a cocktail party | | 1 1 1 |
| | | | | 2
| 3 | | | |
G#m G#7/B#
Where cartoon bubbles burst in the air
C#m F#7/A# B A
Champagne rolls off her tongue like a second language
F#7/A#
B E --x--------
And it should have been her biggest night | | 1 | | |
| | | | 2 |
3 | | 3 | |
A F# B B7/D# E
The satellite looks down on her as she begins to cry
B7/D#
tacet C#m A -----------
All over the world at the very same time | | 1 | | |
| | | 2 | 2
| | | | | |
B B7/D# E
People sharing the same sorrow
C#m A
As the satellite looks down
B A B7
Her darkest hour is somebody's bright tomorrow
E C#m B A
He pulled on a cigarette in the crook of his first finger
E C#m B A
Felt the static electric charge of her perfect hourglass figure
B G#7/B# C#m F#7/A# B
As he undressed her with his eyes her weakness was his talent
G#m G#7/B# C#m
How could she know as she stepped through the lights
F#7/A# B A
That her dress would become transparent
B E
And with his face pressed to the screen
A F# B B7/D# E
He muttered words he'd never dare to say if she could see him
tacet C#m A
All over the world at the very same time
B B7/D# E
People sharing the same cheap sensation
C# A
The thrill of watching somebody watching
B A B7
Those forbidden things we never mention
[chorus]
E C#m7 A B7 E
The satellite looks down right now and forever
C#m7 A B7
What it has pulled apart, let no man tether
G#m F# F#m
His own body to his dream, his dream to someone else
B B7
Oh no, oh no
E C#m B A
She went back to her pitiful compromise, he'd go back to his family
E C#m B A
But for the matter of a thousand miles that separated them entirely
B G#7/B# C#m F#7/A# B
In the hot unloving spotlight with the secrets it arouses
G#m G#7/B# C#m F#7/A# B A
Now they both know what it's like inside a pornographer's trousers
B E
And in a funny way it's anonymous
A F# B B7/D# E C#m
The satellite, it blesses us and makes these dreams come true
A C#m A
All over the world at the very same time
C#m
All over the world
[chorus]
[last 2 chords are B7 and Dsus2, which is a regular D with the E open]
Baby Plays Around
tabbed by Paul Robins (svrobins@isnet.inmos.co.uk)
It's in CHORD format, ie run it through the CHORD program that was
recently posted and you get a nice postscript songsheet.
Paul Robins
email: svrobins@isnet.inmos.co.uk
-------------------------- cut here -------------------------------
{t:Baby Plays Around}
{t:words & music by D.P.A. Mac Manus & Cait O'Riordan}
{define:A/G 1 0 2 2 2 - 3}
{define:B/D# 0 2 4 4 1 - -}
{define:Dm/F 0 1 3 2 0 - 1 }
{define:Bm7-5 0 0 3 2 3 2 0}
{define:D/F# 0 2 3 2 0 0 2}
{define:A7/E 0 0 2 0 2 0 0}
{define:C#m7-5 0 0 0 0 2 4 -}
{define:D#^o 0 2 1 2 1 - -}
{define:F^o 0 1 2 2 3 - -}
{define:B7/D# 0 2 0 2 1 - -}
{define:F6 0 1 3 2 3 1 1}
{define:E11 0 2 0 1 0 0 0}
{define:C#m7 4 1 2 1 3 1 - }
[A]It's not [A7]open [D] to discussion any[Dsus]more,
[A]She's out[B/D#] again tonight, [E] And I'm a[C#m7]lone once more,
[D]She's all I [Bm7]have [Bm7-5]worth [C#m7] waiting [F#m]for,
but [B/D#]baby plays a[Bm7]round. [E]
[A]And so it [A/G]seems I've always [D/F#]been the last to [Dm/F]know,
[A]To hold [B/D#]on to that girl, [E] I had to [C#m7]let her go.
[D/F#] I wish to [Dm/F] God I [C#m7]didn't love her [F#m]so,
[B/D#] 'Cause [E11]baby plays a[A]round.
[A/G]I try to be [D/F#]strong, [A7/E] hold on to my [D]pride.[C#m7-5]
[Em7] She doesn't [A7]even know it's [D]wrong,
how much I [D#^o]hurt inside.[F^o]
And heaven knows I've tried but [F#m]
ba[Bm7]by plays a[Dm]round, just a [Esus]play thing.[F^o]
Its hard to reconcile the facts I'm [E7]facing.
[A]It's not [A7]open [D] to discussion any[Dsus]more,
[A]She walk's[B/D#] those shiny streets, [E] I walk the [C#m7]worn out floor.
[D]She's all I [Bm7]have [Bm7-5]worth [C#m7] living [F#m]for,
[B/D#]Baby [F6]plays, baby [D]plays a[Fmaj7]round [F7]
[Em7] [B7/D#] [Em] [Dm7]
[A] [F] [A7]
Any King's Shilling
Transcribed by: J. Michael Gabriel
* TUNE GUITARS 1/2 STEP DOWN!!!
* Although there are numerous and various instruments
played in this version on the Spike album, I have
arranged this to be done with two guitars, the top
carrying the melody and the bottom the bass and
supporting melody.
* As for the verses, I just do some improv picking with
the cord forms written above the lyrics.
INTRO:
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B E
You're a fine one, oh yes you are
B E
You're a fine one just like me
A
And we're friends now, oh wouldn't you say?
We've been friends now, oh haven't we?
B E
Stay at home tonight if you know what's good for you
B E
I can't say more it would be telling
B E
For if you don't what will become of you
G#m D B E
Just isn't worth any king's shilling (Fig. 1)
Fig. 1:
D B E
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B E
I will answer when they make that call, pull
B E
upon this ragged uniform
A
Up 'til now I know it's been your trade
Spit and polish the potato parade
B E
Stay at home tonight if you know what's good for you
B E
I can't say more it would be telling
B E
For if you don't what will become of you
G#m D B E
Just isn't worth any king's shilling (Fig. 1)
B E
Please don't put your silly head
A
in that pretty soldier's hat
G#m F#m B
You've done your duty, that's enough of that
Instrumental; chords (as verses are):
B E B E A B E B E B E B D B E
B E
I don't know if what I'm doing is right
B E
I don't know if you should be forgiving
A
But for me it seems it means my life
While for you it could just be a living
B E
Stay at home tonight if you know what's good for you
B E
I can't say more it would be telling
B E
For if you don't what will become of you
G#m D B E
Just isn't worth any king's shilling (Fig. 1)
B E
Please don't put your silly head
A
in that British soldier's hat
G#m F#m B
You've done your duty that's enough of that
Instrumental; chords:
B E B E A B E B E B E B D B E
B E
You're a fine one, oh yes you are
B E
You're a fine one, just like me.
Coal Train Robberies
Transcribed By Ben Greenstein
This is a forgotten gem from the "Spike" album, and the only real rocker
on there. There's nothing complicated about the song, only that no two
bridges are exactly the same - then again, this was a common trick in
Elvis' writing. By the way, the intro to this song reminds me of "Life
During Wartime" by Talking Heads - very similar riffs. And don't ask me
what the lyrics are about, I'm not sure - though I do think it may have
to do with music industry corruption. Then again, I think that about
every song.
Intro - Am E Am E
Verse 1 -
E Am E Am
Yesterday's coal train came to rest in the bitter cutting
C F C E
And as the signals took an age to change, it was easy pickings
Bridge 1 -
Dm
So you go to the movies when they smash it up
F
You want to feel your heart pumping, it makes you feel good
C F
Although the karaoke girls were screaming the hits
C F C E
As another Mercedes-Benz gets blown to bits
Verse 2 - (same as 1)
While all the time in the camptown theatres of Piccadilly
They're going to throw a black faced minstrel show for the barefoot
children
they're always selling
Bridge 2 -
Dm
They'll say "it's quaint," as the guilty ones faint
F
And claim they ain't underneath this paint
C F C E
We interrupt these liberal saints with their whips and watermelon
Chorus -
Am C D F
Reports are coming in - of a coal train robbery
It's like another world - or it had better be (end with E)
Verse 3 -
So we return to the whitewashed pout of his commited lips
Since he was declared the long lost fountain of youth that drips and
drips and drips
Bridge 3 -
Dm
They'll be sending him 'round, from door to door
F
To sell you back what's already yours
Dm
"So many good deeds, so little time"
F
Say the advertising agency swine
Dm
When man has destroyed what he thinks that he owns
F
I hope no living thing cries over his bones
C F
If you don't believe that I'm gone for good
C F C E
You can count the days I'm gone, and chop the chairs for firewood
(Repeat chorus and fade)
Last Boat Leaving
(corrections debated on request: paul@kieffaber.com)
D Am
Hush my little one don't cry so
B7 Em A
You know your daddy was bound to go
D A
They took his pride they took his voice
Bm F#
Don't upset him now don't make a noise
G Gm
They said, "You're lucky son still got the choice"
Bm G
Last boat leaving
A D A D A D A D
Don't waste your tears it's not as if I'm in chains
A D A Bm A A7/A# Bm E
I don't want to go now, it would be better for you too
A (D/F#-tacet)
If you don't look back when we sail
(Last boat leaving, last boat leaving)
D Am
Hush my dear, while I whisper it in your ear
B7 Em A
We're not going to sail tonight we're going to disappear
D A
And it feels like punishment, but I don't know what for
Bm F#
Take care of your mother son it's you that she adores
G Gm
'Cause no matter how long we sail we'll never reach the shore
Bm G
Last boat leaving
A D A D A D A D
So dry your tears it's not as if I'm in chains
A D A Bm A A7/A# Bm E
When you go to school son you'll read my story in history books
A D/F# (tacet)
Only they won't mention my name
(Last boat leaving, last boat leaving)
(A tacet) (G tacet) (D dim/F# tacet)
So hush now, my darling, my sweet little one
(A tacet) (G tacet) (D dim/F# tacet)
I hope that you never have to do what I've done
Do you know what I've done?
Am B7 Em A
Why I'm going away? On the last boat leaving this stinking town
Bm G Bm E
Last boat leaving, it’s the last boat leaving
A# C
You've had my innocence, you've had my heartbreak
Gm
You've taken the place where I once belonged
C/E D Bm A# Gm D
Now what more can you take?
