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|lyrics = {{...This Town...}} | |||
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|title = ...This Town... | |||
|writer = [[Declan MacManus]] | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|producer = [[Elvis Costello]], [[Kevin Killen]] & [[T Bone Burnett]] | |||
|musicians = [[D.P.A. MacManus]] - vocals; Rickenbacker 6-string, Gretch, spider & acoustic guitars; organ, piano, melodica, tambourine<br>[[Roger McGuinn]] - Rickenbacker 12-string guitar<br>[[Paul McCartney]] - Rickenbacker bass<br>[[T Bone Burnett]] - acoustic guitar<br>[[Ralph Forbes]] - electric drums<br>[[Jim Keltner]] - extra snare drum<br>[[Michael Blair]] - glockenspiel, bells<br>[[Cait O'Riordan]] - lunge maracas | |||
|record_info = 1988, Ocean Way, Los Angeles & AIR Studios, London | |||
|release_info = February 6, 1989 | |||
|albums = [[Spike]], 1989 | |||
|singles = [[Single: ...This Town...|...This Town...]], 1989 (Germany) | |||
|collections = | |||
|soundtracks = | |||
|various_artists = | |||
|promos = [[Spike Album Sampler]], 1989<br>[[Timothy White's Rock Stars]], 1989<br>[[Follow Our Tracks - Music From 9 Road Bound Bands]], 1989 | |||
|videos = [[The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos]], 2005 | |||
|length = 4:25 | |||
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{{song notes | |||
|first = [[Concert 1988-05-04 Aberdeen|May 4, 1988, Aberdeen, Scotland]] | |||
|last = [[Concert 1989-09-15 Berkeley|September 15, 1989, Berkeley, CA]] | |||
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| | ==Alternate versions== | ||
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|title = ...This Town... (Demo) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitars, piano, percussion | |||
|record_info = February 16, 1988, Eden Studios, London | |||
|release_info = August 21, 2001 | |||
|albums = [[Spike (Rhino reissue)]], 2001 | |||
|length = 3:45 | |||
}}<br> | |||
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|title = ...This Town... (The Bastard Mix) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|producer = [[Elvis Costello]], [[Kevin Killen]] & [[T Bone Burnett]] | |||
|release_info = 1989 (promo only) | |||
: | |promos = [[The Elvis Costello Hour]], 1989 | ||
|length = 4:25 | |||
|note = Otherwise identical to the album version, this has Elvis singing the word "sweetheart" over the word "bastard" in the chorus. | |||
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{{thumb: Spike}} | |||
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{{thumb: Single: ...This Town...}} | |||
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{{thumb: The Right Spectacle}} | |||
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|} | {{song covers | ||
|covers = {{:...This Town... covers}} | |||
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==Chords== | ==Chords== | ||
G C G C G C G F A | |||
That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano like he was pawing a dirty book | |||
Dm G | |||
He bit a hole in his big bottom lip and gave his very best little boy look | |||
C G C G C G F A | |||
It was a song with a topical verse which I'm afraid he then proceeded to sing | |||
Dm G | |||
Something about the moody doomed love of the Fish-Finger King | |||
(Chorus:) | |||
Em Bm Em Bm | |||
You're nobody in this town | |||
Em Bm D | |||
You're nobody in this crowd | |||
Em Bm Em Bm Em D | |||
You're nobody till everybody in this town knows you're poison | |||
C Am | |||
Got your number, knows it must be avoided | |||
G Am Cm G | |||
You're nobody till everybody in this town thinks you're a bastard | |||
(...) | |||
== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Spike] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/spike.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/spike.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a01.htm Spike info page 1] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/spike/spike_info_a04.htm The Elvis Costello Hour info page] | |||
*[[Template: ...This Town...|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[...This Town... covers|Covers]] | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/spike.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Spike] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:1989|This Town]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics]] | [[Category:Spike|This Town]] | ||
[[Category:Chords]] | [[Category:Songs|This Town]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics|This Town]] | |||
[[Category:Chords|This Town]] | |||
[[Category:Alternate versions|This Town]] | |||
[[Category:Paul McCartney|This Town]] |
Latest revision as of 00:16, 12 January 2021
That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano like he was pawing a dirty book |
First known performance: Alternate versions
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Covers
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2019 | YouTube |
Chords
G C G C G C G F A That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano like he was pawing a dirty book Dm G He bit a hole in his big bottom lip and gave his very best little boy look C G C G C G F A It was a song with a topical verse which I'm afraid he then proceeded to sing Dm G Something about the moody doomed love of the Fish-Finger King (Chorus:) Em Bm Em Bm You're nobody in this town Em Bm D You're nobody in this crowd Em Bm Em Bm Em D You're nobody till everybody in this town knows you're poison C Am Got your number, knows it must be avoided G Am Cm G You're nobody till everybody in this town thinks you're a bastard (...)
Internal links
- Elvis Costello Home Page: Spike • lyrics • chords • Spike info page 1 • The Elvis Costello Hour info page
- Lyrics • Covers