From michael@magick.net Thu May 15 17:02:18 1997
Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 01:11:22 GMT
From: michael p mccullough
To: guitar@olga.net, schnitzi@east.isx.com
Subject: TAB: SHABBY DOLL by ELVIS COSTELLO
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab,alt.fan.elvis.costello
Hello,
Here are a few more chord charts (not really TAB after all)
for some Elvis Costello songs.
Don`t forget to use a single spaced font for this!
Please let me know if there are any errors, corrections, and so on.
Thanks,
michael
michael@magick.net
Lyrics from:
http://east.isx.com/~schnitzi/ec/albums.html
Chords from the songbook, mostly
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Shabby Doll
By Elvis Costello
>From the Album: Imperial Bedroom
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)
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