Shabby Doll tab - elvis costello

From michael@magick.net Thu May 15 17:02:18 1997
Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 01:11:22 GMT
From: michael p mccullough 
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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