Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello - Shabby Doll guitar tab

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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