Tablature green shirt - Elvis Costello

          



 

  From: William Vaughan <wvaughan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>

  Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 10:17:18 -0400 (EDT)

  

  

  

  Here's Elvis Costello's "Green Shirt" from the demo version off

  the Ryko reissued of "This Years Model".  The original version is

  on "Armed Forces" and has very little guitar.  For the demo

  version, there is an extra verse (the last one).  Be sure to

  concentrate on the bass strings of the chords and use the up and

  down picking motion EC does (listen to the record for details)

  

  

  

  

  

  *verse 1*

  C                       

  There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen

  

                                F

  That comes into my room every night

  

          C

  And she takes all the red, yellow, orange and green

  

                                     F

  And she turns them into black and white. 

  

  

  *chorus*

          C

  And you tease

  

          F

  And you flirt

  

          Bb            Bb/A            Bb/G   F

  And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt

  

          Bb                   F                       C

  You can please yourself, but somebody's going to get it

  

         Bb          F           C

  Better cut off all identifying labels

  

     Bb               F              G

  Before they get you on the touture table

  

  

  *same as first verse*

  Cause somewhere in the quisling clinic

  There's a short time typist taking seconds over minutes

  She's listening into the Venus line

  She's picking out names, I hope none of them are mine

  

          C

  And you tease

  

          F

  And you flirt

  

           Bb           Bb/A        Bb/G      F

  And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt

  

           Bb                 F                       C

  You can tease yourself, but somebody's going to get it

  

  

  

  Bb                 F

  Never said I was a stool pigeon

  

  Bb                 F

  Never said I was a diplomat

  

  Bb           F

  Everybody is under suspicion but

  

  C                            F

  You don't want to hear about that

  

  

          C

  And you tease

  

          F

  And you flirt

  

           Bb           Bb/A        Bb/G      F

  And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt

  

          Bb                   F                       C

  You can please yourself, but somebody's going to get it

  

         Bb             F             C           F

  Better send the naked ledger to the big investigation

  

  Bb            F                C         F

  Who put these finger prints on my imagination

  

  *same as verse 1*

  There are wives in the windows

  There are wives in the walls

  There are wives in the kitchens

  And wives in the halls

  

  There are wives on poles

  There are wives in your face

  There are wives in holes 

  Coming out all over the place

          

  

          C

  And you tease

  

          F

  And you flirt

  

          Bb            Bb/A       Bb/G        F

  And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt

  

          Bb                   F                       C

  You can please yourself, but somebody's going to get it

  

  *same*

  You can please yourself, but somebody's going to get it

  You can please yourself, but somebody's going to get it

  

   


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 Green shirt, de Elvis costello 

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