• Song:

    Shabby Doll

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

  • Album:

    Imperial Bedroom

Tom: E5

Intro: E5   E5  C5  E5

E5
Giving you more of what for
            E5
Always worked for me before
          D5            E5
Now I'm a shabby doll
E5                                   D5
What's going on behind the green elevator door
E5          D5             E5
With just a shabby doll
          A5
There's a hit man facing
    A5
A compromising situation
              E5
With just a shabby doll
                                        D5
And a very neat line in character assassination
E5           D5             E5
She's just a shabby doll 

Chorus:
D5            A5
She's just a shabby doll
      D5                   A5
She's putting him off and putting you on 
D5              A5           D5               A5
She's just the shabby doll, she's just the shabby doll
       D5              A5                      D5
You're swearing upon, you know in your heart
D5              A5                     E5
She's gone you know in your heart
                 E5
She's just a shabby doll
E5
There's a girl in this dress
                 E5
There's always a girl in distress 
             D5              E5
She's just a shabby doll
                 E5
She's so sure she's self-possessed
      D5                         E5
Then again she's half undressed
             D5             E5
She's just a shabby doll
    A5
The boy that I used to be
    A5
Showed no sign of sympathy
           E5
For just a shabby doll
                 E5
I have betrayed you and me
            D5                 E5
And paid for my own bribery
            D5           E5
With just a shabby doll

**Chorus

Bridge:
A5                      D5 
He's the tired toy that everyone enjoyed
   A5                              D5
He wants to be a fancy man but he's nothing but a nancy boy
C5                     B5
He's all pride and no joy
E5
And being what you might call a whore
                 E5
Always worked for me before
          D5           E5
Now I'm a shabby doll 
                 E5
Untie the gag the cat's out of the bag 
    D5                    E5
But won't show his claws
            D5
He's just a shabby doll
A5     
She said you must be joking
                 E5
Some things are left unspoken 
              E5
You're just a shabby doll
                 E5
He's lying limp and soaking
           D5         E5
He was openly broken
          D5
By just a shabby doll

**Chorus
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