• Song:

    Talulah Gosh

  • Artist:

    Talulah Gosh

  • Album:

    They've Scoffed the Lot

Song:   Talulah Gosh (Amelia Fletcher)
Artist: Talulah Gosh
Album:  Backwash (K Records)

Standard tuning

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~queenb/tt/index.htm
(Amelia Fletcher: Tender Trap website)
http://www.krecs.com/html/artists/fullartistlist.php
(K Records, Talulah Gosh's label)

Chord Bank:
D     (xx0232) or (x57775)
G     (320033) or (355433)
F#m   (244222)
A     (x02220) or (577655)
Asus4 (x04230)

Intro riff:
    D                G
E|--555-3-2--333-2-2----------------|
B|--777-5-3--555-3-2----------------|
G|-------------------4-4-22-4-4-22--|
D|-------------------5-5-55-5-5-55--|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------| x2

Rhythm guitar intro/verse:
    D*                  G*
E|--2220-320--2220-320--2220-320--2220-320--|
B|--3333-333--3333-333--3333-333--3333-333--|
G|--2222-222--2222-222--0000-000--0000-000--|
D|--0000-000--0000-000--0000-000--0000-000--|
A|----------------------xxxx-xxx--xxxx-xxx--|
E|----------------------3333-333--3333-333--|

D*            G*
Every day she wakes up
D*                 G*
Her life will be a movie
D*                 G*
All the things she does
D*
Written in her diary

Prechorus lead (with rhythm chords):
   F#m   D   F#m   D    F#m    D    A    D
E|--2~~--2~~--2~~--2~~--3\2~~--2~~--5~~--2~~--|
B|--2~~--3~~--2~~--3~~--3\2~~--3~~--5~~--3~~--|
G|----------------------------------6~~--2~~--|
D|---------------------------------------0~~--|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

F#m                 D
But when the day is done
F#m                 D
She cannot tell the truth
F#m                        D
Pretend her life's exciting
A                         D
Pretend she'll never lose


Chorus (faster tempo):
D       G          A      Asus4  A
Talulah Gosh was a present day story
D       G          A   Asus4 A
Talulah Gosh was a pop celebrity
D       G      A   Asus4 A
You can lie to everyone
D           G                   A (hold)
But please, please don't lie to me

Verse (original tempo):
D*               G*
Now she is a pop star
D*            G*
With her own TV show
D*                 G*
Tells them all her stories
D*
And hopes they'll never know

F#m              D
Don't be anybody else
F#m              D
Forget about the rest
F#m                 D
You'll always be Talulah
A                         D (speed up to chorus tempo)
You'll always be yourself

Chorus x2

End on D.
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