--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Golden Calf - Prefab Sprout --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Prefab Sprout The Golden Calf (1988) (McAloon) From: "From Langley Park to Memphis" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS F#7sus4 2-4-4-4-0-0 Dmaj7 x-x-0-2-2-2 Dmaj7/9 x-x-0-2-2-0 A/G 3-x-2-2-x-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO | F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % | | F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % | | A | % | % | A A/G | A A Once upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings Dmaj7/9 A A/G When the distant sea blended with the sky A A Past Coliseums filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glass Dmaj7/9 A I carried in my heart a word or two F#7sus4 Your dashing horseman all gone away Dmaj7 Left you the stable bill to pay F#7sus4 Dmaj7 And now the golden calf has turned to clay F#7sus4 All my feelings dressed in gloves Dmaj7 Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love F#7sus4 Dmaj7 White and open-necked you would still play A A I'd resort to sleepwalking to catch the mood that fills the sails Dmaj7/9 A A/G With harvest nets and tides don't ever bring A Dmaj7/9 But every night was Halloween, and every friend fell in between Dmaj7/9 A And how capricious nature ruled my mind F#7sus4 Your dashing horseman all gone away Dmaj7 Left you the stable bill to pay F#7sus4 Dmaj7 And now the golden calf has turned to clay F#7sus4 All my feelings dressed in gloves Dmaj7 Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love F#7sus4 Dmaj7 White and open-necked you would still play INTERLUDE 1 | Dsus2 | % | C#m | % | | Dsus2 | % | C#m | A/G | A A Once upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings Dmaj7/9 A A/G When the distant sea blended with the sky A Dmaj7/9 My mouth was full of cigarettes, my hair is full of long-term bets Dmaj7/9 A A/G But you would always make me see the day F#7sus4 Your dashing horseman all gone away Dmaj7 Left you the stable bill to pay F#7sus4 Dmaj7 And now the golden calf has turned to clay F#7sus4 All my feelings dressed in gloves Dmaj7 Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love F#7sus4 Dmaj7 White and open-necked you would still play INTERLUDE 2 | F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % | | F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 F#7sus4 Dmaj7 I sound so different these days, I barely can believe I'm me F#7sus4 Dmaj7 If I didn't know better, I would swear I was someone else F#7sus4 Dmaj7 Lord I can't believe, I don't believe I'm me F#7sus4 Dmaj7 But who on earth could I be? SOLO | A | % | % | % | | Dmaj7/9 | % | A | % | F#7sus4 Your dashing horseman all gone away Dmaj7 Left you the stable bill to pay F#7sus4 Dmaj7 And now the golden calf has turned to clay F#7sus4 All my feelings dressed in gloves Dmaj7 Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love F#7sus4 Dmaj7 White and open-necked you would still play, play, play, play ... F#7sus4 Your dashing horseman all gone away Dmaj7 Left you the stable bill to pay F#7sus4 Dmaj7 And now the golden calf has turned to clay F#7sus4 All my feelings dressed in gloves Dmaj7 Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love F#7sus4 Dmaj7 White and open-necked you would still play (fade over last chorus)