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                The Golden Calf - Prefab Sprout
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Prefab Sprout 
The Golden Calf (1988) 
(McAloon)

From: "From Langley Park to Memphis"

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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

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INTRO
| F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % | 
| F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % | 
| A| (x02220@1)% | % | AA/G |

A (x02220@1)                            AOnce (x02220@1)upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings
         Dmaj7/9                        A (x02220@1)  A/GWhen (302220@1)the distant sea blended with the sky
     A (x02220@1)                            APast (x02220@1)Coliseums filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glass
  Dmaj7/9                        A (x02220@1)  
I carried in my heart a word or two

F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
     Dmaj7Left (xx0222@1)you the stable bill to pay
    F#7sus4 (242422@1)                         Dmaj7And (xx0222@1)now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
         Dmaj7Couldn't (xx0222@1)touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 (242422@1)                             Dmaj7White (xx0222@1)and open-necked you would still play

A (x02220@1)                           AI'd (x02220@1)resort to sleepwalking to catch the mood that fills the sails
     Dmaj7/9                             A (x02220@1)  A/GWith (302220@1)harvest nets and tides don't ever bring
    A (x02220@1)                            Dmaj7/9
But every night was Halloween, and every friend fell in between
    Dmaj7/9                        A (x02220@1)
And how capricious nature ruled my mind

F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
     Dmaj7Left (xx0222@1)you the stable bill to pay
    F#7sus4 (242422@1)                         Dmaj7And (xx0222@1)now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
         Dmaj7Couldn't (xx0222@1)touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 (242422@1)                             Dmaj7White (xx0222@1)and open-necked you would still play

INTERLUDE 1
| Dsus2 | % | C#m | % |
| Dsus2 | % | C#m | A/G |

A (x02220@1)                            AOnce (x02220@1)upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings
         Dmaj7/9                        A (x02220@1)  A/GWhen (302220@1)the distant sea blended with the sky
   A (x02220@1)                              Dmaj7/9
My mouth was full of cigarettes, my hair is full of long-term bets
    Dmaj7/9                            A (x02220@1)  A/GBut (302220@1)you would always make me see the day

F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
     Dmaj7Left (xx0222@1)you the stable bill to pay
    F#7sus4 (242422@1)                         Dmaj7And (xx0222@1)now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
         Dmaj7Couldn't (xx0222@1)touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 (242422@1)                             Dmaj7White (xx0222@1)and open-necked you would still play

INTERLUDE 2
| F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % | 
| F#7sus4 | % |

Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                           F#7sus4 (242422@1)          Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)  
  I sound so different these days,  I barely can believe I'm me
F#7sus4 (242422@1)                  Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)  
  If I didn't know better,   I would swear I was someone else
F#7sus4 (242422@1)                Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)  
   Lord I can't believe,    I don't believe I'm me
F#7sus4 (242422@1)     Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)  
   But who on earth could I be?

SOLO
| A| (x02220@1)% | % | % |
| Dmaj7/9 | % | A | % |

F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
     Dmaj7Left (xx0222@1)you the stable bill to pay
    F#7sus4 (242422@1)                         Dmaj7And (xx0222@1)now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
         Dmaj7Couldn't (xx0222@1)touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 (242422@1)                             Dmaj7White (xx0222@1)and open-necked you would still play, play, play, play ...

F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
     Dmaj7Left (xx0222@1)you the stable bill to pay
    F#7sus4 (242422@1)                         Dmaj7And (xx0222@1)now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
         Dmaj7Couldn't (xx0222@1)touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 (242422@1)                             Dmaj7White (xx0222@1)and open-necked you would still play

(fade over last chorus)