Tabbed By: Mark MacDonald
E-mail: mtm0412@aim.com

Tuning: Standard (w/ capo on the third fret)

Ok, so this version of Blame It On Cain is at the end of my copy of My Aim Is True.  I 
been able to find any tabs of it online so here we are.

Elvis Costello plays this version on a single acoustic guitar with a capo on the 3rd 
 The chord names that I wrote above the lyrics are the chord names WITHOUT a capo, so with 
capo on the 3rd fret, just form those regular chords.

The lyrics for this version are also a little different than the full-band version of 
It On Cain.  Hope someone finds this useful.

D           G       D            G
Once upon a time, I had a little money
           D                G
Government burglars took it long
               D
before I could mail it to you
                B          C  B
But you are the only one
                            D  G  D
Now I can't let it slip away
   Ab     A                   Ab   A
So if the man with the ticker tape
              Ab   A
tries to take it
                            D
well this is what I'm gonna say


            Bm
Blame it on Cain
                  D    D7
Don't blame it on me
    G          A
It's nobody's fault
       G                 D
But we need somebody to burn
            Bm
Blame it on Cain
G                        D
Please don't blame it on me
             G        A
It's nobody's fault
       G                    D
But it just seems to be his turn


        D          G
Oh well if I was a saint with
 D       G
a silver cup
        D         G
and the money got low
         D
we could always heat it up
            B
or trade it in
    C        B                         D            
       D
But then the radio that heaven will be wired to your purse.
     Ab      A                 Ab
then you can run down the wave band,
A                       Ab
coast to coast, hand in hand.
A                       Ab     A
Bad to worse, curse for curse,
                G      C G
don't be dissatisfied.
          A         D
So you're not satisfied.


            Bm
Blame it on Cain
                  D    D7
Don't blame it on me
    G          A
It's nobody's fault
       G                 D
But we need somebody to burn
            Bm
Blame it on Cain
G                        D
Please don't blame it on me
             G        A
It's nobody's fault
       G                    D
But it just seems to be his turn


             D                  G
I think I've lived a little too long
       D            G
on the outskirts of town
            D       G
I think I'm going insane
     D                        B     C B
from talking to myself for so long
                          D     G     D
Oh, but I've never been accused
    Ab        A                     Ab
But when they step upon your face,
A
They wear that good look grin.
 Ab     A                     Ab
I gotta break out one weekend
         A              Ab
Before I do somebody in.
    A                 Ab
But every single time
  A
I feel a little stronger,
  B
A voice says it's a crime
    A
But how much longer?


            Bm
Blame it on Cain
                  D    D7
Don't blame it on me
    G          A
It's nobody's fault
       G                 D
But we need somebody to burn
            Bm
Blame it on Cain
G                        D
Please don't blame it on me
             G        A
It's nobody's fault
       G                    D
But it just seems to be his turn