• Song:

    New Lace Sleeves

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

  • Album:

    This Is Tomorrow (disc ...

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From michael@magick.net Fri May 16 08:01:50 1997
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 02:02:53 GMT
From: michael p mccullough 
To: schnitzi@east.isx.com, guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: New Lace Sleeves ////  Elvis Costello
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab,alt.fan.elvis-costello

New Lace Sleeves
Words & Music by: Elvis Costello
>From the album: TRUST

CBad (x32010@1)lovers face to face in the morning
AmShy (x02210@1)apologies and polite regrets
FSlow (133211@1)dances that left no warning of
DmOutraged (xx0231@1)glances and indiscreet yawning
F (133211@1)                  G (320003@1)              CGood (x32010@1)manners and bad breath get you nowhere
C (x32010@1)                 AmEven (x02210@1)presidents have newspaper lovers
F (133211@1)                   FmMinisters (133111@1)go crawling under covers
C (x32010@1)      AmShe's (x02210@1)no angel
C (x32010@1)     FHe's (133211@1)no saint
C (x32010@1)         Am (x02210@1)            FThey're (133211@1)all covered up with white washed grease paint
(alt: white washed newsprint)
GAnd (320003@1)you say...

CHORUS:

C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)                         G (320003@1)         AmThe (x02210@1)teacher never told you anything but white lies
Bb (x1333x@1)              C/Bb
But you never see the lies
          F/A (x03211@1) Fm/AbAnd (113111@1)you believe
Bb/Ab                     C/GOh (3x555x@1)you know you have been captured
    F (133211@1)                Am/EYou (x02210@1)feel so civilized
D (xx0232@1)             F (133211@1)                     CAnd (x32010@1)you look so pretty in your new lace sleeves

CThe (x32010@1)salty lips of the socialite sisters
           AmWith (x02210@1)their continental fingers that have
Fnever (133211@1)seen working blisters
DmOh (xx0231@1)I know they've got their problems
F (133211@1)          GI (320003@1)wish I was one of them
C (x32010@1)            AmThey (x02210@1)say daddy's coming home soon
F (133211@1)                               FmWith (133111@1)his sergeant stripes and his Empire mug and spoon
C (x32010@1)     AmNo (x02210@1)more fast buck
C (x32010@1)                     FAnd (133211@1)when are they gonna learn their lesson
C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)           GWhen (320003@1)are they gonna stop all of these victory processions
And you say...

(Chorus)


C (x32010@1)                                       Bblook (x1333x@1)so pretty in your new lace sleeves


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