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From michael@magick.net Thu May 15 17:01:40 1997
Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 01:02:29 GMT
From: michael p mccullough 
To: guitar@olga.net, schnitzi@east.isx.com
Subject: TAB:  THE LONG HONEYMOON   by ELVIS COSTELLO
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab,alt.fan.elvis.costello


Hello,

Here are a few more chord charts (not really TAB after all)
for some Elvis Costello songs.

Please let me know if there are any errors, corrections, and so on.

Thanks,

michael
michael@magick.net

Lyrics from:
http://east.isx.com/~schnitzi/ec/albums.html

Chords from the songbook, mostly
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The Long Honeymoon
By Elvis Costello
>From the album: Imperial Bedroom

G+   = XX3221 (i have no idea what this chord is really called)
Gm   = XX0333
Edim = XX2323
Eb   = XX1343
Db   = XX3121
Dbm  = XX2120


INTRO:
Cm (x3101x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)Cm (x3101x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)       CmAll (x3101x@1)the bedroom lights go out
       BbAs (x1333x@1)the neighbourhood gets quiet
Fm (133111@1)                                     CmEverything (x3101x@1)in heaven and earth is almost right
              Cm (x3101x@1)                          BbBut (x1333x@1)there's a wife whos wondering where her husband could be tonight
             Fm (133111@1)                            CmAnd (x3101x@1)when the phone rang only once she took a dreadful fright
       Cm (x3101x@1)                              BbLittle (x1333x@1)things just seem to undermine her confidence in him
Fm (133111@1)                       CmHe (x3101x@1)was late this time last week
Cm (x3101x@1)                         BbWho (x1333x@1)can she turn to when the chance of coincidence is slim
           Fm (133111@1)                      G+      G9 (x2323x@1)G'Cause (320003@1)the baby isn't old enought to speak

G (320003@1)            Edim (3423xx@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb
There's been a long honeymoon
Bb (x1333x@1)                Edim (3423xx@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb        GmShe (355333@1)thought too late and spoke too soon
           Ab (xx1114@1)                           GmThere's (355333@1)no money back guarantee on future happiness
               Edim (3423xx@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb
There's been a long honeymoon
Db (x43121@1)                  Dbm (x13321@4)              BIf (x2444x@1)he's out on a date then her life's in ruins
    Bm (x24432@1)              F# (244322@1)       Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1)   G#m (133111@4)     GmShe (355333@1)never thought her love could ever be as strong as this

Bb (x1333x@1)    CmAll (x3101x@1)the movies and the papers
            BbFeature (x1333x@1)the murders of lonely women
      Fm (133111@1)                           CmIf (x3101x@1)he isn't in by ten she'll call up her best friend
CmWhy (x3101x@1)doesn't he come home
             BbWhy (x1333x@1)does her friends phone keep on ringing
Fm (133111@1)                      G+ (?)
 . . . . Maybe she should just pretend

(chorus)


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