• Song:

    Veronica

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

  • Album:

    The Very Best of Elvis ...

Veronica- Elvis Costell0
Tabbed by Pat Sullivan - Currentmaster@yahoo.com

Intro
   C (x32010@1)  (F)                C (x32010@1)  (F)
E------------------------------------------------|
B--1-----------------------1---------------------|
G--------2------------------------2--------------|
D--2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0---------2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0---0---|
A--3---------------3-2-0-2-3---------------3-----|
E------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:
      C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)      GIs (320003@1)it all in that pretty little head of yours?
          C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)    GWhat (320003@1)goes on in that place in the dark?
        C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)         GWell (320003@1)I used to know a girl and I would have sworn
           F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)   CThat (x32010@1)her name was Veronica
          C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)         GWell (320003@1)she used to have a carefree mind of her own
        C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)   GAnd (320003@1)a delicate look in her eye
       C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)      GThese (320003@1)days I'm afraid she's not even shure
        F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)   CIf (x32010@1)her name is Veronica

Chorus:
          Dm (xx0231@1)                Dm7
Do you suppose, that waiting hands on eyes
  Dm (xx0231@1)      GVeronica's (320003@1)gone to hide?
     Dm (xx0231@1)              Dm7
And all the time she laughs at those
      Dm (xx0231@1)               GWho (320003@1)shout her name and steal her clothes
   F (133211@1)        D7 (xx0212@1)G (320003@1)G7 (320001@1)Em7  G6 (320000@1)-  G (320003@1)G7 (320001@1)Em7  G6Veronica (320000@1)- Veronica - Veronica

G (320003@1)G7 (320001@1)Em7  G6E---3---1---0---0----| (320000@1)B---0---0---0---3----|
G---0---0---0---0----|
D---0---0---0---0----|
A---2---2---2---2----|
E---3---3---3---3----|

Verse 2:
          C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)   GDid (320003@1)the days drag by? Did the favor wane?
         C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)    GDid (320003@1)he roam down the town all the time?
          C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)        GWill (320003@1)you wake from a dream, with the wolf at the door
          F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)     CReaching (x32010@1)out for Veronica?
         C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)  GWell (320003@1)it was all sixty-five years ago
          C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)   GWhen (320003@1)the world was the street where she lived
       C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)         GAnd (320003@1)a young man sailed on a ship in the sea
        F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)    CWith (x32010@1)a picture of Veronica



Bridge:
        Am (x02210@1)          FmOn (133111@1)the "Empress of India"
            Bb (x1333x@1)                     CAnd (x32010@1)as she closed her eyes upon the world
      Am (x02210@1)                                FmAnd (133111@1)picked upon the bones of last week's news
      Bb (x1333x@1)                    CShe (x32010@1)spoke his name out loud again

Repeat Chorus

Verse 3
    C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)       GVeronica (320003@1)sits in her favourite chair
         C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)   GAnd (320003@1)she sits very quiet and still
          C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)       GAnd (320003@1)they call her name that they never get right
             F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)       CAnd (x32010@1)if they don't then nobody else will
          C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)        GBut (320003@1)she used to have a carefree mind of her own
       C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1) GWith (320003@1)devilish look in her eye
         C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)     GSaying (320003@1)"You can call me anything you like
        F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)     CBut (x32010@1)my name is Veronica"

Repeat Chorus
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