Artist: Elvis Costello 
Song: Withered and died
Tabbed by: DJ
31th July 2013

Elvis Costello's cover of a Richard Thompson song

Tuning: Standard
(N.B. Recording is slightly flat of concert pitch)

Time signature: 3/4 (Waltz time)

D   =  xx0232     Em   =  022000
G   =  320033     Em7  =  022030
A   =  x02220     A4   =  x02230
A7  =  x02020     Asus2=  x02200
F#m =  244222

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    (D)                      D      (D)                      G
e|---2-------------------|---2---|---2-------------------|---3---|
B|---3-------------------|---3---|---3-------------------|---3---|
G|---0--h2--0------------|---2---|---0--h2--0------------|---2---|
D|---0---------4--2--0---|---0---|---0---------4--2--0---|---0---|
A|---------------------0-|-------|---------------------0-|---2---|
E|-----------------------|-------|-----------------------|---3---|


  D                               G
This cruel country has driven me down,
  A            D       G           A
Teased me and lied, teased me and lied,
      D                                G
I've only sad stories to tell to this town,
A                 A7          D
My dreams have withered, and ...died!


 G                    F#m              Em
Once I was bending the ...tops of the trees,
F#m                  Em         Em7       A
Kind thoughts in my head, kind voices to hear!


e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|---0--2--4---|
E|-------------|


 D                                   G
Then I took up with a girl from the west,
  A             D      G              A
Played run and hide, played run and hide,
  D                                        G
Count one to ten, and she's gone like the rest,
A                 A7         D
My dreams have withered and died!


   G                  F#m             Em
If I was a butterfly,     lived for a day,
F#m          Em         Em7         A
 I could be free, just blowing a - way!


e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|---0--2--4---|
E|-------------|


  D                                     G
Silver moon sail up, and silver moon - shine,
        A         D      G        A
On the waters so wide, waters so wide,
  D                                       G
Slipped from the bed of a good friend of mine,
A                 A7         D
My dreams have withered and died!


 G                     F#m          Em
Once I was bending the tops of the trees,
F#m             Em        Em7             A
Kind thoughts in my head, kind voices to hear!


e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|---0--2--4---|
E|-------------|


  D                               G
This cruel country has driven me down,
  A            D       G           A
Teased me and lied, teased me and lied,
      D                                G
I've only sad stories to tell to this town,
A                 A7          Bm
My dreams have withered, and died,
A                 A7          G
My dreams have withered, and died,
A                 A7          D      G
My dreams have withered, and died----------!


   A          A4        Asus2 A         Asus2 A    Asus2 A   D
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