• Song:

    Elijah

  • Artist:

    Frank Black

  • Album:

    Fast Man Raider Man

[VERSE]

E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)               C#m (x13321@4)Wish I was back there in New England
E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)             C#m (x13321@4)Playing in dirt behind the bar
E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)         C#m (x13321@4)        A (x02220@1)Our shouting voices intermingling with "Little Little Willy" from the car

E (022100@1)         Abm7              A (x02220@1)Back on the raft down in the harbor
E (022100@1)                  Abm7  A (x02220@1)Trying to push each other in
E (022100@1)     Abm7            A (x02220@1)Waving hi to all the fisher boys
B (x2444x@1)                               E (022100@1)Going to deep-sea with their kin

[CHORUS]
            C#m (x13321@4)        A (x02220@1)    Better go see Elijah
                         F# (244322@1)    'cause he's my only friend
                   E (022100@1)     F# (244322@1)    Yeah, there's only us two
               Ab (xx1114@1)      A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)    It's just us in the end
            C#m (x13321@4)       A (x02220@1)    Better go see Elijah
                    F# (244322@1)    Got nothing to say
                     E (022100@1)   Abm (133111@4)A (x02220@1)    But I know that's okay

[BRIDGE]*
B (x2444x@1) Go see him now,
B/A (024242@1) Go see him now
B/Ab
  Go see him now
B (x2444x@1)                E (022100@1)What's that you say?

[SOLO]

e---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G---9----6--4----6-/-9------9----6--4----6-/-9----|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---7----4--2----4-/-7------7----4--2----4-/-7----|
E---------------------------------------------------|
    C#m (x13321@4)                    A (x02220@1)e----------------------------------2-2-2-2--4-4--5-5---12--|
B----------------------------------2-2-2-2--4-4--5-5---12--|
G---9----6--4----6-/-9------9-------------------------13--|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A---7----4--2----4-/-7------7-----------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
    F# (244322@1)                     E (022100@1)   F# (244322@1)     Ab (xx1114@1) A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)REPEAT  C#m  A  F#  part 1x

e-----------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------|
D------------------------1------------2---|
A------------2--------3------0-0--/4------|
E---0-0--/4------4-4----------------------|
    E (022100@1)          Abm (133111@4)       A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)            C#m (x13321@4)On the bus down to Redondo
E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)                C#m (x13321@4)We've got enough for single fare
E (022100@1)      B (x2444x@1)              C#m (x13321@4)Skating back down to the condos
A (x02220@1)Breathing in that dirty air
E (022100@1)            Abm7            A (x02220@1)Well you were right to never go back
E (022100@1)       Abm7          A (x02220@1)If I had only done the same
E (022100@1)       Abm7            A (x02220@1)               B (x2444x@1)              E (022100@1)Too many years I kept on trying to win that California game

-play CHORUS 1x-

-play BRIDGE 1x

[VERSE]
  (bass)
A----------2--2-2---4-2--4-2---|
E--0--0-0----------------------|

E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)               C#m (x13321@4)Wish I was back there in New England
E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)             C#m (x13321@4)Playing in dirt behind the bar
E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)         C#m (x13321@4)        A (x02220@1)I hear our voices intermingling with "Little Little Willy" from the car

E (022100@1)     Abm7               A (x02220@1)On the cliffs above the Blue Coast
E (022100@1)             Abm7              A (x02220@1)Was that the last time we were free?
E (022100@1)                 Abm7       A (x02220@1)And where has everybody gone to?
               B (x2444x@1)          E (022100@1)Or was it only you and me?

[END CHORUS]
            C#m (x13321@4)        A (x02220@1)    Better go see Elijah
                         F# (244322@1)    'cause he's my only friend
                   E (022100@1)     F# (244322@1)    Yeah, there's only us two
               Ab (xx1114@1)      A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)    It's just us in the end
            C#m (x13321@4)       A (x02220@1)    Better go see Elijah
                        Abm (133111@4)    I got something to say
   A (x02220@1)                  Ab (xx1114@1)    I got something to say

Amaj7   E    (6 snare drum hits)

[OUTRO]

E (022100@1)  B (x2444x@1) C#m (x13321@4)(x3)   A (x02220@1)E (022100@1) Abm7   A (x02220@1)(x3)   B (x2444x@1)E (022100@1)  B (x2444x@1) C#m (x13321@4)(fade)
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