• Song:

    Elijah

  • Artist:

    Frank Black

  • Album:

    Fast Man Raider Man

[VERSE]

E           B                 C#m
 Wish I was back there in New England
E           B               C#m
 Playing in dirt behind the bar
E             B           C#m          A
 Our shouting voices intermingling with ?Little Little Willy? from the car

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

[CHORUS]
            C#m          A
     Better go see Elijah
                         F#
     'cause he?s my only friend
                   E       F#
     Yeah, there?s only us two
               Ab        A    E
     It?s just us in the end
            C#m         A
     Better go see Elijah
                    F#
     Got nothing to say
                     E     Abm  A
     But I know that?s okay

[BRIDGE]*
B
  Go see him now,
B/A
  Go see him now
B/Ab
  Go see him now
B                  E
 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                      A


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#                       E     F#       Ab   A     E


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            Abm         A


E       B              C#m
 On the bus down to Redondo
E             B                  C#m
 We?ve got enough for single fare
E        B                C#m
 Skating back down to the condos
A
 Breathing in that dirty air
E              Abm7            A
 Well you were right to never go back
E         Abm7          A
 If I had only done the same
E         Abm7            A                 B                E
 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           B                 C#m
 Wish I was back there in New England
E           B               C#m
 Playing in dirt behind the bar
E           B           C#m          A
 I hear our voices intermingling with ?Little Little Willy? from the car

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


[END CHORUS]
            C#m          A
     Better go see Elijah
                         F#
     'cause he?s my only friend
                   E       F#
     Yeah, there?s only us two
               Ab        A    E
     It?s just us in the end
            C#m         A
     Better go see Elijah
                        Abm
     I got something to say
   A                    Ab
     I got something to say


Amaj7   E    (6 snare drum hits)


[OUTRO]

 E    B   C#m  (x3)   A

 E   Abm7   A  (x3)   B

 E    B   C#m  (fade)
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