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The Golden Calf - Prefab Sprout
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Prefab Sprout
The Golden Calf (1988)
(McAloon)
From: "From Langley Park to Memphis"
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CHORDS
F#7sus4 2-4-4-4-0-0
Dmaj7 x-x-0-2-2-2
Dmaj7/9 x-x-0-2-2-0
A/G 3-x-2-2-x-x
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INTRO
| F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % |
| F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % |
| A| (x02220@1)% | % | A (x02220@1)name="chord_302220@1">A/G |
A (x02220@1) AOnce (x02220@1)upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings
Dmaj7/9 A (x02220@1) A/GWhen (302220@1)the distant sea blended with the sky
A (x02220@1) APast (x02220@1)Coliseums filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glass
Dmaj7/9 A (x02220@1)
I carried in my heart a word or two
F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7Left (xx0222@1)you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7And (xx0222@1)now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7Couldn't (xx0222@1)touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7White (xx0222@1)and open-necked you would still play
A (x02220@1) AI'd (x02220@1)resort to sleepwalking to catch the mood that fills the sails
Dmaj7/9 A (x02220@1) A/GWith (302220@1)harvest nets and tides don't ever bring
A (x02220@1) Dmaj7/9
But every night was Halloween, and every friend fell in between
Dmaj7/9 A (x02220@1)
And how capricious nature ruled my mind
F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7Left (xx0222@1)you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7And (xx0222@1)now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7Couldn't (xx0222@1)touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7White (xx0222@1)and open-necked you would still play
INTERLUDE 1
| Dsus2 | % | C#m | % |
| Dsus2 | % | C#m | A/G |
A (x02220@1) AOnce (x02220@1)upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings
Dmaj7/9 A (x02220@1) A/GWhen (302220@1)the distant sea blended with the sky
A (x02220@1) Dmaj7/9
My mouth was full of cigarettes, my hair is full of long-term bets
Dmaj7/9 A (x02220@1) A/GBut (302220@1)you would always make me see the day
F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7Left (xx0222@1)you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7And (xx0222@1)now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7Couldn't (xx0222@1)touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7White (xx0222@1)and open-necked you would still play
INTERLUDE 2
| F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % |
| F#7sus4 | % |
Dmaj7 (xx0222@1) F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)
I sound so different these days, I barely can believe I'm me
F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)
If I didn't know better, I would swear I was someone else
F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)
Lord I can't believe, I don't believe I'm me
F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)
But who on earth could I be?
SOLO
| A| (x02220@1)% | % | % |
| Dmaj7/9 | % | A | % |
F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7Left (xx0222@1)you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7And (xx0222@1)now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7Couldn't (xx0222@1)touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7White (xx0222@1)and open-necked you would still play, play, play, play ...
F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7Left (xx0222@1)you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7And (xx0222@1)now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7Couldn't (xx0222@1)touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 (242422@1) Dmaj7White (xx0222@1)and open-necked you would still play
(fade over last chorus)
