• Song:

    Ellas In The Band

  • Artist:

    The Fratellis

Tabbed by: Rapitinui

Tuning: E A D G B e (standard)
Transcribed from "Edgy in Brixton" DVD, 2007

Strum throughout, shuffle rhythm.

Intro             (repeat four times)
   E                      E7   E
e|-----0-----------|-0----0----0---||
B|-----0---0---0---|-0----0----0---||
G|-1---1---1---1---|-1----1----1---||
D|-2---2---2---2---|-2----0----2---||
A|-2-------2---2---|-2----0----2---||
E|-0-----------0---|-----------0---||

Verse
   E                           E         A
e|-------0-------------------|------0----0----0---|
B|-------0------0-------0----|------0----2----2---|
G|-1-----1------1-------1----|-1----1----2----0---|
D|-2-----2------2-------2----|-2----2----2----0---|
A|-2------------2-------2----|-2---------0----0---|
E|-0--------------------0----|-0------------------|

  Baby's in the kitchen on the big black trombone
  E   E7
  E                                A
  I'm in the bedroom on the cursed phone
  E   E7

   A        G               A         G
e|-----0------------------|------0-------------|
B|-2---2----0------0------|-2----2----0---0----|
G|-2---2----0------0------|-2----2----0---0----|
D|-2---2----0------0------|-2----2----0---0----|
A|-0--------2------2------|-0---------2---2----|
E|----------3-------------|-----------3---0----|

  Everybody laughs when the band goes too slow
  A             G            A       G  
  Meeting every Tuesday in a club in Soho
  E                         A      E
  I'm just dreaming on Rockefeller Plaza
  E7   E   E7
  E                                   A 
  Paul's in the hall with the bedroom plaything
  E   E7
  E                                          A
  He's wishing he could give her a damn good thrashing
  E   E7
  A         G             A        G
  Everybody cries, "Well, good for you, Paul!
  A        G         A         G
  We never liked her very much at all."
  E                         A      E
  I'm just dreaming on Rockefeller Plaza
  E7   E   E7

Chorus
   E                  D      E         E                        A   G   E
e|-----0------------|-2--2-----------|-------0----------------|-0------------|
B|-----0---0----0---|-3--3-------0---|-------0----0-----0-----|-2---0---0--0-|
G|-1---1---1----1---|-2--2---1---1---|-1-----1----1-----1-----|-2---0---1--1-|
D|-2---2---2----2---|-0--0---2---2---|-2-----2----2-----2-----|-2---0---2--0-|
A|-2-------2----2---|----0---2---2---|-2----------2-----2-----|-0---2---2--0-|
E|-0------------0---|--------0-------|-0----------------0-----|-----3---0----|

  I'm just waiting on magic shoes, got three wee chords, and I just can't lose
  E                   D     E        E                     A    G  E
  I'm just finding my own way there, I lost my voice and I grew my hair
  E   E7   E   E7

Verse
  E                                         A
  Well, brother John's long gone, keeps his nose clean
  E   E7
  E                                  A
  He's sucking on a black and white TV screen
  E   E7

           A             G          A     G
e|-----------------5----------3---|----5------3---|
B|---------5-------5-----3----3---|-5--5--3---3---|
G|---------6-------6-----4----4---|-6--6--4---4---|
D|---------7-------7-----5----5---|-7--7--5---5---|
A|---------7-------7-----5----5---|-7--7--5---5---|
E|---------5-------------3--------|-5-----3-------|

  Well, he says he got a girl and a paper memory
  A               G          A         G
  Pictures on the wall and a dog named Henry
  E                         A      E
  I'm just dreaming on Rockefeller Plaza.
  E7   E   E7
  E                                         A
  Well, Ella's in the band but she's always solo
  E   E7
        E                              A
  She's dressed in rags and covered in dayglo
  E   E7
  A              G            A         G
  Banging on the drums like a big white throwback
  A                 G            A        G
  Screaming all the while at her husband, poor Jack!
  E                         A      E
  I'm just dreaming of Rockefeller Plaza
  E7   E   E7
  
Chorus
  E                        D       E
  Well I'm just waiting on pigs to fly
  E                          A   G  E
  Got cold dead brains and a reason why
  E                  D       E
  I just better move half as slow
  E                       A   G   E
  As be your dog and your one man show

Break (played twice)
                           (repeat three times)
e|------0--------------|-0-------------------||
B|------0----0----0----|-0--------------0----||
G|-1----1----1----1----|-7----6----7----1----||
D|-2----2----2----2----|-6----5----6----0----||
A|-2---------2----2----|-7----6----7----0----||
E|-0--------------0----|-0----0----0---------||

e|------0--------------|-0---------0---------||
B|------0----0---------|-2----0----2----0----||
G|-1----1----1----0----|-2----0----2----0----||
D|-2----2----2----0----|-2----0----2----0----||
A|-2---------2----2----|-0----2----0----2----||
E|-0--------------3----|------3---------3----||

Chorus
  E                   D     E
  I'm just waiting on magic shoes
  E                           A    G     E
  Got three wee chords, and I just can't lose
  E                   D     E
  I'm just finding my own way there
  E                     A    G  E
  Oh I lost my voice and I grew my hair
  E                        D       E
  I'm just waiting on pigs to fly
  E                          A   G  E
  Got cold dead brains and a reason why
  E                     D       E
  If I just didn't move half as slow
  E                        A   G   E
  I'd be your dog and your one man show
  E   E7   E   E7   E
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