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Artist: Elvis Costello & The Attractions Song: Man out of time Album: Imperial bedroom Tabbed by: DJ 28th Jan 2015 If you want to miss the descending bass note at the end of all the verses it could instead be played as...
...tBhat would follow him a - rB7ound! Elvis just goes straight for the B7 rather than the B major... ...tB7hat would follow him around!
On the record, and in early TV appearances, he plays E4 chords in the intro and verses. In some later concert videos Elvis plays F#m11 instead of the E4 chords. In the choruses Elvis just plays a straight E chord, the E/G# is suggested by the bass guitar progression. E = 022100 B = x24442 A = x02220 E4 = 022200 B/A = x04442 A#dim = x1232x F#m11 = x44200 B6/G# = 4x444x B7 = x21202 G#m(addb13)= x66400 B7/F# = 224242 Am/C = x32210 C#m = x46654 *********************** [Intro]
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[Verse 1]
E So, this is where he came to hide--E4---, E when he ran from you? E4 E In a private detective overcoat,E4 F#m11 and dirty dead men's shoes, E The pretty things of Knightsbridge E4 ...lyEing for a Minister of State, E4 E Are a far cry from the nod and wink, here at TrF#m11aitors' Gate, 'Cause the G#m(addb13)high heel he used to be has C#mbeen ground down, F#m11 B B/A B6/G# B7/F# And he listens for the footsteps, that would follow him a - round---------!
[Chorus 1]
E To murderF#m11 my love is a E/G#crime--E----, F#m11 G#m(addb13) A A#dim B7 Am/C C#m A But will ...you ...still--- love-------- a man out of time------?
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[Verse 2]
E There's a tupenny ha'ppenny millionaire, E4 E Looking for a fourpenny one, E4 E With a tight grip on the short hairs of the F#m11public imagination, E For his private wife and kids,somehow, rE4eal lEife becomes a rumour, E4 Days oEf Dutch courage, just three French letters, And a F#m11German sense of humour, G#m(addb13) He's got a mind like a sewer, and a C#mheart like a fridge, F#m11 B B/A B6/G# B7/F# He stands to be insulted, and he pays for the privi - lege----------!
[Chorus 2]
E To murderF#m11 my love is a E/G#crime---E---, F#m11 G#m(addb13) A A#dim B7 Am/C C#m A But will ...you ...still--- love-------- a man out of time------?
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[Verse 3]
E The biggest wheels of industry E4 E...retire sharp and short, E4 E And the after-dinner overtures,F#m11 are nothing but an afterthought, E Somebody's creeping in the kitchen, thE4ere's E...a reputation to be made, E4 WEhose nerves are always on a knife's edge, And who'sF#m11 up late polishing the blade? G#m(addb13) Love is always scarpering, or coC#mwering, or fawning, You F#m11drink yourself insensitive, and hBate your - B/Aself in the mB6/G#orning! B7/F#
[Chorus 3]
E To murderF#m11 my love is a E/G#crime--E----, F#m11 G#m(add b13) A A#dim B7 Am/C C#m A But will ...you ...still--- love-------- a man out of time------?
[Coda] F#m11 G#m(add b13) A A#dim B7 Am/C C#m A Will ...you ...still--- love-------- a man out of time-----? F#m11 G#m(add b13) A A#dim B7 Am/C C#m A Will ...you ...still--- love-------- ...a man out of time?
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