Squeeze - Vanity fair
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Never seen this transcribed before. And now I know why.
An epic chordfest, even for a Squeeze song!
I've followed several youtube clips of Glenn Tilbrook
playing this solo, the best clip being here
https://www.youtube.com/watch'v=S_5G2w02p0E
I've submitted it under 'Squeeze' as obviously it's a Squeeze song,
but in order to mimic the recording you'd need at least a string quartet
so this is the arrangement for guitar and vocal, which I've come to
love even more than the original Squeeze recording on East Side Story!
I've used a mix of tab and chords. Where there is tab, I've placed
the notes over the lyrics, to illustrate what to play over the
appropriate words as opposed to laying the tab out in strict time
The good news - it's in standard tuning
The bad news - it's a devil to learn
The best news - it's worth it to play such a wonderful piece
EADGBE
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A x02220
Asus2/F# 2x2200
A/C# x4x2xx
C(2) x3x1xx
B(2) x2x0xx
Eadd2/G# 4X4400
G#(2) 4xx40x
G#(3) 4XX44x
G 320033
G(2) 3x233x
G(3) 3xxx2x
D/F# 2xx32x
Fdim 1xx00x
Riff1
=====
E ---------------|0----------------|
B ---------------|0----------------|
G 1>2>1----------|1----------------|
D 2------>4>2----|2----------------|
A 2--------------|2----------------|
E 0--------------|0----------------|
Riff2
=====
E ---------------|
B 5---7---8---11-|
G ---------------|
D ---------------|
A 4---6---7---10-|
E ---------------|
Riff3
=====
E ---------------|
B ---------------|
G ------2--4-----|
D ------------2--|
A ---------------|
E ---------------|
Note - the Verses are played in this pattern
E --0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0--|
B ----------------|-----------------|
G ----------------|-----------------|
D ----------------|-----------------|
A 7---6---5---4---|5---4---3---2----|
E ----------------|-----------------|
E Eb D C# D C# C B
Intro
=====
G#(2) Am F#m G
Em G(2) D Riff3
A/C# C(2) B(2) Bm
E ---------------|----------------|
B ---------------|----------------|
G ---------------|4---------------|
D ------0--2--4--|----2-----------|
A ---------------|----------------|
E ---------------|----------------|
E ---------------|----------------|
B ---------------|3---------------|
G ---------0--2--|---4------------|
D ---2--4--------|----------------|
A ---------------|----------------|
E ---------------|----------------|
G#(3) G(3) D/F# Fdim
E ---------------|-----0----------|
B -0>1>0---------|-----0----------|
G ------0--2>4>2-|----------------|
D ---------------|2>4>2-----------|
A ---------------|----------------|
E ---------------|----------------|
Verse 1
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E She left her Ebschool for the Dfacto-C#ry
D From pocket C#money to a Csalary B
From a Epac-a-mac Ebto a Dcompact C#case
D And every C#morning she in-Cspects her Bface
E She dis-Ebcovers pulling Dpints in C#pubs
D That the good C#looks will never Ccover up Bfor
Her Edumb-Ebness in Dtaking the C#stock
D Sees her re-C#flection in a Cbutcher's shopB
Refrain 1
=========
She F#mfinds it all quite Brare
A E Riff1
That her mate's all vanity fair
She F#mfinds it all quite Brare
A E Riff1
That her mate's all vanity fair
Verse 2
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E She has her Ebeyes on me-Ddallion C#men
That Dget her C#home on the Cdot at Bten
E She combs her Ebhair when she Dgets ex-C#cused
The Ddeal she C#wants always Cends up Bscrewed
E Paints her Ebnails on the Dbathroom C#scales
DGargles her C#breath like a Clanded Bwhale
Her Ebeauty Ebis as Ddeep as her C#skin
DKeeps her C#eyebrows in a Ctobacco Btin
Refrain 2
=========
She F#mposes foot on the Bchair
A E Riff1
Coconut shy but vanity fair
She F#mposes foot on the Bchair
G#m Riff2
Coconut shy but vanity fair
Middle 8
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In her G#(2)vanity Amcase her F#mcompact Gcase
Em G(2) D Riff3
In her compact case her eyes
Not A/C#bad for a C(2)sister but her B(2)vanity's Bmfair
E ---------------|----------------|
B ---------------|----------------|
G ---------------|---4------------|
D ------0-----2--|4---------2-----|
A ---------------|----------------|
E ---------------|----------------|
And her sense of hu-mour's dry
E ---------------|----------------|
B ---------------|-------3--------|
G ---------------|-0--2---------4-|
D ---0---2---4---|----------------|
A ---------------|----------------|
E ---------------|----------------|
G#(3) G(3) D/F# Fdim
She comes home late with a-nother screw loose
E ---------------|--------------------------0----|
B 0->-1>-----0---|--------------------------0----|
G --------------0|---2->-4->--2------------------|
D ---------------|--------------2->--4->2--------|
A ---------------|-------------------------------|
E ---------------|--------------------------0----|
She swears to have had just a pine-ap-ple juice
Falls a-Ebsleep fully Dclothed in her C#bed
D C# C B A(chord)
With her makeup re-mover by her head
Refrain 3 / End
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And she F#mmight not be all Bthere
A E Riff1
But her dream's all vanity fair
She might not bBe all there
But her Adream's all vanity Efair Asus2/F#
E Asus2/F#
E 0---0---------X----------X----X--|--X------X--------|
B 0---0---------X----------X----X--|--X------X--------|
G 0---2---------4----------8---11--|-12-----13--------|
D 2---2---------4----------7---10--|-11-----14--------|
A 2---X---------X----------X----X--|--X------X--------|
E 0---2---------4----------7---10--|-11-----12--------|
E Asus2/F# Eadd2/G# B7 D(2) Eb(2) E(2)
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2013
watfordkev@gmail.com