The Waterboys - I can see elvis
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Tuning: E A D G B E
On the verses where the backing vocals sing (doo-wap) sing the doo on top of the last
word of the line.
Intro
riff
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D|------8-11-8--------------8-11-8--------------8-11-8-------||------8-11-8-------|
A|-9-11-------11-9-11~-9-11-------11-9-11~-9-11-------11-9-9~||-9-11-------11-9-9~|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||-------------------|
F#I can see EG#mlvis... skinny like he wBas... back in fifty-sevF#en
F#razor-quiffed and leather-squeG#mezed... sideburns flickering in the bBreeze
that blows across the vale of hF#eaven (riff)
F#I can see EG#mlvis... throned like a kiBng... astride a golden HarlF#ey
F#smoking a reefer he just rolleG#md... full of acapulco goBld
with Hendrix, Dean and MarF#ley (riff)
F#I can see EG#mlvis(doo-wap) prowling like a cBat(doo-wap)
across a funky bandstF#and (doo-wap)
F#Keith Moon behind him banging dG#mrums (doo-wap)
Charlie Parker all thBumbs (doo-wap)
John Lennon doing handstanF#ds (doo-wap) (riff)(doo-wap)
Solo on acoustic
F# G#m B F# G#m
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------9---------------------------------------------9~|
G|-----8~--8-11-8----11-8----11-8--8-------8----8-----8----8-11-8---|
D|-8-11-------------------11-----11----8-11-8-11--8-11-8-11---------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#m B F#
e|--------------------9r-------------------------------|
B|-11-9--9-11---11-9------11-9--9-11---9br-------------|
G|-----11-----------11--------11----8-----11-8---------|
D|--------------------------------------------11-8-----|
A|------------------------------------------------11-9-|
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F#I can see EG#mlvis... talking philosophy and laBw
with Joan Of Arc and F#Plato
F#quizzing Shakespeare on his plaG#mys
showing Crazy Horse and Marvin GBaye
how to dance the mashed poF#tato (riff)
F#I can see EG#mlvis (doo-wap)
high and low and hBigh (doo-wap)
and low and high he's hF#unting (doo-wap)
F#looking for a special pG#mrey (doo-wap)
who only just arrived up here Btoday (doo-wap)
break out the bunF#ting (doo-wap) (riff) (doo-wap)
F#I can see EG#mlvis
solo organ + electric guitar over F# G#m B F#
(mute)
... he's writin' something doBwn in a litle leather joF#urnal F#and here are all the G#mwords he wrote: B F# (riff) "I am gonna slit the throat of that skinflint, the Colonel" F# G#m (riff) B (riff) F# (riff) I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... F# G#m (riff) B (riff) F# (riff) I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... Elvis... Elvis