Fish - A Gentleman's Excuse Me
From the album: Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (1990)
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These are the chords used in this song.
Down below I've written out a tab which you can play along with the song,
In that case the chords might change a bit.
Chords: EADGBe
Asus4 x02230
Am x02210
Am/G 302210
A# x13331
A#/D xx0331
C x32010
C/E 032010
C/G 332010
Em 022000
F 133211
Fsus2 xx3011
G 320003
G7 320001
G/A x00003
G/B x20003
G/F 120003
Gsus4/D xx0013
Capo 5
Intro: Fsus2
Fsus2 C/E Gsus4/D C/E
Do you still keep paper flowers in the bottom-drawer with your belgian lace
Fsus2 C/E Asus4 Am
Taking them out every year to watch the colours fade away
Fsus2 C/E A#/D A#
Do you still believe in fairy tales in battlements of shining castles
Am G/A Am
Safe from the dragons that lie beneath the hill
Fsus2 C/E Gsus4/D C/E
Are you still a Russian princes rescued by a gipsy-dancer
Fsus2 C/E Asus4 Am
To anyone who'll listen, is that a story you still tell
Fsus2 C/E A#/D A#
You live a life of fantasy, your diary romantic fiction
F G/F F G G7
Can't you see it's hard for me, can you see what I'm trying to say
C Em
It's a gentleman's excuse me so I'll do one step to the side
F C
Can you get it inside your head, I'm tired of dancing
C G/B Am Am/G F
For every one step forward I'm taking two steps back
F C/E Gsus4/D G Asus4
Can you get it inside your head, I'm tired of dancing
| |Am |Asus4 |Am |
|F |C |A#/D |A# |
|Asus4 |Am |Asus4 |Am |
C/G
I know you still like Old-fashioned waltzes
G C/G G
Your reflection in the mirror that you flirt with as you glide across the floor
Am G
But if I told you the music's over, would you want to hear
Am G G7
That your dance card is empty, that there's no-one really there
Fsus2 C/E Gsus4/D C/E Fsus2
Do you still believe in Santa Claus, there's a millionaire looking for your front door
C/E Asus4 Am
With the key to a life that you'd never understand
Fsus2 C/E A#/D A#
And all I have to offer is the love I have, it's freely given
F G/F F G G7
You'll see it's value when you see what I'm trying to say
C Em
It's a gentleman's excuse me so I'll do one step to the side
F C
Can you get it inside your head, I'm tired of dancing
C G/B Am Am/G F
For every one step forward I'm taking two steps back
F C/E Gsus4/D
Can you get it inside your head
G Am F
That from this one step forward there's no turning back
F C/E Gsus4/D G Asus4 Am Asus4 Am
Can you get it inside your head, I'm tired of dancing
Asus4 Am Asus4 Am
We're finished dancing
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This is the tab for this song:
All notes are relative to the capo
Intro:
e|-----3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3----------------|
B|-1-------0---------------0-------1-------0---------------0----|
G|---0---0---0---0-2-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-2-0---0---0--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------0--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Verses:
Fsus2 C/E Gsus4/D C/E Fsus2 C/E Asus4 Am
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1---1---1---1---3---3---1---1---1---1---1---1---3---3---1---1-|
G|-0---0---0---0---5---5---0---0---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2-|
D|-3---3---2---2---0---0---2---2---3---3---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Fsus2 C/E A#/D A#
e|-------------------------------|
B|-1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3-|
G|-0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3-|
D|-3---3---2---2---0---0---3---3-|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Am G/A Am or F G/F F G
e|---------------------------|/|-------------------------------|
B|-1---1---3---3---1---1---1-|/|-1---1---3---3---1---1---3---3-|
G|-2---2---0---0---2---2-2---|/|-2---2---0---0---2---2---0-0---|
D|-2---2---0---0---2---2-----|/|-3---3---3---3---3---3---0-----|
A|---------------------------|/|-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|/|-------------------------------|
Chorus: You can just strum the chorus if you like. Or else play this:
C Em F C G/B
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1---1---1---1---0---0---0---0---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---3-|
G|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---3---3---3---3---2---2---2---0-|
A|-3---3---3---3-----------------------------------3---3---3---2-|
E|-----------------0---0---0---0---1---1---1---1-----------------|
Gsus4/D
Am Am/G F F C/E / G Asus4 Am
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---0---3---3---1---1-|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---2---2---2---2-|
D|-2---2---2---2---3---3---3---3---3---2---0---0---2---2---2---2-|
A|-0---0---0-------------------------------5-------0---0---0---0-|
E|-------------3---1---1---1---1---1---0-------3-----------------|
