Song: Withered and died
Artist: Elvis Costello (AKA The Imposter)
Composer: Richard Thompson
Album: Out of our idiot
Tabbed by: DJ
31th July 2013
N.B.
The recording is flat of concert pitch, to play along
use a chromatic tuner to tune all strings down (-25)
Time signature: 3/4 (Waltz time)
D5/A = x0023x A7 = x02020 D/F# = 20023x
G = 320033 F#m = 244222 A4 = x02230
D = xx0232 Em = 022000 Asus2 = x02200
A = x02220 Em7 = 022030
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[Intro]
D5/A G
e|--------------------|-----|--------------------|--3--|
B|--3-----------------|--3--|--3-----------------|--3--|
G|--0-h2-p0-----------|--2--|--0-h2-p0-----------|--2--|
D|--0-------4-2-0-----|--0--|--0-------4-2-0-----|--0--|
A|-----------------0--|--0--|-----------------2--|--2--|
E|--------------------|-----|--------------------|--3--|
[Verse 1]
D G
This cruel country has driven me down,
A D G A
Teased me and lied, teased me and lied,
D G
I've only sad stories to tell to this town,
A A7 D
My dreams have withered, and ...died!
[Verse 2]
G F#m Em
Once I was bending the ...tops of the trees,
F#m Em Em7 A
Kind thoughts in my head, kind voices to hear!
[Verse 3]
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|---0--2--4---|
E|-------------|
D G
Then I took up with a girl from the west,
A D G A
Played run and hide, played run and hide,
D G
Count one to ten, and she's gone like the rest,
A A7 D
My dreams have withered and died!
[Verse 4]
G F#m Em
If I was a butterfly, lived for a day,
F#m Em Em7 A
I could be free, just blowing a - way!
[Verse 5]
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|---0--2--4---|
E|-------------|
D D/F# G
Silver moon sail up, and silver moon - shine,
A D G A
On the waters so wide, waters so wide,
D D/F# G
Slipped from the bed of a good friend of mine,
A A7 D
My dreams have withered and died!
[Verse 6]
G F#m Em
Once I was bending the ...tops of the trees,
F#m Em Em7 A
Kind thoughts in my head, kind voices to hear!
[Verse 7]
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|---0--2--4---|
E|-------------|
D D/F# G
This cruel country has driven me down,
A D G A
Teased me and lied, teased me and lied,
D G
I've only sad stories to tell to this town,
A A7 Bm
My dreams have withered, and died,
A A7 G
My dreams have withered, and died,
A A7 D G
My dreams have withered, and died----------!
[Coda]
A A4 Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A D
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