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The Golden Calf - Prefab Sprout
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Prefab Sprout
The Golden Calf (1988)
(McAloon)
From: "From Langley Park to Memphis"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
F#7sus4 2-4-4-4-0-0
Dmaj7 x-x-0-2-2-2
Dmaj9 x-x-0-2-2-0 (= A/D)
A/G 3-x-2-2-x-x
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[Intro]
| F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % |
| F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % |
| A | % | % | A A/G |
[Verse]
A A
Once upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings
Dmaj9 A A/G
When the distant sea blended with the sky
A A
Past Coliseums filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glass
Dmaj9 A
I carried in my heart a word or two
[Chorus]
F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7
Left you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7
Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
White and open-necked you would still play
[Verse]
A A
I'd resort to sleepwalking to catch the mood that fills the sails
Dmaj9 A A/G
With harvest nets and tides don't ever bring
A Dmaj9
But every night was Halloween, and every friend fell in between
Dmaj9 A
And how capricious nature ruled my mind
[Chorus]
F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7
Left you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7
Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
White and open-necked you would still play
[Interlude 1]
| Dsus2 | % | C#m | % |
| Dsus2 | % | C#m | A/G |
[Verse]
A A
Once upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings
Dmaj9 A A/G
When the distant sea blended with the sky
A Dmaj9
My mouth was full of cigarettes, my hair is full of long-term bets
Dmaj9 A A/G
But you would always make me see the day
[Chorus]
F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7
Left you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7
Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
White and open-necked you would still play
[Interlude 2]
| F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % |
| F#7sus4 | % |
Dmaj7 F#7sus4 Dmaj7
I sound so different these days, I barely can believe I'm me
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
If I didn't know better, I would swear I was someone else
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
Lord I can't believe, I don't believe I'm me
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
But who on earth could I be?
[Solo]
| A | % | % | % |
| Dmaj9 | % | A | % |
[Chorus]
F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7
Left you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7
Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
White and open-necked you would still play, play, play, play ...
[Chorus]
F#7sus4
Your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7
Left you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7
Couldn't touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
White and open-necked you would still play
(fade over last chorus)
