Elliott Murphy – Off The Shelf (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Chords

[Intro]
C  Am  C  Am
            One, two!
C Am C Am [Verse 1]
C                   Am
  The Harvard child poet

C                     Am
  Mister Machine Stickman

C                            Am
  I'll see you later down at Max's

F              G
  I call it my band

F                C
  We'll see what happens

F                C
  We'll see what grows

F                       C               G
  I say someday we'll retire to the Mexicos
[Chorus]
Dm                 Em             F      Em
  'Cause you can't keep it to yourself

Dm               Em             F
  You just can't play it by yourself

G   N.C.                     C      Am
  And Rock ‘n Roll's off the shelf

        C     Am
Off the shelf
[Verse 2]
C                Am
  I got my Stratocaster

C                Am
  I got my liner notes

C                    Am
  I know just who my heroes are

          F               G
And I can recognize Judas goats

F                 C
  Cause something happened

         F                       C
When the dollar signs got in his eyes

F                      C                    G
  He gained all of his losses, I was not surprised
[Chorus]
Dm                 Em             F      Em
  'Cause you can't keep it to yourself

Dm               Em             F
  You just can't play it by yourself

G N.C.                      C     Am
  Take Rock ‘n Roll off the shelf

        C      Am
Off the shelf
[Bridge]
G                Am
  A decade going down

G                                        Am      G    F
  Once again he heard the voices say down--town, down-town

                    Am        G         F
Can’t you hear that    sound, hear that sound

             C
You owe some dues

              G
To earn those blues
[Solo] C F Dm G Em Dm G
Bb
  Un dos quat now
D# Cm D# Cm [Verse 3]
D#                   Cm
  So watch the child-poet

D#                      Cm
  Watch the Machine stickman

D#                      Cm
  Dickie Sohl is at the Mudd Club

G#             Bb
  I call it my band

G#            D#
  Oh see what happens

   G#                       D#
It died and then started to grow

G#                     D#              Bb
  He won’t discuss the reasons but you know, and you know
[Chorus]
Fm               Gm             G#     Gm
  That you can't keep it to yourself

Fm               Gm             G#    Gm
  You just can't play it by yourself

Fm           Gm           G#
  I will not play it by myself

Bb N.C.                     D     Bm
  Take Rock ‘n Roll off the shelf

        D     Bm
Off the shelf

        D                  Bm
Off the shelf (Oh oh-oh-oh oh)

                D                  Bm
Take it off the shelf (Oh oh-oh-oh oh)

                     D                  Bm
Just take it off the shelf (Oh oh-oh-oh oh)

                D                  Bm
Take it off the shelf (Oh oh-oh-oh oh)

                     D                  Bm
Just take it off the shelf (Oh oh-oh-oh oh)
[Solo] D Em F#m G F#
Em  F#m   G
Two Three Four

A  G  D  Em  D
             Five