Elvis Costello & The Attractions – I Dont Want To Go To Chelsea (Guitar Tab)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "(I DON'T WANT TO GO TO) CHELSEA" off LP "This Year's Model" (1978) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Les Gibson Two guitars in this. "Guitar 2" is actually a keyboard synthesiser, but coz it sounds like a guitar, I tabbed it anyway. Sometimes the part is too low to play on guitar, so I moved it up an octave for your playing pleasure :P... --Intro: Main riff:
   Bm       A        G      A         Bm     A        G      A
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Guitar #1
D|-----------------x-7/9999-9-7-----|----------------x-7/9999-9-7-----|
A|------------------------------9-7-|--5-5-5-5-7------------------9-7-|
E|----------------------------------|-------------5-------------------|

 |                                  |                                 |
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|---------------------------------| Guitar #2
D|-----9------7-----------------7---|----9------7-----------------7---|
A|---------------------5------------|--------------------5------------|
E|--7----7--5--------3---3--5-5---5-|-7----7--5--------3---3--5-5---5-|

   Bm       A        G      A         Bm     A         G      A
e|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| Guitar #1
D|-----------------x-7/9999-9-7-----|----------------x-7/9999-9-7---------|
A|-5-5-5-5-7--------------------9-7-|--5-5-5-5-7------------------9-7-5---|
E|------------5---------------------|-------------5-----------------------|

 |                                  |                                     |
e|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| Guitar #2
D|-----9------7-----------------7---|----9------7-----------------7-------|
A|---------------------5------------|--------------------5----------------|
E|--7----7--5--------3---3--5-5---5-|-7----7--5--------3---3--5-5---5-7---|
--Verses: No guitar 1. Guitar 2 plays roughly what is in the intro, until...
    I don't want to go to Chelsea
      G       F#m    Em       D
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-------5-------4-------2----0--0-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|----3----3--2----2--0----0-------|

    Oh no, it does not move me   even though I've seen the movie
   G       D   G       D           G        D      G      D
e|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-x-5-4-2-0------5-------------|---5-3-4-------------5-------------|
A|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------3----3--2-3-2-3--|------------------3----3--2--3-----|

 I don't want to check your pulse. I don't want nobody else
   G       D   G      D           G       D     G        D
e|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|----------------5-------------|---0-3-4-----------5-------------|
A|---5-3-4----------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-------------3----3--2-3-2-3--|----------------3----3--2-3-2-3--|

 I don't want to go to Chelsea
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---0-3-4-------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-----------------0-0-------|
--Breaks between verses, main riff is played, like in intro. --After second verse, main riff is played over and over, to fade. --Third guitar part that comes in at (2:54):
e|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------4~-4~-4~---|-6~-6~-6~-6~--9~-999~-11~-11~--|
D|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|--77-7-7-7-5-------------------77-7-7-7-5-----------------|
G|--11~-11~-11~-11~-11~-11~-11~-11~-|-------------7-6-444-4-4------------------7-6-444-4-4-----|
D|----------------------------------|-------------------------7-4--------------------------7-4-|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
...fade out... ************************* | x Dead note | / Slide up | ~ Vibrato *************************