(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
Words & Music:
Declan Patrick Aloysius
Mcmanus (Elvis Costello)
From: Mats Jansson
INTRO:
The bass line is
too neat to be left out here:
Chord: Bm A G A Bm A G A
Rhythm 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4. 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Bass: D
----4-------2---------0-----2-------4-------2--------0-----2---|
A
2-----2-0-----------2---0-0---0-2-----2-0----------2---0-0---0-|
E
------------------3------------------------------3-------------|
Guitar: e
------------------777-7-7-5-----------------5----777-7-7-5---|
B
----------------------------7-5---------5------------------7-|etc.
G
--------------------------------7-7-7-7----------------------|
Bm A G A Bm
A G A
Photographs of fancy tricks to get your kicks at sixty-six.
Bm
A G
A Bm
A G A
He thinks of all the lips that he
licks and all the girls he's going
to fix.
Bm
A
G
A
She gave a little
flirt, gave herself a little cuddle,
Bm A
G A
but there's no
place here for the mini-skirt waddle.
Bm
A G A
Capital punishment,
she's last year's model.
G A
G A
They call her
Natasha, but she looks like Elsie.
G F#m Em D
I don't want to go to Chelsea.
CHORUS:
G D G D G
D G D
Oh, no, it does not
move me, even though I've seen the
movie.
G D
G D G D G D
I don't want to check your pulse. I don't want nobody else.
G D E
I don't want to go to Chelsea.
INTRO REPRISE:
Ev'rybody's got new
orders. Be a nice girl and kiss the warders.
Now the teacher is
away, all the kids begin to play.
INTRO REPRISE:
Men come screaming,
dressed in white coats, shake you very gently by the throat.
One's named Gus,
one's named Alfie.
I don't want to go
to Chelsea.
CHORUS:
INTRO REPRISE WITH
IMPROV & OUT: