(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:

 





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