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Song: Man out of time
Artist: Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Composer: Elvis Costello
Album: Imperial bedroom
Tabbed by: DJ 28th Jan 2015
Live performances:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gihAiZlG1U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYftZ0hd4FQ
If you don't want to add the bass note progression
at the end of the verses, it could be played
instead simply as...
'...that would follow him a - round!'
I think Elvis just goes straight for the B7...
'...that would follow him around!'
On the record, and in early TV appearances,
Elvis plays Esus4 chords in the intro and verses.
In some later concert videos Elvis plays
an F#m11 instead of the Esus4 chords.
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression.
I would suggest using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
E = 022100 F#m11 = x44200 A = x02220
Esus4 = 022200 B = x2444x A#dim7 = x1232x
F#m = 244222 B/A = x0444x B7 = x21202
G#m = 466444 B/G# = 4x444x Am/C = x32210
C#m = x46654 B/F# = 2x444x
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Intro
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Verse 1
So, this is where he came to hide,
...when he ran from you,
In a private detective overcoat,
And dirty dead man's shoes,
The pretty things of Knightsbridge...
...Lying for a Minister of State,
Is a far cry from the nod and wink...
...here at Traitors' Gate
Pre-Chorus 1
'Cause the high heel, he used to be,
Has been ground down and he listens for the footsteps
That would follow him a - round-------!
Chorus
To murder my love is a crime------,
But will ...you ...still love--------
...a man out of time------?
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Verse 2
There's a tupenny ha'ppenny millionaire,
Looking for a fourpenny one,
With a tight grip on the short hairs...
...of the public imagination,
For his private wife and kids, somehow,
Real life becomes a rumour,
Days of Dutch courage, just three French letters
And a German sense of humour
Pre-Chorus 2
He's got a mind like a sewer,
And a heart like a fridge, he stands to be insulted,
And he pays for the privi - lege---------!
Chorus
To murder my love is a crime------,
But will ...you ...still love--------
...a man out of time------?
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Verse 3
The biggest wheels of industry...
...retire sharp and short,
And the after-dinner overtures...
...Are nothing but an afterthought,
Somebody's creeping in the kitchen,
There's ...a reputation to be made,
Whose nerves are always on a knife's edge,
And who's up late polishing the blade?
Pre-Chorus 3
Love is always scarpering, or cowering, or fawning,
You drink yourself insensitive,
And hate your - self in the morning
Chorus
To murder my love is a crime------,
But will ...you ...still love--------
...a man out of time------?
Coda
Will ...you ...still love--------
...a man out of time------?
Will ...you ...still love--------
...a man out of time?
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