Artist: Elvis Costello
Song: Withered and died
Tabbed by: DJ
31th July 2013
Elvis Costello's cover of a Richard Thompson song
Tuning: Standard
(N.B. Recording is slightly flat of concert pitch)
Time signature: 3/4 (Waltz time)
D = xx0232 Em = 022000
G = 320033 Em7 = 022030
A = x02220 A4 = x02230
A7 = x02020 Asus2= x02200
F#m = 244222
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(D) D (D) G
e|---2-------------------|---2---|---2-------------------|---3---|
B|---3-------------------|---3---|---3-------------------|---3---|
G|---0--h2--0------------|---2---|---0--h2--0------------|---2---|
D|---0---------4--2--0---|---0---|---0---------4--2--0---|---0---|
A|---------------------0-|-------|---------------------0-|---2---|
E|-----------------------|-------|-----------------------|---3---|
D G
This cruel country has driven me down,
A D G A
Teased me and lied, teased me and lied,
D G
I've only sad stories to tell to this town,
A A7 D
My dreams have withered, and ...died!
G F#m Em
Once I was bending the ...tops of the trees,
F#m Em Em7 A
Kind thoughts in my head, kind voices to hear!
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|---0--2--4---|
E|-------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/elvis_costello/withered_and_died_crd.html ]
D G
Then I took up with a girl from the west,
A D G A
Played run and hide, played run and hide,
D G
Count one to ten, and she's gone like the rest,
A A7 D
My dreams have withered and died!
G F#m Em
If I was a butterfly, lived for a day,
F#m Em Em7 A
I could be free, just blowing a - way!
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|---0--2--4---|
E|-------------|
D G
Silver moon sail up, and silver moon - shine,
A D G A
On the waters so wide, waters so wide,
D G
Slipped from the bed of a good friend of mine,
A A7 D
My dreams have withered and died!
G F#m Em
Once I was bending the tops of the trees,
F#m Em Em7 A
Kind thoughts in my head, kind voices to hear!
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|---0--2--4---|
E|-------------|
D G
This cruel country has driven me down,
A D G A
Teased me and lied, teased me and lied,
D G
I've only sad stories to tell to this town,
A A7 Bm
My dreams have withered, and died,
A A7 G
My dreams have withered, and died,
A A7 D G
My dreams have withered, and died----------!
A A4 Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A D
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