Ellas In The Band Chords & Tabs
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Ella's in the Band - The Fratellis
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Tabbed by: Rapitinui
Email: rapitinui@gmail.com
Tuning: E A D G B E (standard)
Transcribed from "Edgy in Brixton" DVD, 2007
Strum throughout, shuffle rhythm.
Intro (repeat four times)
E E7 E
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Verse
E E A
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Baby's in the kitchen on the big black trombone
E E7
E A
I'm in the bedroom on the cursed phone
E E7
A G A G
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Everybody laughs when the band goes too slow
A G A G
Meeting every Tuesday in a club in Soho
E A E
I'm just dreaming on Rockefeller Plaza
E7 E E7
E A
Paul's in the hall with the bedroom plaything
E E7
E A
He's wishing he could give her a damn good thrashing
E E7
A G A G
Everybody cries, "Well, good for you, Paul!
A G A G
We never liked her very much at all."
E A E
I'm just dreaming on Rockefeller Plaza
E7 E E7
Chorus
E D E E A G E
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I'm just waiting on magic shoes, got three wee chords, and I just can't lose
E D E E A G E
I'm just finding my own way there, I lost my voice and I grew my hair
E E7 E E7
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Verse
E A
Well, brother John's long gone, keeps his nose clean
E E7
E A
He's sucking on a black and white TV screen
E E7
A G A G
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Well, he says he got a girl and a paper memory
A G A G
Pictures on the wall and a dog named Henry
E A E
I'm just dreaming on Rockefeller Plaza.
E7 E E7
E A
Well, Ella's in the band but she's always solo
E E7
E A
She's dressed in rags and covered in dayglo
E E7
A G A G
Banging on the drums like a big white throwback
A G A G
Screaming all the while at her husband, poor Jack!
E A E
I'm just dreaming of Rockefeller Plaza
E7 E E7
Chorus
E D E
Well I'm just waiting on pigs to fly
E A G E
Got cold dead brains and a reason why
E D E
I just better move half as slow
E A G E
As be your dog and your one man show
Break (played twice)
(repeat three times)
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Chorus
E D E
I'm just waiting on magic shoes
E A G E
Got three wee chords, and I just can't lose
E D E
I'm just finding my own way there
E A G E
Oh I lost my voice and I grew my hair
E D E
I'm just waiting on pigs to fly
E A G E
Got cold dead brains and a reason why
E D E
If I just didn't move half as slow
E A G E
I'd be your dog and your one man show
E E7 E E7 E
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