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Alison by Elvis Costello

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Elvis Costello
ALISON (3:19)
The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions (1985, Columbia)

My thanks to Christopher Keen ([email protected]), and others, for the solid
foundation and details from which I had worked. Here are my revisions by ear--
with complete Intro & Ending solo licks! I minimized the lyrical content per
Enjoy, Gehan Cheung

  A augmentedA E MajorE G# minorG#m C# minorC#m BB D MajorD G#m7G#m7 F# minorF#m / = slide up
e 0 0 4  4  2 2 4  2  \ = slide down
BB 2 0 4  5  4 3 4  2  () = ghost note[not picked]
G+G 2 1 4  6  4 2 4  2  p = pull-off
D MajorD 2 2 6  6  4 0 4  4  h = hammer-on    ~ = tremolo
A augmentedA 0 2 6  4  2 X 6  4  ^ = bend up     * = staccato
E MajorE X 0 4  X  X X 4  2  r = release bend   ? = not sure

Intro:  BB   | G# minorG#m A augmentedA C# minorC#m  BB    | F# minorF#m  G# minorG#m | G# minorG#m  BB
|-/7-(7)-(7)-9\7-|------------------------|-----------|----------------
|-/7-(7)-(7)-----|-9/12---7h9p7--7\5--5\4-|-5p4-----*-|----------------
|-/8-(8)-(8)-----|------------------------|-----6-3h4-|-4(4)/8-7h8-7h8-
|----------------|------------------------|-----------|----------------
|----------------|------------------------|-----------|----------------
|-------7-7------|------------------------|-----------|----------------

Verse 1:
     | A augmentedA             |
Oh it's so funny.................after

E MajorE           |     A augmentedA               |
so long girl     And with the way.......................that
      -12/14\12---|------------
      -12/14\12---|------------
      ----------11|\\\\\\\\\\9-
      ----------11|\\\\\\\\\\9-
      ------------|------------
      ------------|------------

G# minorG#m      C# minorC#m      BB|  A augmentedA                |
you are not impressed       But I heard..............little
         -7p6p5p4----|-----
         ---------5--|-----
         -----------4|-4h6-
         ------------|-----
         ------------|-----
         ------------|-----

G# minorG#m    C# minorC#m     | D MajorD             |
friend of mine---------|---take off............dress
       ---------|---
       -----4-6-|-7-
       -4-6-----|---
       ---------|---
       ---------|---

| BB            | A augmentedA          |
                 I'm not gonna get
|-----9-12-9-9h11-9h11p9\7-|--9-/11-\9------------|
|---10---------------------|-10-/12-\10-----------|
|-11-----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|

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G# minorG#m   C# minorC#m   BB    | A augmentedA           |
too sentimental............other sticky...........
        ----------|----
        -5/7\5----|-2--
        -4/6\4----|-2--
        ----------|----
        ----------|----
        ----------|----

| G# minorG#m      C# minorC#m  BB    |  A augmentedA              |
                  'cos I don't know...........
|------------------------------|-----
|------------------------------|-----
|------------------------------|-----
|---------*----------4-4h6p4\2-|-----
|-(2)-*-1h2-2h3h4-3h4----------|-2/4-
|-----4------------------------|-----

G# minorG#m    C# minorC#m |   D MajorD        | BB         |
lovin' somebody I  only know..........mine
        |-------        |------7------------|
        |------~        |--------7----------|
        |--4h6/7        |----------8^9r8----|
        |-------        |----------------9\-|
        |-------        |-------------------|
        |-------        |-------------------|

Chorus:
A augmentedA | E MajorE           | A augmentedA     BB    |G# minorG#m G#m7G#m7 C# minorC#m BB |
Alison          I  know......world....killin' you oh
 |----12/14\12------------|-------------------|
 |----12/14\12-12/14\12---|-10--/14---12------|
 |-------------11/13\11---|-9---/13---11------|
 |------------------------|-------------------|
 |------------------------|-------------------|
 |------------------------|-------------------|

A augmentedA | E MajorE          | A augmentedA  BB   | E MajorE         |
Alison           my aim is true
 |---------------------|------------|------7/9-7---------|
 |----9h12-9h12p9\7----|------------|------------7/9\7-5-|
 |------------------9-8|-6----------|------4/6-4---------|
 |---------------------|------------|------------4/6\4-2-|
 |---------------------|------------|--------------------|
 |---------------------|------------|--------------------|

Verse 2:
A augmentedA             | E MajorE           |   A augmentedA
    Well I see...........husband now     Did he leave
                    -12/14\12---|----------
                    -12/14\12-12|(12)\10---
                    ----------11|(11)\9----
                    ------------|----------
                    ------------|----------
                    ------------|----------

            | G# minorG#m      C# minorC#m  BB |  A augmentedA
your pretty fingers.......in ............cake
                     -------*-|---------
                     *-*--7h9-|-7\5-----
                     4h6------|-----4/6-
                     ---------|---------
                     ---------|---------
                     ---------|---------

            | G# minorG#m   C# minorC#m     |   D MajorD
You use to................in your hand   I bet it took
                   --------|---------
                   --------|---------
                   -----4-6|-----7---
                   -4-6----|---------
                   --------|---------
                   --------|---------

         | BB               |
all he could take
         |-----9-12p11p9-9h11-11\10\9----|
         |---10-----------------------10-|
         |-11----------------------------|
         |-------------------------------|
         |-------------------------------|
         |-------------------------------|

A augmentedA               | G# minorG#m      C# minorC#m   BB   |
 Sometimes I wish..............stop..........talkin' when I

A augmentedA              | G# minorG#m C# minorC#m BB   | A augmentedA
hear the silly things .........say        I think
               |------7/9-7/9\7-|-\5-------
               |------7/9-7/9\7-|-\5-------
               |----------------|----------
               |----------------|----------
               |----------------|----------
               |----------------|----------

       | G# minorG#m       C# minorC#m    |     D MajorD
somebody betta put-out.........light 'cos I  can't
       |--------          |-----------
       |--------          |---------~-
       |--------          |----4-6--7-
       |--------          |4-6--------
       |-h2-----          |-----------
       |----h4--          |-----------

          | BB           |
stand to..............way
          |-------7-11-7h11p7-----|
          |-----7------------7----|
          |---8---------------8\6-|
          |-----------------------|
          |-----------------------|
          |-----------------------|

2nd Chorus:
A augmentedA | E MajorE           | A augmentedA     BB    |G# minorG#m G#m7G#m7 C# minorC#m BB |
Alison          I  know......world....killin' you oh
 |----12/14-12------------|-------------------|
 |----12/14-12-12/14\12---|-10--/14---12------|
 |-------------11/13\11---|-9---/13---11------|
 |------------------------|-------------------|
 |------------------------|-------------------|
 |------------------------|-------------------|

                       Coda:
A augmentedA | E MajorE       | A augmentedA BB   | E MajorE     A augmentedA | D MajorD    BB  | E MajorE     A augmentedA|
Alison        my aim is true       my aim is true
 |---7/9\7--------|----------|-------------|-------------|-----7p6p5p4--|
 |---7/9\7-9--*---|----------|-------------|-------------|------------5-|
 |---------9--9p8-|-6--------|-------4-4h6-|-7p6-7---8---|-------------4|
 |------------9(9)|-7--------|-----6-------|-------------|--------------|
 |----------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
 |----------------|----------|-------------|-------------|--------------|



| D MajorD  BB      | E MajorE    A augmentedA    | D MajorD    BB   |
  my aim is    true          my aim is
|--5--3h4----------|-------------4-5-|-5p4-5-5/7-----|
|--------5---------|-------4-5-7-----|---------------|
|---------4--------|-----6-----------|---------------|
|----------(4h5h6)-|-----------------|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|---------------|


|E MajorE    A augmentedA     |  D MajorD   BB   | E MajorE  A augmentedA       |
 true           my aim is true
|------------------|----------------|------/12-9h12p9---9-|
|---5(5)/7-5-(5)/7-|-5/7\5/7-/9--\5-|-5--------------12---|
|------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---2(2)/4-2-(2)/4-|-2/4\2/4-/6--\2-|-2-------------------|
|------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|------------------|----------------|---------------------|


| D MajorD   BB    |E MajorE       A augmentedA |D MajorD    BB   | E MajorE  A augmentedA      |
   my aim is  true          my aim is true
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------*-|-------/12-12p9h12-|
|-/12--------12p9-|-----------------|-------------12|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----9p8h9h11p9--|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------9-|-9-11----------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|


|D MajorD     BB        |E MajorE    A augmentedA         |D MajorD    BB   |
     ?
|12p9----7------------------|--------------------------|----------4h5p4|
|----h12--7^8r7p6p5-(5)h6h7p|5-----4-5-----4-5-----4-5-|------4-5------|
|---------------------------|--4-6----4-6-----4-6----- |-3h4h6---------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|


| E MajorE   A augmentedA     | D MajorD   BB     | E MajorE   A augmentedA  | D MajorD    BB    |

|-----5p4----5p4---|--0--------------|-----------|---------4h5-h5---|
|-7p5----7p5----7p4|----4------------|-5-----5---|----5h7-----------|
|------------------|------6-4--------|-------4--6|h7----------------|
|------------------|----------7p6p4--|--4h6h7----|------------------|
|------------------|---------------7-|-----------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------|------------------|


| E MajorE     A augmentedA     | D MajorD    BB   |    E MajorE (A augmentedA)  |
            *
|--7/9-7/9\7-7/9\7----|-7--------------|-----------------|
|------------------7h9|----8/9-6/7-7\5-|-5/7-7\5---------|
|---------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|-----------------|

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