Elsie chords by The Divinyls

Chords with lyrics

Elsie by Divinyls, from 1983?s Desperate
Written by Chrissy Amphlett and Mark McEntee

Bass riff (can easily be played on guitar):
e------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D-----0-0-0-0-3p0--|
A-3/4-------------3|
E------------------|

🏷Legend:
/ = Slide up
p = pull-off

Alternate way to play the chorus:
DmDm  Dsus4Dsus4 DmDm Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC        G+G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
DmDm          C majorC      G+G
Life can be something you wish you never had
DmDm  Dsus4Dsus4 DmDm Dsus4Dsus4 C majorC        G+G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
DmDm          C majorC      G+G
Life can be something you wish you never had

Intro/bass riff:
DmDm

Verse 1:
DmDm         C majorC   G+G
She never had an education
DmDm           C majorC   G+G
She uses life as her vocation
Bb majorBb     D MajorD   Bb majorBb       D MajorD
Standing on ledges clinging to the edges
C majorC       G+G       D MajorD
The world's a hard place to land on

Verse 2:
DmDm             C majorC   G+G
She has this one way conversation
DmDm        C majorC    G+G
Trying to avoid a confrontation
Bb majorBb    D MajorD      Bb majorBb        D MajorD
Memories of the kind that she'd rather leave behind
C majorC       G+G       D MajorD
The world?s a hard place to land on

Chorus:
DmDm         C majorC        G+G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
DmDm          C majorC         G+G
Life can be something you wish you never had
DmDm         C majorC        G+G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
DmDm          C majorC         G+G
Life can be something you wish you never had

Repeat intro:
DmDm (Or bass riff x4)

Verse 3:
DmDm          C majorC   G+G
She never had any affection
DmDm            C majorC    G+G
So she relates well to rejection
Bb majorBb       D MajorD     Bb majorBb         D MajorD
No stories wait discovery, dreams have passed recovery
C majorC       G+G        D MajorD
Never had a chance from the beginning

Bridge:
     F# minorF#m    FF
She just sleeps all day
    E minorEm       G+G
In her squalid little slum
     F# minorF#m     FF
And takes little white pills
      E minorEm      G+G
To make her body feel all numb
     D MajorD    G+G
And it's dark and dirty
      FF        A minorAm
And there's nothing left to eat
  D MajorD   G+G        FF     A minorAm
And in her heart there's a feeling of defeat
     D MajorD       G+G
Smells of bugs and fornication
   FF        A minorAm
And a bottle of cheap scent
      D MajorD   G+G
Should she stick around
  FF        A minorAm    D MajorD
If this is all that life meant


Chorus:
DmDm         C majorC        G+G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
DmDm          C majorC         G+G
Life can be something you wish you never had
DmDm         C majorC        G+G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
DmDm          C majorC         G+G
Life can be something you wish you never had


Solo/Outro:
DmDm  C majorC  G+G
Whoa, oh,
DmDm C majorC   G+G
oh, oh,

     DmDm     C majorC G+G
Open the door wally, open the door
DmDm
Open the door wally, open the door
C majorC          G+G
Open the door wally, open the door

DmDm  C majorC  G+G X10

D MajorD

Bass riff X31

Close on D5D5

Tabbed by Musicfreak0