Elsie chords by The Divinyls

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:
Dm  Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 C        G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
Dm          C      G
Life can be something you wish you never had
Dm  Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 C        G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
Dm          C      G
Life can be something you wish you never had

Intro/bass riff:
Dm

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

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

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

Repeat intro:
Dm (Or bass riff x4)

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


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


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



Solo/Outro:
Dm  C  G
Whoa, oh,
Dm C   G
oh, oh,

     Dm     C G
Open the door wally, open the door
Dm
Open the door wally, open the door
C          G
Open the door wally, open the door

Dm  C  G X10

D

Bass riff X31

Close on D5

Tabbed by Musicfreak0