Vanity Fair tab by Squeeze

Tabs

Never seen this transcribed before. And now I know why.
An epic chordfest, even for a Squeeze song!

I've followed several youtube clips of Glenn Tilbrook
playing this solo, the best clip being here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_5G2w02p0E

I've submitted it under 'Squeeze' as obviously it's a Squeeze song,
but in order to mimic the recording you'd need at least a string quartet
so this is the arrangement for guitar and vocal, which I've come to
love even more than the original Squeeze recording on East Side Story!

I've used a mix of tab and chords. Where there is tab, I've placed
the notes over the lyrics, to illustrate what to play over the
appropriate words as opposed to laying the tab out in strict time

The good news - it's in standard tuning
The bad news - it's a devil to learn
The best news - it's worth it to play such a wonderful piece

     EADGBE
     ------
A augmentedA     x02220
Asus2/F# 2x2200
A/C#A/C#   x4x2xx
C(2)   x3x1xx
B(2)   x2x0xx
Eadd2/G# 4X4400
G#(2)   4xx40x
G#(3)   4XX44x
G+G     320033
G(2)   3x233x
G(3)   3xxx2x
D/F#D/F#   2xx32x
FdimFdim   1xx00x


Riff1
=====

E MajorE ---------------|0----------------|
BB ---------------|0----------------|
G+G 1>2>1----------|1----------------|
D MajorD 2------>4>2----|2----------------|
A augmentedA 2--------------|2----------------|
E MajorE 0--------------|0----------------|


Riff2
=====

E MajorE ---------------|
BB 5---7---8---11-|
G+G ---------------|
D MajorD ---------------|
A augmentedA 4---6---7---10-|
E MajorE ---------------|

Riff3
=====

E MajorE ---------------|
BB ---------------|
G+G ------2--4-----|
D MajorD ------------2--|
A augmentedA ---------------|
E MajorE ---------------|


Note - the Verses are played in this pattern

E MajorE --0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0--|
BB ----------------|-----------------|
G+G ----------------|-----------------|
D MajorD ----------------|-----------------|
A augmentedA 7---6---5---4---|5---4---3---2----|
E MajorE ----------------|-----------------|

 E MajorE  Eb MajorEb D MajorD  C#C#  D MajorD  C#C# C majorC  BB


Intro
=====

G#(2)  A minorAm   F# minorF#m  G+G
E minorEm   G(2)  D MajorD   Riff3
A/C#A/C#  C(2)  B(2) B minorBm

E MajorE ---------------|----------------|
BB ---------------|----------------|
G+G ---------------|4---------------|
D MajorD ------0--2--4--|----2-----------|
A augmentedA ---------------|----------------|
E MajorE ---------------|----------------|


E MajorE ---------------|----------------|
BB ---------------|3---------------|
G+G ---------0--2--|---4------------|
D MajorD ---2--4--------|----------------|
A augmentedA ---------------|----------------|
E MajorE ---------------|----------------|

G#(3)  G(3)  D/F#D/F#  FdimFdim

E MajorE ---------------|-----0----------|
BB -0>1>0---------|-----0----------|
G+G ------0--2>4>2-|----------------|
D MajorD ---------------|2>4>2-----------|
A augmentedA ---------------|----------------|
E MajorE ---------------|----------------|


Verse 1
=======

E MajorE       Eb MajorEb       D MajorD   C#C#
 She left her school for the facto-ry
D MajorD       C#C#     C majorC   BB
 From pocket money to a salary
     E MajorE     Eb MajorEb  D MajorD    C#C#
 From a pac-a-mac to a compact case
D MajorD      C#C#       C majorC     BB
 And every morning she in-spects her face
E MajorE     Eb MajorEb       D MajorD    C#C#
 She dis-covers pulling pints in pubs
D MajorD        C#C#        C majorC    BB
 That the good looks will never cover up for
  E MajorE  Eb MajorEb   D MajorD     C#C#
Her dumb-ness in taking the stock
D MajorD       C#C#      C majorC       BB
 Sees her re-flection in a butcher's shop


Refrain 1
=========

  F# minorF#m        BB
She finds it all quite rare
     A augmentedA         E MajorE Riff1
That her mate's all vanity fair
  F# minorF#m        BB
She finds it all quite rare
     A augmentedA         E MajorE Riff1
That her mate's all vanity fair


Verse 2
=======

E MajorE       Eb MajorEb     D MajorD    C#C#
 She has her eyes on me-dallion men
    D MajorD    C#C#     C majorC   BB
 That get her home on the dot at ten
E MajorE        Eb MajorEb      D MajorD    C#C#
 She combs her hair when she gets ex-cused
   D MajorD    C#C#      C majorC    BB
 The deal she wants always ends up screwed
E MajorE      Eb MajorEb      D MajorD    C#C#
 Paints her nails on the bathroom scales
 D MajorD      C#C#      C majorC   BB
 Gargles her breath like a landed whale
   E MajorE   Eb MajorEb  D MajorD      C#C#
 Her beauty is as deep as her skin
 D MajorD     C#C#      C majorC    BB
 Keeps her eyebrows in a tobacco tin


Refrain 2
=========

  F# minorF#m        BB
She poses foot on the chair
    A augmentedA       E MajorE Riff1
Coconut shy but vanity fair
  F# minorF#m        BB
She poses foot on the chair
    G# minorG#m      Riff2
Coconut shy but vanity fair


Middle 8
========

    G#(2) A minorAm    F# minorF#m   G+G
In her vanity case her compact case
    E minorEm   G(2)   D MajorD   Riff3
In her compact case her eyes
  A/C#A/C#   C(2)      B(2)   B minorBm
Not bad for a sister but her vanity's fair


E MajorE ---------------|----------------|
BB ---------------|----------------|
G+G ---------------|---4------------|
D MajorD ------0-----2--|4---------2-----|
A augmentedA ---------------|----------------|
E MajorE ---------------|----------------|

And her sense of hu-mour's dry

E MajorE ---------------|----------------|
BB ---------------|-------3--------|
G+G ---------------|-0--2---------4-|
D MajorD ---0---2---4---|----------------|
A augmentedA ---------------|----------------|
E MajorE ---------------|----------------|


  G#(3)   G(3)    D/F#D/F#     FdimFdim
She comes home late with a-nother screw loose

E MajorE ---------------|--------------------------0----|
BB 0->-1>-----0---|--------------------------0----|
G+G --------------0|---2->-4->--2------------------|
D MajorD ---------------|--------------2->--4->2--------|
A augmentedA ---------------|-------------------------------|
E MajorE ---------------|--------------------------0----|
 She swears to have had just a pine-ap-ple juice

     Eb MajorEb     D MajorD       C#C#
 Falls a-sleep fully clothed in her bed
D MajorD     C#C#    C majorC   BB   A(chord)
 With her makeup re-mover by her head


Refrain 3 / End
===============

    F# minorF#m       BB
And she might not be all there
    A augmentedA         E MajorE  Riff1
But her dream's all vanity fair
        BB
She might not be all there
    A augmentedA         E MajorE  Asus2/F#
But her dream's all vanity fair

E MajorE  Asus2/F#


E MajorE 0---0---------X----------X----X--|--X------X--------|
BB 0---0---------X----------X----X--|--X------X--------|
G+G 0---2---------4----------8---11--|-12-----13--------|
D MajorD 2---2---------4----------7---10--|-11-----14--------|
A augmentedA 2---X---------X----------X----X--|--X------X--------|
E MajorE 0---2---------4----------7---10--|-11-----12--------|

 E MajorE  Asus2/F# Eadd2/G#  B7B7 D(2) Eb(2) E(2)


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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2013