Green Shirt

Elvis Costello

Transposer:

Song: Green shirt Artist: Elvis Costello Composer: Elvis Costello Album: This years model Tabbed by DJ (’DiddyD’ on ultimateGuitar.com)24th June 2014 CAPO: 3rd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of C) Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: = x02220 / = 00222x or xx2220 A7 = x02223 G = 32003x or xx5433 A6 = x02222 A * = x02225 Asus4 = x02230 E = 022100 A7sus4 = x02030 Please select a star rating for this tab many thanks ============================================================ [Intro] e |---0-------------| B |---2--2----------| G |------2--2-------| D |---------2---2---| A |-------------0---| E |-----------------| [Verse 1] There’s a smart young woman on a light blue screen That comes into my room every night And she takes all her red yellow orange and green And she turns them into black and ...white [Chorus] But you tease and you flirt And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt You can please yourself but somebody’s gonna get it! [Link] Better cut off all i - dentifying labels Be - fore they put you on the torture table [Verse 2] ’Cause somewhere in the quizzling clinic There’s a short-hand typist taking seconds over minutes She’s listening into the Venus line She’s picking out names I hope none of them are mine! [Chorus] But you tease and you flirt And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt You can please yourself but somebody’s gonna get it! [Bridge] Never said I was a stool- pigeon Never said I was a diplomat Everybody is under suspicion But you don’t want to hear about that [Chorus] ’Cause you tease and you flirt And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt You can please yourself but somebody’s gonna get it! [Link] Better send a begging letter to the big investi - gation Who put these finger prints on my imagi - nation? [Chorus] You tease and you flirt And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt You can please yourself but somebody’s gonna get it! [Coda] You can please yourself but somebody’s gonna get it! You can please yourself but somebody’s gonna get it!

Du même artiste :

Poison Moon

G, C, F, B, Am, D, E, A, D7

When It Signs

D, A, Db, C, Bm, Bb, G, F#m, Em, Dbm, F, F7, Gm, A6, e, B

Accidents Will Happen

D, Db, B, A, G, F#, Em7, F#m7, C, Em, Dm, F, Bb, F#7, Bm, A6, F#m5, F6, Fmaj7

Thats Not The Part Of Him Youre Leaving

D, G, E, A, F, Em, A7

Church Underground

Dm, Gm, F, C, G, B, Bb, A, E, Eb, D, Am, Em, A7

You Little Fool

G, C, D, Bm, Am7, C6, Em, E, A, A7, F, Bb, Bm7

The World And His Wife

Dm9, F, G7, C, Am, C7, Dm, Em, G, F#, Bm, E, E7, Bb

Big Sisters Clothes

E, Dbm, A, B, G, Em, C, D, B7, Cm

How To Be Dumb

G, D, Em, Bm, F, Dm, C, B

Glitter Gulch

A, D, E, G, A7

Cette chanson évoque la complexité des relations humaines, mêlant séduction et manipulation. Le protagoniste semble s'adresser à une femme mystérieuse qui apparaît chaque nuit sur un écran, où elle transforme des émotions colorées en quelque chose de plus sombre et monochrome. Le thème de la tromperie est omniprésent, soulignant qu’il y a toujours des conséquences à nos actions, même si l'on peut essayer de se plaire à soi-même. Le ton ironique se reflète dans l’idée que, malgré les jeux de séduction et les façades, il est important de faire attention aux vérités cachées derrière les apparences. La mention d'une "clinique" et d'un "grand investigation" met en lumière une sorte de surveillance ou d'inquiétude sous-jacente, renforçant la tension entre désir et méfiance.

Le Chansonnier