Chords Elvis Costello - Georgie And Her Rival
Lyrics Elvis Costello - Georgie And Her Rival
“georgie and her rival” ( capo : 3rd . fret )
___intro :
C6 C6 D
___verse : 1
E
georgie grew to hate her name
A B6
it sounded like a tiny man
Emaj7
and the one she had said “i can’t see you ,
A E B/D# A/C#
but i’ll call you when___ever i___can”
E6 B A6
sometimes the phone would ring , when she was half__a_sleep
E6 B A
a voice would drag her down with it’s suggestions
E C Em7 Dmaj7
though she often felt cheated___ , she never felt___cheap
___chorus :
F#m
well heaven knows what fi___lls the heart
G Bm
and makes you feel so___alive
A C#m
it’s impossible to tear___apart
Cmaj7 Am7 D
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val
___verse : 2
Emaj7
it was half___past fe__bruary
A B6
and he hadn’t called since new year’s day
Emaj7 E6
maybe he’d found ano___ther woman
A E B/D# A/C#
to say those words no chapel girl should say
Emaj7 B A6
her mother would phone and always keep her talking
E B A
she’d try to be polite , making fa__ces
E Cmaj7 Am7 Dmaj7
but somewhere in the back of her mind , her ri___val was stal__king
___chorus :
F#m
well heaven knows what fi___lls the heart
G Bm
and makes you feel so___alive
A C#m
it’s impossible to tear___apart
Cmaj7 Am7 D
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val
___bridge :
G#m Emaj7
her rival would al__ways wait___
C#m7 G#m7 D#
till the eighth or ni___nth bell___
G#m E A/C# D6 Dmaj7
he’d be desperate an___yway and drunk as well______
Bm Bm/A G#dim7 E7
she always liked to hurt__him___to prove he was prepa___red
Bm Bm/A G#dim7
to love her an__yway__that she wan___ted
E C6 D
so she could tell____which she preferred
___verse : 3
Emaj7
he sat up with his address book
A B6
trying to think what mood___he’s in
Emaj7
his finger traced past georgie’s name
A C#m Bmaj7
to someone who needed less persua__ding
C#m [ ch ] Emaj7/B [ /Ch ] A E
he did__n’t hear__through her__disguise__
Amaj7 E B
he didn’t leave her in a rush
E6 A
just like the pro__mise that he left on her__machine
E B A
that al__most made__her blush
E B
the radio plays a lover’s symphony__
A E/B
the number you have dialed has been re – directed
A E
now she puts him on the speaker – phone___
C6 Em Dmaj7
whene__ver__she__has__com___pany___
___chorus :
F#m
well heaven knows what fi___lls the heart
G Bm
and makes you feel so___alive
A C#m
it’s impossible to tear___apart
C Em7 D
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val
___coda :
Cmaj7 Am7 D
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val
Cm7 F
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val
* D#maj7 Cm7 F *
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val ( repeat * – * 3 more times )
D#maj7 Cm7 A#/F F
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val ( fade )
“georgie and her rival” ( capo : 3rd . fret )
___intro :
C6 C6 D
___verse : 1
E
georgie grew to hate her name
A B6
it sounded like a tiny man
Emaj7
and the one she had said “i can’t see you ,
A E B/D# A/C#
but i’ll call you when___ever i___can”
E6 B A6
sometimes the phone would ring , when she was half__a_sleep
E6 B A
a voice would drag her down with it’s suggestions
E C Em7 Dmaj7
though she often felt cheated___ , she never felt___cheap
___chorus :
F#m
well heaven knows what fi___lls the heart
G Bm
and makes you feel so___alive
A C#m
it’s impossible to tear___apart
Cmaj7 Am7 D
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val
___verse : 2
Emaj7
it was half___past fe__bruary
A B6
and he hadn’t called since new year’s day
Emaj7 E6
maybe he’d found ano___ther woman
A E B/D# A/C#
to say those words no chapel girl should say
Emaj7 B A6
her mother would phone and always keep her talking
E B A
she’d try to be polite , making fa__ces
E Cmaj7 Am7 Dmaj7
but somewhere in the back of her mind , her ri___val was stal__king
___chorus :
F#m
well heaven knows what fi___lls the heart
G Bm
and makes you feel so___alive
A C#m
it’s impossible to tear___apart
Cmaj7 Am7 D
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val
___bridge :
G#m Emaj7
her rival would al__ways wait___
C#m7 G#m7 D#
till the eighth or ni___nth bell___
G#m E A/C# D6 Dmaj7
he’d be desperate an___yway and drunk as well______
Bm Bm/A G#dim7 E7
she always liked to hurt__him___to prove he was prepa___red
Bm Bm/A G#dim7
to love her an__yway__that she wan___ted
E C6 D
so she could tell____which she preferred
___verse : 3
Emaj7
he sat up with his address book
A B6
trying to think what mood___he’s in
Emaj7
his finger traced past georgie’s name
A C#m Bmaj7
to someone who needed less persua__ding
C#m [ ch ] Emaj7/B [ /Ch ] A E
he did__n’t hear__through her__disguise__
Amaj7 E B
he didn’t leave her in a rush
E6 A
just like the pro__mise that he left on her__machine
E B A
that al__most made__her blush
E B
the radio plays a lover’s symphony__
A E/B
the number you have dialed has been re – directed
A E
now she puts him on the speaker – phone___
C6 Em Dmaj7
whene__ver__she__has__com___pany___
___chorus :
F#m
well heaven knows what fi___lls the heart
G Bm
and makes you feel so___alive
A C#m
it’s impossible to tear___apart
C Em7 D
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val
___coda :
Cmaj7 Am7 D
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val
Cm7 F
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val
* D#maj7 Cm7 F *
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val ( repeat * – * 3 more times )
D#maj7 Cm7 A#/F F
geor__gie__and__her__ri____val ( fade )