Prefab Sprout - The Golden Calf

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the golden calf – prefab sprout
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tabbed by : maguri
tuning : standard

prefab sprout
the golden calf ( 1988 )
( mcaloon )

from : “from langley park to memphis”

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chords

F#7sus4 2 – 4 – 4 – 4 – 0 – 0
Dmaj7 x – x – 0 – 2 – 2 – 2
Dmaj7/9 x – x – 0 – 2 – 2 – 0
A/G 3 – x – 2 – 2 – x –

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intro
| F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % |
| F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % |
| A | % | % | A A/G |

A A
once upon a time i stalked the streets on raining evenings
Dmaj7/9 A A/G
when the distant sea blended with the sky
A A
past coliseums filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glass
Dmaj7/9 A
i carried in my heart a word or two

F#7sus4
your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7
left you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
and now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
all my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7
couldn’t touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
white and open – necked you would still play

A A
i’d resort to sleepwalking to catch the mood that fills the sails
Dmaj7/9 A A/G
with harvest nets and tides don’t ever bring
A Dmaj7/9
but every night was halloween , and every friend fell in between
Dmaj7/9 A
and how capricious nature ruled my mind

F#7sus4
your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7
left you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
and now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
all my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7
couldn’t touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
white and open – necked you would still play

interlude 1
| Dsus2 | % | C#m | % |
| Dsus2 | % | C#m | A/G |

A A
once upon a time i stalked the streets on raining evenings
Dmaj7/9 A A/G
when the distant sea blended with the sky
A Dmaj7/9
my mouth was full of cigarettes , my hair is full of long – term bets
Dmaj7/9 A A/G
but you would always make me see the day

F#7sus4
your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7
left you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
and now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
all my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7
couldn’t touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
white and open – necked you would still play

interlude 2
| F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % |
| F#7sus4 | % |

Dmaj7 F#7sus4 Dmaj7
i sound so different these days , i barely can believe i’m me
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
if i didn’t know better , i would swear i was someone else
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
lord i can’t believe , i don’t believe i’m me
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
but who on earth could i be?

solo
| A | % | % | % |
| Dmaj7/9 | % | A | % |

F#7sus4
your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7
left you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
and now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
all my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7
couldn’t touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
white and open – necked you would still play , play , play , play . . .

F#7sus4
your dashing horseman all gone away
Dmaj7
left you the stable bill to pay
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
and now the golden calf has turned to clay
F#7sus4
all my feelings dressed in gloves
Dmaj7
couldn’t touch your windswept harbour love
F#7sus4 Dmaj7
white and open – necked you would still play

( fade over last chorus )