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Ella's in the Band - The Fratellis
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Tabbed by: Rapitinui
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: E A D G B e (standard)
Transcribed from "Edgy in Brixton" DVD, 2007
Strum throughout, shuffle rhythm.
Intro (repeat four times)
[E] [E7] [E]
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Verse
[E] [E] [A]
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Baby's in the kitchen on the big black trombone
[E] [E7]
[E]I'm in the bedroom on the cursed [A]phone
[E] [E7]
[A] [G] [A] [G]
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Everybody laughs when the band goes too slow
[A]Meeting every [G]Tuesday in a [A]club in [G]Soho
[E]I'm just dreaming on Rocke[A]feller [E]Plaza
[E7] [E] [E7]
[E]Paul's in the hall with the bedroom [A]plaything
[E] [E7]
[E]He's wishing he could give her a damn good [A]thrashing
[E] [E7]
[A]Everybody [G]cries, "Well, [A]good for [G]you, Paul!
[A]We never [G]liked her [A]very much [G]at all."
[E]I'm just dreaming on Rocke[A]feller [E]Plaza
[E7] [E] [E7]
Chorus
[E] [D] [E] [E] [A] [G] [E]
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I'm just waiting on magic shoes, got three wee chords, and I just can't lose
[E]I'm just finding my [D]own wa[E]y there, [E]I lost my voice and I [A]grew [G]my [E]hair
[E] [E7] [E] [E7]
Verse
[E]Well, brother John's long gone, keeps his [A]nose clean
[E] [E7]
[E]He's sucking on a black and white T[A]V screen
[E] [E7]
[A] [G] [A] [G]
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Well, he says he got a girl and a paper memory
[A]Pictures on the [G]wall and a [A]dog named [G]Henry
[E]I'm just dreaming on Rocke[A]feller [E]Plaza.
[E7] [E] [E7]
[E]Well, Ella's in the band but she's always [A]solo
[E] [E7]
She's [E]dressed in rags and covered in [A]dayglo
[E] [E7]
[A]Banging on the [G]drums like a [A]big white [G]throwback
[A]Screaming all the [G]while at her [A]husband, [G]poor Jack!
[E]I'm just dreaming of Rocke[A]feller [E]Plaza
[E7] [E] [E7]
Chorus
[E]Well I'm just waiting on [D]pigs to [E]fly
[E]Got cold dead brains and a [A]reas[G]on [E]why
[E]I just better move [D]half as [E]slow
[E]As be your dog and your [A]one [G]man [E]show
Break (played twice)
(repeat three times)
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Chorus
[E]I'm just waiting on [D]magic [E]shoes
[E]Got three wee chords, and I [A]just [G]can't [E]lose
[E]I'm just finding my [D]own wa[E]y there
[E]Oh I lost my voice and[A] I gr[G]ew [E]my hair
[E]I'm just waiting on pigs [D]to fly[E]
[E]Got cold dead brains and a [A]reas[G]on [E]why
[E]If I just didn't move [D]half as [E]slow
[E]I'd be your dog and your [A]one [G]man [E]show
[E] [E7] [E] [E7] [E]