Elvis Costello

Georgie And Her Rival(Chords)

Elvis Costello

Key: C

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Capo on 3rd fret
	        'Georgie And Her Rival' (rd. 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 

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
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 Eb 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 Emaj7/B 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___
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 *Ebmaj7 Cm7 F* Geor__gie__and__her__ri____val (Repeat *-* 3 more times) Ebmaj7 Cm7 Bb/F F Geor__gie__and__her__ri____val (fade)

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