Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Poor Fractured Atlas Chords
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
Em
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] [D]
[Dm]
He's out [D] in the woods with his squirrel gun
To try to recapture [A] his [Dm] anger
He's [G]
screaming some words at the top of his lungs
[Em] Until he begins to [A] feel younger
But [Ebm] back at his desk in [A] the city [Em] we find
a [Gbm]
trembling
Punch [A] drunken [Em] fighter
Who can't find the [B] strength now to punish [Em] the length
Of [G] the ribbon in his little [A] typewriter
[G]
All [A] fractured at length
Threw [D] himself across the mattress
[G] Waving his [A] withering pencil
as if it were [D] a
Pirate's cutler.
I am [C] almost certain
[Bm] [Bb] [A] He's trying to [D] increase his burden
[Em] He said [B] that's how the [Em]
child in me planted
[A]
a woman wouldn't
[D]
Understand
[C] I [Bm]
[Bb] [A]
[D]
believe there was something that I wanted to say
Before [Dm] I conclude this episode
But [G] you would forgive me for holding my tongue
Cuz man [Em] made the blade and the [A] pistol
Yes, [Ebm] man made the water [D] fall [Em] over the dam
to [Gbm] temper his [B] tantrum with [A] [Em] magic
Now you can't be [B] sure of that [Em] ten dollars
[G] He punched a hole in [A] the fabric
[G] All
[A] fractured at length
Threw himself [D] across the mattress
[G]
Waving his [A] wither
pencil
as if it [D] were
a Pirate's cutler.
I
Almost [C] certain
[G] [Bb]
He's [A] trying to [D] increase his burden
[Em] He said [B] that's how the [Em] child in me planted
[A] a woman [D] wouldn't
Understand
[C]
a [Bm] [Bb]
[A] [D] [A]
woman [D] wouldn't
Understand
[C] [Bm] a [Bb]
[A] [D]
[A] woman wouldn't
[D] Understand
[C] [Bm] [Bb] [A]
[D] [A] [D]
[A] [C]
[Bm] [Bb]
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [Dbm]
[Dm]
He's out [D] in the woods with his squirrel gun
To try to recapture [A] his [Dm] anger
He's [G]
screaming some words at the top of his lungs
[Em] Until he begins to [A] feel younger
But [Ebm] back at his desk in [A] the city [Em] we find
a [Gbm]
trembling
Punch [A] drunken [Em] fighter
Who can't find the [B] strength now to punish [Em] the length
Of [G] the ribbon in his little [A] typewriter
[G]
All [A] fractured at length
Threw [D] himself across the mattress
[G] Waving his [A] withering pencil
as if it were [D] a
Pirate's cutler.
I am [C] almost certain
[Bm] [Bb] [A] He's trying to [D] increase his burden
[Em] He said [B] that's how the [Em]
child in me planted
[A]
a woman wouldn't
[D]
Understand
[C] I [Bm]
[Bb] [A]
[D]
believe there was something that I wanted to say
Before [Dm] I conclude this episode
But [G] you would forgive me for holding my tongue
Cuz man [Em] made the blade and the [A] pistol
Yes, [Ebm] man made the water [D] fall [Em] over the dam
to [Gbm] temper his [B] tantrum with [A] [Em] magic
Now you can't be [B] sure of that [Em] ten dollars
[G] He punched a hole in [A] the fabric
[G] All
[A] fractured at length
Threw himself [D] across the mattress
[G]
Waving his [A] wither
pencil
as if it [D] were
a Pirate's cutler.
I
Almost [C] certain
[G] [Bb]
He's [A] trying to [D] increase his burden
[Em] He said [B] that's how the [Em] child in me planted
[A] a woman [D] wouldn't
Understand
[C]
a [Bm] [Bb]
[A] [D] [A]
woman [D] wouldn't
Understand
[C] [Bm] a [Bb]
[A] [D]
[A] woman wouldn't
[D] Understand
[C] [Bm] [Bb] [A]
[D] [A] [D]
[A] [C]
[Bm] [Bb]
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [Dbm]
Key:
A
D
Em
G
C
A
D
Em
[N] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ He's out [D] in the woods with his squirrel gun _
To try to recapture [A] his [Dm] anger
_ _ _ He's [G]
screaming some words at the top of his lungs
_ [Em] Until he begins to [A] feel younger _ _ _
But [Ebm] back at his desk in [A] the city [Em] we find
_ a [Gbm]
trembling
Punch [A] drunken [Em] fighter _
_ _ Who can't find the [B] strength now to punish [Em] the length
Of [G] the ribbon in his little _ [A] typewriter
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ All _ [A] fractured at length _ _ _ _ _
Threw [D] himself across the mattress
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Waving his [A] _ withering pencil _ _
_ _ as if it were [D] a
_ Pirate's cutler. _ _ _
I am [C] almost certain _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] He's trying to [D] increase his burden
_ [Em] He said [B] that's how the [Em]
child in me planted
[A] _ _ _
a woman wouldn't
[D] _ _
Understand
_ _ _ [C] _ I [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
believe there was something that I wanted to say
_ Before [Dm] I conclude this episode _ _ _
But [G] you would forgive me for holding my tongue
_ Cuz man [Em] made the blade and the [A] pistol _
_ _ _ Yes, [Ebm] man made the water [D] fall [Em] over the dam
to [Gbm] temper his [B] tantrum with [A] _ [Em] magic
_ _ Now you can't be [B] sure of that [Em] ten dollars
_ _ [G] He _ punched a hole in [A] the fabric _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ All _
[A] fractured at _ _ length _
_ _ Threw himself [D] across the mattress
_ [G] _ _ _
_ Waving his [A] _ wither
pencil
_ _ _ _ as if it [D] were
a _ Pirate's cutler.
_ _ _ I
Almost [C] _ certain
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
He's [A] trying to [D] increase his burden
_ [Em] He said [B] that's how the [Em] child in me planted
_ [A] _ _ a woman _ [D] wouldn't
_ _ Understand
_ [C] _
a _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A]
woman [D] wouldn't
_ _ _ Understand
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] a _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] woman wouldn't
[D] _ _ Understand
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ He's out [D] in the woods with his squirrel gun _
To try to recapture [A] his [Dm] anger
_ _ _ He's [G]
screaming some words at the top of his lungs
_ [Em] Until he begins to [A] feel younger _ _ _
But [Ebm] back at his desk in [A] the city [Em] we find
_ a [Gbm]
trembling
Punch [A] drunken [Em] fighter _
_ _ Who can't find the [B] strength now to punish [Em] the length
Of [G] the ribbon in his little _ [A] typewriter
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ All _ [A] fractured at length _ _ _ _ _
Threw [D] himself across the mattress
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Waving his [A] _ withering pencil _ _
_ _ as if it were [D] a
_ Pirate's cutler. _ _ _
I am [C] almost certain _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] He's trying to [D] increase his burden
_ [Em] He said [B] that's how the [Em]
child in me planted
[A] _ _ _
a woman wouldn't
[D] _ _
Understand
_ _ _ [C] _ I [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
believe there was something that I wanted to say
_ Before [Dm] I conclude this episode _ _ _
But [G] you would forgive me for holding my tongue
_ Cuz man [Em] made the blade and the [A] pistol _
_ _ _ Yes, [Ebm] man made the water [D] fall [Em] over the dam
to [Gbm] temper his [B] tantrum with [A] _ [Em] magic
_ _ Now you can't be [B] sure of that [Em] ten dollars
_ _ [G] He _ punched a hole in [A] the fabric _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ All _
[A] fractured at _ _ length _
_ _ Threw himself [D] across the mattress
_ [G] _ _ _
_ Waving his [A] _ wither
pencil
_ _ _ _ as if it [D] were
a _ Pirate's cutler.
_ _ _ I
Almost [C] _ certain
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
He's [A] trying to [D] increase his burden
_ [Em] He said [B] that's how the [Em] child in me planted
_ [A] _ _ a woman _ [D] wouldn't
_ _ Understand
_ [C] _
a _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A]
woman [D] wouldn't
_ _ _ Understand
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] a _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] woman wouldn't
[D] _ _ Understand
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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