Chords for Elvis Costello & The Attractions, "Shabby Doll" - Imperial bedroom, 1982

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Giving you more of what for, always worked for me before, [B]
now I'm [D] a shabby dog.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ What's going on behind the green [A] elevator _ [Em] door, [B] with just [D] a shabby dog.
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_ _ There's a [Am] _ hitman facing _ a _ compromising _ _ situation, with [A] just a [Bm] shabby dog.
[Em] _ _ _ And [G] a very neat _ [E] line, in [G] _
character _ [D] assassination, _ [Em] _ [F#m] she's just a [D] shabby dog.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] She's just [A] a shabby dog, [D] put it in [Bm] like [A] this, put it in, she's [D] hot.
She's [Bm] just a [A] shabby dog, _ [D] _ [Bm] she's just a [A] shabby dog.
[D] She's right [Bm] up front, [A] she's always hot.
_ [D] [Bm] She's funny, [A] she's always [Em] hot.
She's just a [D#m] shabby [B] dog. _
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_ There's a [Em] girl in [A] distress, there's always a [E] girl in distress.
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_ _ [Am] She's just a shabby dog. _
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[G] She's so [A] sure she's self _ [G]-possessed, but then again she's half _ [Am]-aggressed.
She's just a shabby dog.
The _ _ _ _ _ boy that [Bm] I used [Am] to be, showed no [Bm] sign of [Am] sympathy, but just a shabby dog.
_ _ _ _ [Em] I have betrayed you and me, and paid for my own bribery, with just a shabby [D]
[Em] dog.
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_ [Bm] She's just a [A] shabby dog, [D] put it [Bm] in like this, [A] put it in, [D] she's hot.
[Bm] She's just a [A] shabby dog, _ [D] she's [Bm] just a [A] shabby dog.
[D] She's right up front, [A] you know her, [D] she's hot.
She's [Bm] funny, [A] you know her.
_ [Em] She's just a [D#m] shabby dog.
[A] _ _ _ _ He's the type of toy that _ everyone's in charge.
_ He wants to be a fancy man, but [D] he's nothing but [A] a Nancy boy.
_ [Am] He's all _ [E] pride and [B] no _ joy. _
[Em] You _ _ _ might have called her, _ all [A] this work for me before. _
_ [Em] Now I'm a [A] shabby dog. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ And [G] by the gag, [F#m] the cat's out of [A] the bag.
Won't show his claws, _ [Am] he's just [D] a shabby dog.
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_ Some of us are joking, some things are [Bm] left [Am] unspoken.
You're just [G] a shabby dog.
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_ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ [A] He's lying limp, [Em] soaking, he was [E] open and [A] [Em] broken.
I just a [A] shabby dog.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] She's [Bm] just [A] a shabby dog, [D] put it in like [Bm] this, [A] put it in, [D] she's hot.
She's [Bm] just [A] a shabby dog, [D] [Bm] she's just [A] a shabby dog.
She's [D] right [Bm] up front, [A] you know her, she's [D] hot.
[Bm] She's funny, [A] you know her.
She's _ [Em] _
just a [D#m] shabby dog.
[A] _ _ She's _ [E] _ _ just a [D#] shabby dog.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ She's just [D#] a shabby dog.
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