None of them
Elsie by Divinyls, from 1983's Desperate
Written by Chrissy Amphlett and Mark McEntee
Bass riff (can easily be played on guitar):
e------------------|
B------------------|
G------------------|
D-----0-0-0-0-3p0--|
A-3/4-------------3|
E------------------|
Legend:
/ = Slide up
p = pull-off
Alternate way to play the chorus:
Dm Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 C G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
Dm C G
Life can be something you wish you never had
Dm Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 C G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
Dm C G
Life can be something you wish you never had
Intro/bass riff:
Dm
Verse 1:
Dm C G
She never had an education
Dm C G
She uses life as her vocation
Bb D Bb D
Standing on ledges clinging to the edges
C G D
The world's a hard place to land on
Verse 2:
Dm C G
She has this one way conversation
Dm C G
Trying to avoid a confrontation
Bb D Bb D
Memories of the kind that she'd rather leave behind
C G D
The world's a hard place to land on
Chorus:
Dm C G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
Dm C G
Life can be something you wish you never had
Dm C G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
Dm C G
Life can be something you wish you never had
Repeat intro:
Dm (Or bass riff x4)
Verse 3:
Dm C G
She never had any affection
Dm C G
So she relates well to rejection
Bb D Bb D
No stories wait discovery, dreams have passed recovery
C G D
Never had a chance from the beginning
Bridge:
F#m F
She just sleeps all day
Em G
In her squalid little slum
F#m F
And takes little white pills
Em G
To make her body feel all numb
D G
And it's dark and dirty
F Am
And there's nothing left to eat
D G F Am
And in her heart there's a feeling of defeat
D G
Smells of bugs and fornication
F Am
And a bottle of cheap scent
D G
Should she stick around
F Am D
If this is all that life meant
Chorus:
Dm C G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
Dm C G
Life can be something you wish you never had
Dm C G
Life can be lonely, life can be very sad
Dm C G
Life can be something you wish you never had
Solo/Outro:
Dm C G
Whoa, oh,
Dm C G
oh, oh,
Dm C G
Open the door wally, open the door
Dm
Open the door wally, open the door
C G
Open the door wally, open the door
Dm C G X10
D
Bass riff X31
Close on D5
Tabbed by Musicfreak0
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