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Elvis Costello : This Year's Model
1978

  1. No Action
  2. This Year's Girl
  3. Pump It Up

  4. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea

No Action

E
B
I don't wanna kiss you, I don't wanna touch
E
B
E
B
I don't wanna see you 'cause I don't miss you that much
A
E
A
E
A
E
B
I'm not a telephone junkie, I told you that we were just good friends
A
E
A
E
A
E
B
But when I hold you like I hold that bake-lite in my hands
E
B
C#m
G#m
There's no action, there's no action
A
F#m
B
E
B
There's no action, every time I phone you
A/e
E/b
B
I just wanna put you down
E
B
E
B
He's got the keys to the car, they are the keys to the kingdom
E
B
E
B
He's got everything you need. It's a shame that he didn't bring them
A
E
A
E
A
E
B
I'm not a telephone junkie, if I'm inserting my coin, I'm doing just fine
A
E
A
E
B
And the things in my head start hurtin' my mind
A
E
A
E
A
And I think about the way things used to be, knowing you
E
A
E
With him is driving me crazy
A
E
A
E
Sometimes I phone you when I know you're not lonely
F#m
B
But I always disconnect it in time
E
B
C#m
G#m
There's no action, there's no action
A
F#m
There's no action
B
E
B
Every time I phone you
A/e
E/b
B
E
B
I just wanna put you, Every time I phone you
A/e
E/b
B
E
B
I just wanna put you, Every time I phone you
A/e
E/b
B
I just wanna put you down
E
B
C#m
G#m
There's no action, there's no action
A
F#m
There's no action
B
E
B
Every time I phone you
A/e
E/b
B
I just wanna put you down

This Year's Girl

D
C
D
C
Riff
E|------------| |-------------|
B|------------| |-------------|
G|-6/7\6------| |-4/5\5-------|
D|-x-x-x-7-2--| |-x-x-x-5-4-2-|
A|-4/5\4-x-x--| |-2/3\2-x-x-x-|
E|-------5-0--| x5 |-------3-2-0-|
D
Riff2
Bm
A
See her picture in a thousand places 'cause she's this year's girl
D
Bm
F#m
Riff1
You think you all own little pieces of this year's girl
G
A
G
A
Forget your fancy manners, forget your English grammar
G
A
Dsus4
D
Dsus2
D
'cause you don't really give a damn about this year's girl
D
C
D
C
D
Bm
A
Still you're hoping that she's well spoken 'cause she's this year's girl
D
Bm
A
You want her broken with her mouth wide open 'cause she's this year's girl
G
A
G
A
Never knowing (if?) it's a real attraction, all these promises of satisfaction
G
A
Dsus4
D
Dsus2
D
While she's being bored to distraction being this year's girl
Bm
G
D
Time's running out. She's not happy with the cost
E7
Riff
E
There'd be no doubt, only she's forgotten much more than she's lost
D
Bm
A
A bright spark might corner the market in this year's girl
D
Bm
F#m
Riff1
You see yourself rolling on the carpet with this year's girl
G
A
G
A
Those disco synthezisers, those daily tranquilizers
G
A
G
A
Those body building prizes, those bedroom alibis
G
A
Dsus4
D
Bsus4
Bm
All this, but no surprises for this year's girl
G
A
F#m
Bsus4
Bm
All this, but no surprises for this year's girl
G
A
Dsus4
D
All this, but no surprises for this year's girl
Outro
Play intro riff then I do something like this:
e|-0--0~----------0-|
B|-0--0~----------0-|
G|-9--9--7~---/9--9-|
D|-9--9--7~---/9--9-|
A|-7--7--5~---/7--7-|
E|----------0~-0--0-| Play a few times then end on the big E chord
Riff 1 Riff 2
between F#m and G play before the D at the start of each verse after intro riff
E|-----------| E|-------------|
B|-----------| B|-------------|
G|-----2-----| G|-------------|
D|-2h4---4-2-| D|-------------|
A|-----------| A|-0-0-2-2-4-4-|
E|-----------| E|-------------|

Pump It Up

(Bass) . . . . = staccato
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----1---2-1-----|-----------------|
A|-------------0-1-|-----------------|
E|-2---------------|-2-2-0-2---0-2-0-| x3
 . .
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----1---2-1-----|-----------------|
A|-------------0-1-|---------0-0-1-1-|
E|-2---------------|-2-2-4-4---------|
(begin guitar)
B
B
B
A#
A
x4
B7
I've been on tenterhooks, ending in dirty looks Listening to the Muzak, thinking 'bout this 'n' that She said "That's that, I don't wanna chitter-chat" Turn it down a little bit or turn it down flat
E7
Pump it up! When you don't really need it Pump it up! Until you can feel it
B
B
B
A#
A
x4
B7
Down in the pleasure centre, hell-bent or heaven-sent Listen to the propaganda, listen to the latest slander There's nothing underhand that she wouldn't understand
E7
Pump it up! Until you can feel it Pump it up! When you don't really need it
B
B
B
A#
A
x8
E7
B
B
B
A#
A
x4
B7
She's been a bad girl, she's like a chemical Though you try to stop it, she's like a narcotic You wanna torture her, you wanna talk to her All the things you bought for her, putting up your temperature
E7
Pump it up! Until you can feel it Pump it up! When you don't really need it
B
B
B
A#
A
x4
E7
Out in the fashion show, down in the bargain bin You put your passion out under the pressure pin
B7
Fall into submission, hit-and-run transmission No use wishing now for any other sin
E7
Pump it up! Until you can feel it Pump it up! When you don't really need it
B
B
B
A#
A
x4
E7
Pump it up! Until you can feel it Pump it up! When you don't really need it
B
B
B
A#
A
x4
E7
Pump it up! Until you can feel it Pump it up! When you don't really need it
B
B
B
A#
A
x4
Don't really need it! Don't really need it!
B
B
B
A#
A
x4
Don't really need it!
B
B
B
A#
A
x2
(fade out)

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea

|
Bm
A
|
G
A
|
Bm
A
G
A
Photographs of fancy tricks
Bm
A
G
A
To get your kicks at sixty six
Bm
A
G
A
He thinks of all the lips that he licks
Bm
A
G
A
And all the girls that he's going to fix! She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle Capital punishment, she's last years model
G
A
G
A
They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie
G
F#m
Em
D
I don't want to go to Chelsea!
G
D
G
D
Oh, no, it does not move me
G
D
G
D
Even though I've seen the movie
G
D
G
D
I don't want to check your pulse
G
D
G
D
I don't want nobody else
G
D
E
I don't want to go to Chelsea! |
Bm
A
|
G
A
| Everybody's got new orders Be a nice girl, and kiss the warders Now the teacher is away All the kids begin to play! |
Bm
A
|
G
A
| Men come screaming, dressed in white coats Shake you very gently by the throat One's named Gus, one's named Alfie I don't want to go to Chelsea! Oh, no, it does not move me Even though I've seen the movie I don't want to check your pulse I don't want nobody else I don't want to go to Chelsea! |
Bm
A
|
G
A
| Photographs of fancy tricks To get your kicks at sixty six He thinks of all the lips that he licks And all the girls that he's going to fix! She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle Capital punishment, she's last years model They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie I don't want to go to Chelsea! Oh, no, it does not move me Even though I've seen the movie I don't want to check your pulse I don't want nobody else I don't want to go to Chelsea! |
Bm
A
|
G
A
|
Bm
|