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Date: Sat, 7 Oct 95 21:10:33 UT
from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail:
Christian_Korbanka@msn.com

lyrics and chords of:
Georgie And Her Rival by
Elvis Costello
Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!


Cm  F


Gmaj7  G
Georgie grew to hate her name
     C             D
It sounded
like a tiny man
Gmaj7  G
And the one she had said "I Can't see you
C
         G  D/Fis     C/E
But I'll call you, whenever I can!

            G
Sometimes the phone would ring,
      D             C
When
she was half asleep
                        G
A voice would drag her down

     D       C
With its suggestions
                         G
Though she
often felt cheated,
Eb         F
She never felt cheap

Am
Well heaven
know what fills the heart
Bb                 Dm
And makes you feel so alive


C                   Em
It's impossible to tear apart
  Eb              F

Georgie and her rival

Gmaj7  G
It was half-past february
         C
            D
And he hadn't called since New Year's day
Gmaj7  G
Maybe
he'd found another woman
    C                  G   D/Fis        C/E
To say
those word no chapel girl should say
                   G
Her mother would
phone
      D                C
And always keep her talking

  G
She'd try to be polite
  D      C
Making faces

G
But somewhere in the back of her mind
Eb               F
Her rival was
stalking

Am
Well heaven know what fills the heart
Bb                 Dm

And makes you feel so alive
C                   Em
It's impossible to tear
apart
  Eb              F
Georgie and her rival

Bm                G
Her
rival would always wait
Em                        F#
'Til the eighth or
nineth bell
Bm                  G
He'd be desperate anyway and
C/E
Drunk
as well
      Dm           Dm7         Dm6             G
She always like to
hurt him to prove he was prepared
    Dm       Dm7             Dm6
To love
her anyway that she wanted
Dm6/G         G      Eb           F
So she could
tell - which she preferred

Gmaj7  G
He sat up with his adressbook
  C
               D
Trying to think what mood he's in
Gmaj7  G
His finger
traced past Georgie's name
     C                 G      D
To someone who
needed less persuading
    C                   D     G
He didn't hear
through her disguise
    C               G     D
He didn't leave her in a
rush
      C                D       G
Just like the promise that he left

  C                 G     D         C
On her machine that always made her
blush

                    G     D      C
The radio plays a lover's
symphony
                       G             D         C
"The number you
have dialed has been re-directed"
                          G
Now she puts
him on the speaker-phone
  Eb                F
Whenever she has company


Am
Well heaven know what fills the heart
Bb                 Dm
And makes
you feel so alive
C                   Em
It's impossible to tear apart

Eb              F
Georgie and her rival