# #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# ##This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # ##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## #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! CFGmaj7 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, 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 EF 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 C/Eis 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 BDm 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 Gm6 She always like to hurt him to prove he was prepared Dm Dm6 To love her anyway that she wanted Dm6/G Fb 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 D To someone who needed less persuading C 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 C The radio plays a lover's symphony 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