#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From michael@magick.net Fri May 16 08:02:41 1997 Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 02:02:47 GMT From: michael p mccullough To: schnitzi@east.isx.com, guitar@olga.net Subject: TAB: Strict Time /// Elvis Costello Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab,alt.fan.elvis-costello Strict Time Words & Music by: Elvis Costello >From the album: TRUST INTRO: G C G C G C G C G There's a hand on a wire that leads to my mouth I can hear you knocking but I'm not coming out C Don't want to be a puppet or a ventriloquist G 'Cause there's no ventilation on a critical list D C Fingers creeping up my spine are not mine to resist G Strict time CHORUS: D Toughen up, toughen up C Keep your lip buttoned up G Strict time G Oh the muscles flex and the fingers curl And a cold sweat breaks out on the sweater girl Strict time C Oh he's all hands, don't touch that dial The courting cold wars weekend witch trial G Strict time D C All the boys are straight laced and the girls are frigid G The talk is two-faced and the rules are rigid 'cause it's strict time Strict time (chorus) G You talk in hushed tones, I talk in lush tones Try to look Italian through the musical Valium Strict time C Thinking of grand larceny D Smoking the everlasting cigarette of chastity Cute assistants staying alive C G More like a hand job than the hand jive Strict time Chorus ++++ michael p mccullough ++++ Klamath Falls OR # 1.541.884.3278 michael@magick.net michaelm@cdsnet.net all moanday, tearsday, wailsday, thumpsday, frightday, shatterday (joyce/FW) http://www.magick.net/~michael/ http://www.magick.net/~michael/music.html