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(I DON'T WANT TO GO TO) CHELSEA As recorded by Elvis Costello (From the 1978 Album THIS YEAR'S MODEL) Words and Music by Elvis Costello Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Elvis Costello - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Nieve - Clavinet' Intro Q=85 N.C. 4/4 Gtr I (El. Gtr.) Wx2 H S T T S S S S S S S S S S E e S T T S S S S S S |------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------|-------------/9-9-9-9-9-7-----|-----------7---/9-9-9-9-9-7-----| |------------|--------------------------9-7-|-5-5-5-5-7------------------9-7-| |------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------| | | Gtr II (Clavinet arr. for Gtr.) | W E S S E E S S S S S S S S E S S E E S S S S S S S S |------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------|---9-----7----------------7---|-----9-----7----------------7---| |------------|------------------5-----------|--------------------5-----------| |------------|-7---7-5------3-----3-5-5---5-|-7-----7-5------3-----3-5-5---5-| S S S S E e S T T S S S S S S |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-----------7---/9-9-9-9-9-7-----| |-5-5-5-5-7------------------9-7-| |--------------------------------| | | E S S E E S S S S S S S S |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-----9-----7----------------7---| |--------------------5-----------| |-7-----7-5------3-----3-5-5---5-| 1st Verse
S S S S E e S T T S S S S S S

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W 8x |--------------------------------||------------------------------|| |--------------------------------||o----------------------------o|| |--------------------------------||------------------------------|| |-----------7---/9-9-9-9-9-7-----||------------------------------|| |-5-5-5-5-7------------------9-7-||o----------------------------o|| |--------------------------------||------------------------------||
| | E S S E E S S S S S S S S E S S E E S S S S S S S S 8x |--------------------------------||------------------------------|| |--------------------------------||o----------------------------o|| |--------------------------------||------------------------------|| |-----9-----7----------------7---||----9-----7-------------7-----|| |--------------------5-----------||o---------------5------------o|| |-7-----7-5------3-----3-5-5---5-||--7---7-5-----3---3-5-5---5---|| Chorus
W

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W |-----------------------||--------------------------| |-----------------------||o-------------------------| |-----------------------||--------------------------| |-----------------------||--------------------------| |-----------------------||o-------------------------| |-----------------------||--------------------------|
| | |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| | E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S |-----------------------||--------------------------| |-----------------------||o-------------------------| |-----------------------||--------------------------| |---5-----4-----2---0-0-||--x-5-4-2-0---5-----------| |-----------------------||o-------------------------| |-3---3-2---2-0---0-----||------------3---3-2-3-2-3-| W |---------------------------|| |--------------------------o|| |---------------------------|| |---------------------------|| |--------------------------o|| |---------------------------|| | | S S S S E E E E S S S S |---------------------------|| |--------------------------o|| |---------------------------|| |-x-5-4-2-0---5-------------|| |--------------------------o|| |-----------3---3-2-3-2-3---|| W H S T T S S S S S S |-------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------|-------------/9-9-9-9-9-7-----| |-------------------|--------------------------9-7-| |-------------------|------------------------------| | | S S S S Q E E Q E S S E E S S S S S S S S |-------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------|------------------------------| |-x-5-3-4-----------|---9-----7----------------7---| |-------------------|------------------5-----------| |------------0-0----|-7---7-5------3-----3-5-5---5-| S S S S E e S T T S S S S S S |--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|| |-----------7---/9-9-9-9-9-7-----|| |-5-5-5-5-7------------------9-7-|| |--------------------------------|| | | E S S E E S S S S S S S S |--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|| |-----9-----7----------------7---|| |--------------------5-----------|| |-7-----7-5------3-----3-5-5---5-|| 2nd Verse

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W 9x ||-----------------------------|| ||o---------------------------o|| ||-----------------------------|| ||-----------------------------|| ||o---------------------------o|| ||-----------------------------||
| | E S S E E S S S S S S S S 9x ||-----------------------------|| ||o---------------------------o|| ||-----------------------------|| ||----9-----7-------------7----|| ||o---------------5-----------o|| ||--7---7-5-----3---3-5-5---5--|| Chorus
W

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W 4x |-----------------------||-----------------------------|| |-----------------------||o---------------------------o|| |-----------------------||-----------------------------|| |-----------------------||-----------------------------|| |-----------------------||o---------------------------o|| |-----------------------||-----------------------------||
| | |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| | E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S 4x |-----------------------||-----------------------------|| |-----------------------||o---------------------------o|| |-----------------------||-----------------------------|| |---5-----4-----2---0-0-||---x-5-4-2-0---5-------------|| |-----------------------||o---------------------------o|| |-3---3-2---2-0---0-----||-------------3---3-2-3-2-3---|| W H S T T S S S S S S |-------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------|-------------/9-9-9-9-9-7-----| |-------------------|--------------------------9-7-| |-------------------|------------------------------| | | S S S S Q E E Q E S S E E S S S S S S S S |-------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------|------------------------------| |-x-5-3-4-----------|---9-----7----------------7---| |-------------------|------------------5-----------| |------------0-0----|-7---7-5------3-----3-5-5---5-| S S S S E e S T T S S S S S S S S S S E e S T T S S S S S S |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------7---/9-9-9-9-9-7-----|-----------7---/9-9-9-9-9-7-----| |-5-5-5-5-7------------------9-7-|-5-5-5-5-7------------------9-7-| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | | E S S E E S S S S S S S S E S S E E S S S S S S S S |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----9-----7----------------7---|-----9-----7----------------7---| |--------------------5-----------|--------------------5-----------| |-7-----7-5------3-----3-5-5---5-|-7-----7-5------3-----3-5-5---5-| S S S S E e S T T S S S S S S |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-----------7---/9-9-9-9-9-7-----| |-5-5-5-5-7------------------9-7-| |--------------------------------| | | E S S E E S S S S S S S S |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-----9-----7----------------7---| |--------------------5-----------| |-7-----7-5------3-----3-5-5---5-| 3rd Verse

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W 8x W ||-----------------------------||-----------------------|| ||o---------------------------o||-----------------------|| ||-----------------------------||-----------------------|| ||-----------------------------||-----------------------|| ||o---------------------------o||-----------------------|| ||-----------------------------||-----------------------||
| | |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| | E S S E E S S S S S S S S 8x E E E E E E E E E E E ||-----------------------------||-----------------------|| ||o---------------------------o||-----------------------|| ||-----------------------------||-----------------------|| ||----9-----7-------------7----||---5-----4-----2---0-0-|| ||o---------------5-----------o||-----------------------|| ||--7---7-5-----3---3-5-5---5--||-3---3-2---2-0---0-----|| Chorus

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W 4x W ||---------------------------||-------------------|| ||o-------------------------o||-------------------|| ||---------------------------||-------------------|| ||---------------------------||-------------------|| ||o-------------------------o||-------------------|| ||---------------------------||-------------------||
| | S S S S E E E E S S S S 4x S S S S Q E E Q ||---------------------------||-------------------|| ||o-------------------------o||-------------------|| ||---------------------------||-------------------|| ||--x-5-4-2-0---5------------||-x-5-3-4-----------|| ||o-------------------------o||-------------------|| ||------------3---3-2-3-2-3--||------------0-0----|| Outro

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H S T T S S S S S S S S S S E e S T T S S S S S S 9x |------------------------------||----------------------------------|| |------------------------------||o--------------------------------o|| |------------------------------||----------------------------------|| |-------------/9-9-9-9-9-7-----||------------7---/9-9-9-9-9-7------|| |--------------------------9-7-||o-5-5-5-5-7------------------9-7-o|| |------------------------------||----------------------------------||
| | E S S E E S S S S S S S S E S S E E S S S S S S S S 9x |------------------------------||----------------------------------|| |------------------------------||o--------------------------------o|| |------------------------------||----------------------------------|| |---9-----7----------------7---||------9-----7----------------7----|| |------------------5-----------||o--------------------5-----------o|| |-7---7-5------3-----3-5-5---5-||--7-----7-5------3-----3-5-5---5--|| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths