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Georgie And Her Rival

by Elvis Costello & The Imposters

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"Georgie And Her Rival" (Capo: 3rd. fret)

___Intro:

C6 C6 D

___Verse: 1

E
Georgie grew to hate her name
A B6
it sounded like a tiny man
Emaj7
and the one she had said "I can't see you,
A E B/D# A/C#
but I'll call you when___ever I___can"
E6 B A6
sometimes the phone would ring, when she was half__a_sleep
E6 B A
a voice would drag her down with it's suggestions
E C Em7 Dmaj7
though she often felt cheated___, she never felt___cheap

___Chorus:

F#m
Well heaven knows what fi___lls the heart
G Bm
and makes you feel so___alive
A C#m
It's impossible to tear___apart
Cmaj7 Am7 D
Geor__gie__and__her__ri____val

___Verse: 2

Emaj7
It was half___past Fe__bruary
A B6
and he hadn't called since New Year's Day
Emaj7 E6
Maybe he'd found ano___ther woman
A E B/D# A/C#
to say those words no chapel girl should say
Emaj7 B A6
her mother would phone and always keep her talking
E B A
she'd try to be polite, making fa__ces
E Cmaj7 Am7 Dmaj7
but somewhere in the back of her mind, her ri___val was stal__king

___Chorus:

F#m
Well heaven knows what fi___lls the heart
G Bm
and makes you feel so___alive
A C#m
It's impossible to tear___apart
Cmaj7 Am7 D
Geor__gie__and__her__ri____val

___Bridge:

G#m Emaj7
Her rival would al__ways wait___
C#m7 G#m7 Eb
till the eighth or ni___nth bell___
G#m E A/C# D6 Dmaj7
he'd be desperate an___yway and drunk as well______
Bm Bm/A G#dim7 E7
she always liked to hurt__him___to prove he was prepa___red
Bm Bm/A G#dim7
to love her an__yway__that she wan___ted
E C6 D
so she could tell____which she preferred

___Verse: 3

Emaj7
He sat up with his address book
A B6
trying to think what mood___he's in
Emaj7
his finger traced past Georgie's name
A C#m Bmaj7
to someone who needed less persua__ding
C#m Emaj7/B A E
He did__n't hear__through her__disguise__
Amaj7 E B
he didn't leave her in a rush
E6 A
just like the pro__mise that he left on her__machine
E B A
that al__most made__her blush
E B
the radio plays a lover's symphony__
A E/B
the number you have dialed has been re-directed
A E
now she puts him on the speaker-phone___
C6 Em Dmaj7
whene__ver__she__has__com___pany___

___Chorus:

F#m
Well heaven knows what fi___lls the heart
G Bm
and makes you feel so___alive
A C#m
It's impossible to tear___apart
C Em7 D
Geor__gie__and__her__ri____val

___Coda:

Cmaj7 Am7 D
Geor__gie__and__her__ri____val
Cm7 F
Geor__gie__and__her__ri____val
*Ebmaj7 Cm7 F*
Geor__gie__and__her__ri____val (Repeat *-* 3 more times)
Ebmaj7 Cm7 Bb/F F
Geor__gie__and__her__ri____val (fade)