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From: schnitzi@east.isx.com (Mark J. Schnitzius)
Running Out of Angels
from the new Rykodisc re-release of This Year's Model
tabbed by Mark Schnitzius (schnitzi@east.isx.com)
The blurb on the song:
"[This song] must have been recorded some time after This
Year's Model. [It is] rare in the sense that most songs
from this time were written in hotel rooms, rehearsed on
tour buses or at soundchecks and then recorded. There was
hardly ever any time to make demo tapes. However, this
is an exception... 'Running Out of Angels', which includes
a false start, sounds as if I was making it up as I went
along. I probably was."
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Spoken: 'Alright.'
G F G F
G F G F
G F G F
They say they're running out of angels
G F G F
They say I'm running out of time
G F G F
Oh you don't have to be lucky
G F G F
It is easier than trying, now they're bringing down a
C Bb C Am D C
Hammer on anything that sells
Spoken: 'No, sorry, I blew it on the first one.'
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/e/elvis-costello/123649.html ]
G F G F
G F G F
G F G F
They say they're running out of angels
G F G F
They say I'm running out of time
G F G F
Oh you don't have to be lucky
G F G F
It is easier than trying, now they're bringing down a
C Bb C Am D C
Hammer on anything that sells
C Bb
I suppose you're a winner
C Am D C D C
Because they're running out of angels
G F G F G F G F
All the lies upon the tongues of all the girls upon the rails
G F G D C D C
Will ruin any man who moved too soon
G F G F G F G F
All except the one who seems to know more than she tells
G F G
You know she looks just like an angel
F G F D C D C
but she sings so out of tune
G F G F
They say they're running out of angels
G F G F
They say I'm running out of time
G F G F
Oh you don't have to be lucky
G F G F
It is easier than trying, now they're bringing down a
C Bb C Am D C
Hammer on anything that sells
C Bb
I suppose you're a winner
C Am D C D C
Because they're running out of angels
G F G F G F G
Oh
