{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":85225,"song":"Pulling Mussels From The Shell","artist":"Squeeze","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/85225-pulling-mussels-from-the-shell-chords-by-squeeze/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/85225?type=chord","rating":4.8685,"votes":208,"content":"Here it is: the Squeeze classic, \"Pulling Mussels From The Shell,\"\r\nwritten by Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, from the 1980 album \"Argybargy.\"\r\nDifford and Tilbrook often perform this song acoustic - in fact, I started\r\nplaying it after seeing them on an early \"Unplugged\" before it got trendy\r\nwith big stars. Note: I use G# and climb back down to G on the chorus, but\r\non TV they played a different chord which I couldn't figure out visually.\r\nAlso, they skip the solo and go straight to the last verse.\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Pulling Mussels From The Shell\" by Squeeze\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Am/G[/ch]    [ch]Am/F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey do it down on Camber Sands, they do it at Waikiki[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLazing about the beach all day, all night the crickets creepy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nSquinting faces at the sky, a Harold Robbins paperback[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nSurfers drop their boards and dry, and everybody wants a hat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am/G[/ch]  [ch]Am/F[/ch]      [ch]Am/G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am/G[/ch]    [ch]Am/F[/ch]\r\nBut behind the  chalet, my holi - day's    complete[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Am/G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nAnd I feel like William Tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Ab6[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaid Marion on her     tiptoed feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPulling mussels from the shell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E7/G#[/ch]\r\nPulling mussels from the shell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Am/G[/ch]    [ch]Am/F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShrinking in the sea so cold, topless ladies look away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA he-man in a sunken shower, shelters from the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nYou wish you had a motor boat, to pose around the harbour bar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd when the sun goes out to bed, you hook it up behind the car[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am/G[/ch]  [ch]Am/F[/ch]      [ch]Am/G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am/G[/ch]    [ch]Am/F[/ch]\r\nBut behind the  chalet, my holi - day's    complete[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Am/G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nAnd I feel like William Tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Ab6[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaid Marion on her     tiptoed feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPulling mussels from the shell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E7/G#[/ch]\r\nPulling mussels from the shell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am/G[/ch]          [ch]Am/F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTwo fat ladies window shop, something for the mantelpiece[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn for bingo all the nines, a panda for sweet little niece[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nThe coach drivers stand about, looking at a local map[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAbout the boy he's gone away, down to next door's caravan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am/G[/ch]  [ch]Am/F[/ch]      [ch]Am/G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am/G[/ch]    [ch]Am/F[/ch]\r\nBut behind the  chalet, my holi - day's    complete[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Am/G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nAnd I feel like William Tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Ab6[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaid Marion on her     tiptoed feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPulling mussels from the shell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]E7/G#[/ch]\r\nPulling mussels from the shell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPulling mussels from the shell[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\"The little man knows all ...\"","plain_text":"Here it is: the Squeeze classic, \"Pulling Mussels From The Shell,\"\nwritten by Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, from the 1980 album \"Argybargy.\"\nDifford and Tilbrook often perform this song acoustic - in fact, I started\nplaying it after seeing them on an early \"Unplugged\" before it got trendy\nwith big stars. Note: I use G# and climb back down to G on the chorus, but\non TV they played a different chord which I couldn't figure out visually.\nAlso, they skip the solo and go straight to the last verse.\n\n\n\"Pulling Mussels From The Shell\" by Squeeze\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"The little man knows all ...\"","chords":["G","Am","Am/G","Am/F","C","Dm","C/G","F","E","D/F#","Bbmaj7","Ab6","E7/G#","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,0,2,2,1,0],"frets":[3,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}