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I Can See Elvis

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 83Position: 8

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

On the verses where the backing vocals sing (doo-wap) sing the doo on top of the last 
word of the line.
Intro                                                                                    
                                                                         riff
e|-----------------------------------------------------------||-------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||-------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------||-------------------|
D|------8-11-8--------------8-11-8--------------8-11-8-------||------8-11-8-------|
A|-9-11-------11-9-11~-9-11-------11-9-11~-9-11-------11-9-9~||-9-11-------11-9-9~|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||-------------------|
F#I can see EG#mlvis... skinny like he wBas... back in fifty-sevF#en
F#razor-quiffed and leather-squeG#mezed... sideburns flickering in the bBreeze
that blows across the vale of hF#eaven   (riff)
F#I can see EG#mlvis... throned like a kiBng... astride a golden HarlF#ey
F#smoking a reefer he just rolleG#md... full of acapulco goBld
with Hendrix, Dean and MarF#ley    (riff)
F#I can see EG#mlvis(doo-wap) prowling like a cBat(doo-wap)
across a funky bandstF#and (doo-wap)
F#Keith Moon behind him banging dG#mrums (doo-wap)
Charlie Parker all thBumbs (doo-wap)
John Lennon doing handstanF#ds (doo-wap) (riff)(doo-wap)
Solo on acoustic
e|-F#---G#m--------------B------------------F#---------------------------G#m---|
B|------------------9---------------------------------------------9~|
G|-----8~--8-11-8----11-8----11-8--8-------8----8-----8----8-11-8---|
D|-8-11-------------------11-----11----8-11-8-11--8-11-8-11---------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-G#m-------------B------9r---------------------F#----------|
B|-11-9--9-11---11-9------11-9--9-11---9br-------------|
G|-----11-----------11--------11----8-----11-8---------|
D|--------------------------------------------11-8-----|
A|------------------------------------------------11-9-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
F#I can see EG#mlvis... talking philosophy and laBw
with Joan Of Arc and F#Plato
F#quizzing Shakespeare on his plaG#mys
showing Crazy Horse and Marvin GBaye
how to dance the mashed poF#tato (riff)
F#I can see EG#mlvis  (doo-wap)
high and low and hBigh  (doo-wap)
and low and high he's hF#unting  (doo-wap)
F#looking for a special pG#mrey  (doo-wap)
who only just arrived up here Btoday  (doo-wap)
break out the bunF#ting  (doo-wap) (riff) (doo-wap)
         F#   G#m(mute)                       B  
I can see Elvis... he's writin' something down
in a litle leather joF#urnal
F#and here are all the G#mwords he wrote:
                                                   B             F#(riff)
"I am gonna slit the throat of that skinflint, the Colonel"
          F#    G#m(riff)          B(riff)             F#(riff)
I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis...
          F#    G#m(riff)          B(riff)             F#(riff)
I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... Elvis... Elvis
solo organ + electric guitar over F#  G#m  B F#

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I Can See Elvis

by The Waterboys

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G#m

On the verses where the backing vocals sing (doo-wap) sing the doo on top of the last

word of the line.

Intro

riff

e|-----------------------------------------------------------||-------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------||-------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------||-------------------|

D|------8-11-8--------------8-11-8--------------8-11-8-------||------8-11-8-------|

A|-9-11-------11-9-11~-9-11-------11-9-11~-9-11-------11-9-9~||-9-11-------11-9-9~|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||-------------------|

F# G#m B F#

I can see Elvis... skinny like he was... back in fifty-seven

F# G#m B

razor-quiffed and leather-squeezed... sideburns flickering in the breeze

that blows across the vale of heaven (riff)

F# G#m B F#

I can see Elvis... throned like a king... astride a golden Harley

F# G#m B

smoking a reefer he just rolled... full of acapulco gold

with Hendrix, Dean and Marley (riff)

F# G#m B

I can see Elvis(doo-wap) prowling like a cat(doo-wap)

across a funky bandstand (doo-wap)

F# G#m

Keith Moon behind him banging drums (doo-wap)

Charlie Parker all thumbs (doo-wap)

John Lennon doing handstands (doo-wap) (riff)(doo-wap)

Solo on acoustic

F# G#m B F# G#m

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|------------------9---------------------------------------------9~|

G|-----8~--8-11-8----11-8----11-8--8-------8----8-----8----8-11-8---|

D|-8-11-------------------11-----11----8-11-8-11--8-11-8-11---------|

A|------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

G#m B F#

e|--------------------9r-------------------------------|

B|-11-9--9-11---11-9------11-9--9-11---9br-------------|

G|-----11-----------11--------11----8-----11-8---------|

D|--------------------------------------------11-8-----|

A|------------------------------------------------11-9-|

E|-----------------------------------------------------|

F# G#m B

I can see Elvis... talking philosophy and law

with Joan Of Arc and Plato

F# G#m

quizzing Shakespeare on his plays

showing Crazy Horse and Marvin Gaye

how to dance the mashed potato (riff)

F# G#m

I can see Elvis (doo-wap)

high and low and high (doo-wap)

and low and high he's hunting (doo-wap)

F# G#m

looking for a special prey (doo-wap)

who only just arrived up here today (doo-wap)

break out the bunting (doo-wap) (riff) (doo-wap)

F# G#m B

(mute)

I can see Elvis... he's writin' something down

in a litle leather journal

F# G#m

and here are all the words he wrote:

B F#

(riff)

"I am gonna slit the throat of that skinflint, the Colonel"

F# G#m B F#

(riff) (riff) (riff)

I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis...

F# G#m B F#

(riff) (riff) (riff)

I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... Elvis... Elvis

solo organ + electric guitar over F# G#m B F#

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