The Golden Calf

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - the golden calf - prefab sprout - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tabbed by : maguri tuning : standard prefab sprout the golden calf ( 1988 ) ( mcaloon ) from : "from langley park to memphis" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - chords F#7sus4 2 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 0 - 0 Dmaj7 x - x - 0 - 2 - 2 - 2 Dmaj7/9 x - x - 0 - 2 - 2 - 0 A/G 3 - x - 2 - 2 - x - x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Intro | F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % | | F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % | | A | % | % | A A/G | A A once upon a time i stalked the streets on raining evenings Dmaj7/9 A A/G when the distant sea blended with the sky A A past coliseums filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glass Dmaj7/9 A i carried in my heart a word or two F#7sus4 your dashing horseman all gone away Dmaj7 left you the stable bill to pay F#7sus4 Dmaj7 and now the golden calf has turned to clay F#7sus4 all my feelings dressed in gloves Dmaj7 couldn’t touch your windswept harbour love F#7sus4 Dmaj7 white and open - necked you would still play A A i’d resort to sleepwalking to catch the mood that fills the sails Dmaj7/9 A A/G with harvest nets and tides don’t ever bring A Dmaj7/9 but every night was halloween , and every friend fell in between Dmaj7/9 A and how capricious nature ruled my mind F#7sus4 your dashing horseman all gone away Dmaj7 left you the stable bill to pay F#7sus4 Dmaj7 and now the golden calf has turned to clay F#7sus4 all my feelings dressed in gloves Dmaj7 couldn’t touch your windswept harbour love F#7sus4 Dmaj7 white and open - necked you would still play Interlude 1 | Dsus2 | % | C#m | % | | Dsus2 | % | C#m | A/G | A A once upon a time i stalked the streets on raining evenings Dmaj7/9 A A/G when the distant sea blended with the sky A Dmaj7/9 my mouth was full of cigarettes , my hair is full of long - term bets Dmaj7/9 A A/G but you would always make me see the day F#7sus4 your dashing horseman all gone away Dmaj7 left you the stable bill to pay F#7sus4 Dmaj7 and now the golden calf has turned to clay F#7sus4 all my feelings dressed in gloves Dmaj7 couldn’t touch your windswept harbour love F#7sus4 Dmaj7 white and open - necked you would still play Interlude 2 | F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 | % | | F#7sus4 | % | Dmaj7 F#7sus4 Dmaj7 i sound so different these days , i barely can believe i’m me F#7sus4 Dmaj7 if i didn’t know better , i would swear i was someone else F#7sus4 Dmaj7 lord i can’t believe , i don’t believe i’m me F#7sus4 Dmaj7 but who on earth could i be? Solo | A | % | % | % | | Dmaj7/9 | % | A | % | F#7sus4 your dashing horseman all gone away Dmaj7 left you the stable bill to pay F#7sus4 Dmaj7 and now the golden calf has turned to clay F#7sus4 all my feelings dressed in gloves Dmaj7 couldn’t touch your windswept harbour love F#7sus4 Dmaj7 white and open - necked you would still play , play , play , play . . . F#7sus4 your dashing horseman all gone away Dmaj7 left you the stable bill to pay F#7sus4 Dmaj7 and now the golden calf has turned to clay F#7sus4 all my feelings dressed in gloves Dmaj7 couldn’t touch your windswept harbour love F#7sus4 Dmaj7 white and open - necked you would still play ( fade over last Chorus )