Chord/Tab song: Punch and Judy

punch and judy (other version) - elliott smith
as recorded in 1995/1996
and released in 2013 on 7 inch vinyl
tab by alexander rex

standard tuning
use a pick

Dsus2 xx0230 C x32010
[F]F#m [133211]2442xx [G]C# [355433]4466xx
Bbm 6886xx G# 4665xx
[G#m] [466444] [B] [799677]

Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 C F riff 1


e|---------0-------------0-----------------------------| play 4 times
B|-----3-----3-------3-----3-------3-----1----1--3--1--|
G|---2---2------2--2---2------2--2-----0------2--4--2--|
D|-0-------------0-------------0-----------3--3--5--3--|
A|-----------------------------------3-----3-----x--x--|
E|-----------------------------------------1-----------|


Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 C F riff 1
a wallpaper pulls his punch, talks to judy in a crowded corner
Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 C F riff 1
he don't read page to page or say the words in order
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judy's illustrating and she's a stranger to the straight face
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always seems so far away, staring out into space

hihat break

Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 C F riff 1
"i'm sorry, tried to stay away" says punch, "later account, though"
Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 C F riff 1
you dress like an opposite but really it's more than echo
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judy leans over, like a strike of a clock says, "i don't buy that, boy."
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there's two inside of you and they're both gonna be destroyed.?

[F#m]in the alley, mixing blood [C#]cheek to cheek
[Bbm]you're up against the [G#]words you never could [F#m]dare to speak[G#m][B]
[F#m]it's your conflict [C#]shored up tight
[Bbm]your heavy [G#]steps that follow her [F#m]steps so lig[C#]ht

Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 C F riff 1
so judy holds punch, cufflinks inside her clenched fist
Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 C F riff 1
she had a dream of bandages on punch's wrist
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so she sees punch with a thorn in his hand and says, "stop right there
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what the fuck are you doing don't you know i care?"

hihat break

Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 C F riff 1
but she hears the bark of a cop and drops to the dirty street
Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 C F riff 1
"i wonder," punch says, "do you know what at all, what's protecting me?"
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judy used to hold me like a pencil writing out some change
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her cheap philosopher was spare change for brains

[F#m]in the alley, mixing blood [C#]cheek to cheek
[Bbm]you're up against the [G#]words you never could [F#m]dare to speak[G#m][B]
[F#m]it's your conflict [C#]shored up tight
[Bbm]your heavy [G#]steps that follow her steps so [F#m]light[C#]