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Date: 8 Mar 1996 09:43:37 +0000
From: "Boulton, Nic" 


Sulk (Billy Bragg)
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Written by Billy Bragg & Cara Tivey, it's on the "Billy Bragg and the Redstars
live bootleg" CD+. 

[Intro] :

    D
e  ----------------------------------------------|
B  ---------3-----(3)-------(3)-------(3)--------|
G  -------2--------2h4-------2h4-------2---------|
D  --0-------------------------------------2h4p2-|
   
e  --------------------------2--------22---22-0--|
B  ---------3-----(3)--------3--------33---33-3--|
G  -------2--------2h4-------2--------2----2--2--|
D  --0-----------------------0--------0----0--0--|


           D                                      G 
If   you   hate me                  why don't you go ?
But if you love me          why don't you let me know ?
But  you   just won't give me            an inch, so
you  just  sulk

               D                            G 
Why do I wanna hide          whenever you show up ?
You know your moods   they make we wanna throw up
Why  don't you just           bloody well grow up ?
You   just    sulk

[Chorus]:
B#m           F#m                G(III)                               A
All of the   time  why don't you pick  me  up   and   show  me   a  sign?
All over the place why don't you tell me what you think, c'mon tell.. 
                                                         ..me  to my face

               D                                G 
If     you    love  me           why don't you show it ? 
If     you    hate  me    why don't you let me know it ?
Why don't you just      pick up something an' throw it ?
You   just    sulk


[Piano over D G D G ]

               D                          G
Well if  you  want to             bend my arm
you   could   do it  with a little more charm
But you just couldn't bear to do me any harm
so you just  sulk

               D                                 G
And    you    tell  me that        you want to quit
and then you treat me          like a piece of shit
and when I ask you  'what's that got to do with it?'
You    just   sulk


B#m           F#m                G(III)                              A
All of the   time  why don't you pick  me  up   and   show  me   a  sign?
All over the place why don't you tell me what you think, c'mon tell.. 
                                                         ..me  to my face

               D                                G 
If     you    love  me           why don't you show it ?
If     you    hate  me    why don't you let me know it ?
Why don't you just      pick up something an' throw it ?
You   just    sulk


                            ???!!??you what??!!?????
D                G
  Sulk,  hang around the town, we'll have an' heave another barbie  *
  Sulk,  come down the road, we'll get a key, Bob, alrightie       **
  Sulk,  ad lib and fade is what Wiggy says                       ***
  oooh   oooh ...


[guitar and piano over D G D G . . . D]


EADGBe
XX0232 - D
320003 - G
X24432 - B#m
244222 - F#m
355433 - G(III)
577455 - A


h is a hammer on
p is a pull off


+ I'm pretty sure that you can only get this CD by mail order or
front-of-house at Billy's gigs. In the UK, send a Cheque/Intl. Money Order
(payable to "Billy Bragg live bootleg") for pounds5.99 (No liability accepted,
etc.!) to Billy's fan club: The Bragg Office P.O. Box 5107, London W4 5WB,
different arrangements for USA- see the Billy Bragg information World Wide Web
Home Page (at http://noel.pd.org/~usul/billy-bragg) for US address. Thanks to
Ron McBay for giving me an inch, so.


What are those ad lib lyrics at the end?? Translation of my version, for our
international viewers: * why don't you stay in the urban centre and we'll eat
and subsequently vomit some barbecued food, like we have done before. ** there
is no sensible intepretation of this - at least if it had been a 'kebab,
alrightie' that would have been in keeping with the eat/vomit theme! *** Wiggy
is BB's friend and guitarist, presumably this is his advice on how to end the
song! Any suggestions for these 3 lines are welcome...


Nic

Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk