(i Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Chords

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(i Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea by Elvis Costello is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, A, G, F#m, Em, D, E and Gus. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Bm
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16
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Intro: Bm  A   G   A  (4x) 


Bm            A         G     A 
    Photo - graphs of fancy tricks, 
Bm                A        G    A 
    To get your kicks at sixty six, 
Bm                A       G             A 
    He thinks of all the lips that he licks, 
Bm                A               G       A 
    And all the girls that he's going to fix! 


     Bm             A                G              A 
She gave a little flirt, gave her - self a little cuddle, 
            Bm        A            G           A 
But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle, 
       Bm            A            G          A 
Capi - tal punish - ment, she's last years model, 
      G              A             G           A 
They call her Na - tasha when she looks like Elsie, 
G           F#m        Em          D 
 ...I don't want ...to go to ...Chelsea! 


G   D       G        D 
Oh, no, it does not move me, 
G          D         G         D 
   Even though I've seen the movie, 
G           D        G         D 
   I don't want to check your pulse, 
G           D         G    D 
   I don't want no - body else, 
G           D      E 
   I don't want to go to Chelsea! 


     Bm     A        G      A 
||:  /  /   /  /  |  /  /   /  /  :||x2 


Bm          A      G        A 
   Every - body's got new orders, 
Bm        A              G         A 
    Be a nice girl, and kiss the warders, 
Bm             A    G       A 
    Now the teacher is a - way,  
Bm           A         G      A 
    All the kids be - gin to play! 


     Bm     A        G      A (2x)


 Bm          A         G        A 
Men come sceaming, dressed in white coats, 
 Bm              A    G        A 
Shake you very gently by the throat, 
G            A    G            A 
One's named Gus, one's named Alfie, 
G              F#m        Em         D 
...I don't ....want to ...go to ...Chelsea! 


G   D       G        D 
Oh, no, it does not move me, 
G          D         G         D 
   Even though I've seen the movie, 
G           D        G         D 
   I don't want to check your pulse, 
G           D         G    D 
   I don't want no - body else, 
G           D      E 
   I don't want to go to Chelsea! 

     Bm     A        G      A (4x) 


Bm            A         G     A 
    Photo - graphs of fancy tricks, 
Bm                A        G    A 
    To get your kicks at sixty six, 
Bm                A       G             A 
    He thinks of all the lips that he licks, 
Bm                A               G       A 
    And all the girls that he's going to fix! 


     Bm             A                G              A 
She gave a little flirt, gave her - self a little cuddle, 
            Bm        A            G           A 
But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle, 
 Bm        A               G          A 
Capital punishment, she's last years model, 
      G              A             G           A 
They call her Na - tasha when she looks like Elsie, 
G           F#m        Em          D 
 ...I don't want ...to go to ...Chelsea! 


G   D       G        D 
Oh, no, it does not move me, 
G          D         G         D 
   Even though I've seen the movie, 
G           D        G         D 
   I don't want to check your pulse, 
G           D         G    D 
   I don't want no - body else, 
G           D      E 
   I don't want to go to Chelsea! 



Intro: Bm     A        G      A                 Bm  (4x)  
    	

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