Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Alright. I absolutely love the Dukes of Stratosphear, so I just decided to try and play this
amazing track for a bit, and I believe this sounds about right. Hope y'all enjoy. (If I'm wrong
at any part, feel free to correct me.)
verse 1
A D
Someone's knocking in the distance
A E
But I'm deaf and blind
A D
She's not expected home this evening
A E
So I leave the world behind
F#m A
For the vanishing girl
F#m E
The vanishing girl
F#m A
Yes she'd give you a twirl
F#m
But she vanishes from my world
G D
So burn my letters and you'd better leave
A
Just one pint a day
G
The whole street's talking about my
D A
White shirts looking so grey
verse 2
A D
People gossip on the doorstep
A E
Think they know the score
A D
She's giving him the runaround
A E
The man from number four
Chorus
F#m A
Has a vanishing girl
F#m E
A vanishing girl
F#m A
Yes she'd give you a twirl
F#m
But she vanishes from my world
G
Yes the paint is peeling and my
D A
Garden is overgrown
G D A
I got no enthusiasm to even answer the phone
verse 3
A D A
When she's here it makes up for the time she's
E
Not and it's all forgotten
A D D E E A
But when she goes I'm putting on the pose
Chorus
F#m A
For the vanishing girl
F#m E
The vanishing girl
F#m A
Yes she'd give you a twirl
F#m
But she vanishes from my world so
G D
So burn my letters and you'd better leave
A
Just one pint a day (The vanishing girl)
G
The whole street's talking about my
D A
White shirts looking so grey
G D A A D
(The vanishing) Girl
(Bar/full chords)
D D E E A