Bell Boy

Ab/Eb               (4)x1144       
Db/Eb                x41121 & 
     Abm6                 
x41124    Fmaj7                
4x1331
xx3555
Ab/C (Eb bass)*      x31144         
    Fii                  xxx565
F7sus4 = Bbsus4/F    x8886x         
    Fmaj7ii              xxx555
Eb7sus4 = Absus4/Eb  x6664x         
    F7ii                 xxx545
Ab6                  xx6541         
    Abii                 xxx544
Cm7                  x35343         
    F                    133533
Dm                   xx7765         
    Ab                   4x1144
C                    x355xx         
    Db                   x466xx
Ebsus2               xx1341
[*no Ab bass, so default to C 
bottom; bass plays Eb]

[Gtr 1, top, acoustic; Gtr 2, 
bottom, electric]

[intro; synth arr for acoustic]
//|Eb     Cm|Db/Eb   
Ab/Eb|Eb       Ab/Eb|Db/Eb |
//|Eb5      |             |         

     |    //|

|Eb     Cm|Db/Eb   Ab/Eb|Eb  
     Ab/Eb|Db/Eb |
|Eb       |             |           

   |      |

[verse; acoustic in]
||Eb               Ab/Eb  |Db/Eb
||                        |     
             Ab/C|
                 |
A beach is a place where a man can 
feel he's the

|Eb        Ab/Eb |Db/Eb          
|                |               
 Ab/Eb|
      |
 Only soul in the world that's real

|Eb     Ab/Eb|Db/Eb    Ab/Eb 
|            |               
//|Eb         Ab/Eb|Db/Eb    Ab/C||
  |                |             ||

But I see a face coming through the 
haze
I remember him from those crazy 
days, crazy days, crazy days

//|Cm7                  Ab        
|Cm7           F|
//|Cm7                            |
     Ain't you the guy who used to 
             //|
set the paces

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|Cm7                Ab  |Cm7    
      F|
|Cm7                    |       
 Riding up in front of a hundred 
     //|
faces
|Cm7               Ab         
|Cm7       F  |
|Cm7                       
   I don't suppose you would 
   |           //|
remember me but

|Cm7                  Ab      
|Cm7                          
|Cm7       F|
|[pick slide]
 I used to follow you back in '63

||:F    Dm|Eb     Ab|Bb      C|Db   
 Eb :||[repeat through spoken]
||:F    Dm|Eb     Ab|Bb      

C|Db    Eb :||2

[spoken]
I've got a good job and I'm newly 
born
You should see me dressed up in my 
uniform
I work in an hotel, all gilt and 
flash
Remember the gap where the doors we 
smashed?


|Bb  F7/A Bb|                      |
|           |                      |
 Bell Boy,  I got to get running now
 Bell Boy,  Keep my lip buttoned 
down
 Bell Boy,  Carry this baggage out
 Bell Boy, Always running at 
someone's bleedin'

|F7sus4  |Bb                 
|        |                   
|Eb7sus4 |Ab6   |
|        |      |
 Heel          You know how I feel

|Abm6                           
|                               
|Ebsus2     |        |        |      
|           |        |        |     
 |
  |
     Always running at someone's 
heel

|Fmaj7                  Cmaj7    
|                                
   |D        |
   |         |
    Some nights I still sleep on the
 beach,

|Fmaj7              Cmaj7      
|                              
|D     |
|      |
    Remember when stars were in 
reach

|Fii            Fmaj7ii   |F7ii    |
|                         |        |
    I wander in early to work

|Abii                               
 |Eb    Ebsus2|Eb   Ebsus2|Eb    |
|                                   
 |            |           |      |
    Spend my day lickin' boots for 
my perks

[repeat verse]
A beach is a place where a man can 
feel
He's the only soul in the world 
that's real

But I see a face coming through the 
haze
I remember him from those crazy 
days, crazy days, crazy days, crazy 
days

Ain't you the guy who used to set 
the paces
Riding up in front of a hundred 
faces
I don't suppose you would remember 
me
But I used to follow you back in '63

People often change but when I look 
in your eyes
You can learn a lot from a life like
 mine
The secret to me, it ain't flown up 
a flag
I carry it behind this bleeding 
little badge, what says:

Bell Boy, I gotta get running now
Bell Boy, Keep your lip buttoned 
down
Bell Boy, Carry the bloody baggage 
out
Bell Boy, Always running at 
someone's heel,
You know how I feel, always running 
at someone's heel

 Ebsus2
E|------|-----|----|----|  
B|<11---|-----| <11-|----| 
G|------|-----|----|----|  
D|------|-----|----|----|  
A|------|-----|----|----|  
|------|-----|----|----|