MISTRESS MABEL THE FRATELLIS
B E7 (x6) ( 1, 2, 3, Owww )
Verse1
B E B E
Mistress Mabel, seriously wrong
B E B E
Clears my table badly, then she's gone
B E7
Takes a liberty if you let her
B E7
Yeah shes old, but she should know better
B E B E
Oh dear Mabel, please don't put me on
B E (x2)
B E B E
Mistress Mabel, all the kids agree
B E B E
You're unstable, curiously free
B E7
Wind them down and then keep them kickin'
B E7
Sunken eyed and all panic stricken
B E B E
Oh dear Mabel is what worries me
Prechorus:
E F#
Well hem-line ratbag, so they told her
E F#
Last night's name-tag, across her shoulder
Chorus 1:
B F# B F#
And tell me where all the days have gone when
E D E
You robbed my cradle, tell me Mabel
B E (x3)
B E B E
Mistress Mabel, won't you marry me?
B E B E
I'm unable to take it seriously
B E7
I've been good and you'll be a minute
B E7
I wish you would or I'll drop you in it
B E B E
Oh dear Mabel, won't you marry me?
Prechorus:
E F#
Well hem-line ratbag, so they told her
E F#
Last night's name-tag, across her shoulder
Chorus 2:
B F# B F#
And tell me where all the days have gone when
E D E
You robbed my cradle, tell me Mabel
B F# B F#
Where d'you go when you can't go on
E D E
With this filthy fable, tell me Mabel
G A
Tell me Mabel
B F#
F# B F# B
C# D D# E F F# (x2)
F# C# (x4)
F#
Chorus:
B F# B F#
And tell me where all the days have gone when
E D E
You robbed my cradle, tell me Mabel
B F# B F#
Where d'you go when you can't go on
E D E
With this filthy fable, tell me Mabel
B F# B F#
And tell me where all the days have gone when
E D E
You robbed my cradle, tell me Mabel
G A
Tell me Mabel
BBB B BB B BBBBBB
BBB B BB B BBBBBB
BBBBBBBB BBBBBBBB B
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The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists.
No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song,
if such exists.
It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should
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the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy
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