| Tabbed By: Mark MacDonald |
| E-mail: mtm0412@aim.com |
| Ok, so this version of Blame It On Cain is at the end of my copy of My Aim Is True. I |
| been able to find any tabs of it online so here we are. |
| Elvis Costello plays this version on a single acoustic guitar with a capo on the 3rd |
| The chord names that I wrote above the lyrics are the chord names WITHOUT a capo, so with |
| capo on the 3rd fret, just form those regular chords. |
| The lyrics for this version are also a little different than the full-band version of |
| It On Cain. Hope someone finds this useful. |
| D | G | D | G |
| Once upon a | time, I | had a little | money |
| D | G | |
| Government | burglars took it | long |
| D | |
| before I could | mail it to you |
| B | C | B | |
| But you are the | only one |
| D | G | D | |
| Now I can’t let it slip away |
| Ab | A | Ab | A | |
| So | if the | man with the ticker | tape |
| Ab | A | |
| tries to take | it |
| D | |
| well this is what I’m gonna | say |
| Bm | |
| Blame it on | Cain |
| D | D7 | |
| Don’t blame it on | me |
| G | A | |
| It’s | nobody’s | fault |
| G | D | |
| But we | need somebody to | burn |
| Bm | |
| Blame it on | Cain |
| G | D |
| Please don’t blame it on | me |
| G | A | |
| It’s nobody’s | fault |
| G | D | |
| But it | just seems to be his | turn |
| D | G | |
| Oh well | if I was a | saint with |
| D | G | |
| a | silver | cup |
| D | G | |
| and the | money got | low |
| D | |
| we could | always heat it up |
| B | |
| or trade it | in |
| C | B | D | |
| D | |
| But | then the radio that heaven will be wired to your purse. |
| Ab | A | Ab | |
| then | you can | run down the wave | band, |
| A | Ab |
| coast to coast, hand in | hand. |
| A | Ab | A |
| Bad to worse, curse for | curse, |
| G | C | G | |
| don’t be | dissatisfied. |
| A | D | |
| So you’re | not | satisfied. |
| Bm | |
| Blame it on | Cain |
| D | D7 | |
| Don’t blame it on | me |
| G | A | |
| It’s | nobody’s | fault |
| G | D | |
| But we | need somebody to | burn |
| Bm | |
| Blame it on | Cain |
| G | D |
| Please don’t blame it on | me |
| G | A | |
| It’s nobody’s | fault |
| G | D | |
| But it | just seems to be his | turn |
| D | G | |
| I think I’ve | lived a little too | long |
| D | G | |
| on the | outskirts of | town |
| D | G | |
| I think I’m | going | insane |
| D | B | C | B | |
| from | talking to myself for so | long |
| D | G | D | |
| Oh, but I’ve never been | accused |
| Ab | A | Ab | |
| But | when they | step upon your face, |
| A |
| They wear that good look grin. |
| Ab | A | Ab | |
| I | gotta | break out one weekend |
| A | Ab | |
| Before I | do somebody in. |
| A | Ab | |
| But | every single time |
| A | |
| I | feel a little stronger, |
| B | |
| A | voice says it’s a crime |
| A | |
| But | how much longer? |
| Bm | |
| Blame it on | Cain |
| D | D7 | |
| Don’t blame it on | me |
| G | A | |
| It’s | nobody’s | fault |
| G | D | |
| But we | need somebody to | burn |
| Bm | |
| Blame it on | Cain |
| G | D |
| Please don’t blame it on | me |
| G | A | |
| It’s nobody’s | fault |
| G | D | |
| But it | just seems to be his | turn |
| Source: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/e/elvis_costello/blame_it_on_cain_acoustic_ver2_crd.htm |