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Pulling Mussels From The Shell by Squeeze - Guitar Chords

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            Here it is: the Squeeze classic, "Pulling Mussels From The Shell,"
written by Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, from the 1980 album "Argybargy."
Difford and Tilbrook often perform this song acoustic - in fact, I started
playing it after seeing them on an early "Unplugged" before it got trendy
with big stars. Note: I use G# and climb back down to G on the chorus, but
on TV they played a different chord which I couldn't figure out visually.
Also, they skip the solo and go straight to the last verse.


"Pulling Mussels From The Shell" by Squeeze


[Verse 1]
Am          Am/G    Am/F                  C       Dm   Am Dm
They do it down on Camber Sands, they do it at Waikiki
C/G               G                                     F     C F
Lazing about the beach all day, all night the crickets creepy
E                      F      C              D/F#
Squinting faces at the sky, a Harold Robbins paperback
E                             F        C                D/F#
Surfers drop their boards and dry, and everybody wants a hat

[Chorus]
F   G  Am  Am/G  Am/F      Am/G   Am    Am/G    Am/F
But behind the  chalet, my holi - day's    complete
     Am          Am/G   Am   Am/G
And I feel like William Tell
     Dm        Bbmaj7  Am      Ab6  G
Maid Marion on her     tiptoed feet
                         C     G
Pulling mussels from the shell,
                         F       E7/G#
Pulling mussels from the shell

[Verse 2]
Am          Am/G    Am/F                  C       Dm   Am Dm
Shrinking in the sea so cold, topless ladies look away
C/G                  G                          F     C F
A he-man in a sunken shower, shelters from the rain
E                        F        C               D/F#
You wish you had a motor boat, to pose around the harbour bar
E                           F         C             D/F#
And when the sun goes out to bed, you hook it up behind the car

[Chorus]
F   G  Am  Am/G  Am/F      Am/G   Am    Am/G    Am/F
But behind the  chalet, my holi - day's    complete
     Am          Am/G   Am   Am/G
And I feel like William Tell
     Dm        Bbmaj7  Am      Ab6  G
Maid Marion on her     tiptoed feet
                         C     G
Pulling mussels from the shell,
                         F       E7/G#
Pulling mussels from the shell

[Verse 3]
Am      Am/G          Am/F             C            Dm   Am Dm
Two fat ladies window shop, something for the mantelpiece
C/G                  G                               F     C F
In for bingo all the nines, a panda for sweet little niece
E                       F      C            D/F#
The coach drivers stand about, looking at a local map
E                       F       C                 D/F#
About the boy he's gone away, down to next door's caravan

[Chorus]
F   G  Am  Am/G  Am/F      Am/G   Am    Am/G    Am/F
But behind the  chalet, my holi - day's    complete
     Am          Am/G   Am   Am/G
And I feel like William Tell
     Dm        Bbmaj7  Am      Ab6  G
Maid Marion on her     tiptoed feet
                         C     G
Pulling mussels from the shell,
                         F       E7/G#
Pulling mussels from the shell
                         F       Am
Pulling mussels from the shell


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