“World of Pauline Lewis” – Television Personalities (tab)

This is a song from a mix my pal Steve made me. Everyone should want such a friend—I’d never even heard of Television Personalities (’80s-era British post-punk) and now they may be one of my favorites. On looking them up on the Internet, turns out this song’s lyrics are a pretty trite “Eleanor-Rigby” retread. All the same: great. This song sounds best with barre chords.

Note: At the end of each line in the verse, the C chord gets played with a bit, hitting Csus4 and Csus2. You can hear it. If yer barreing the C at the third fret, just fiddle with yer pinky.

VERSE:
C     G    C    F  C   G     C
Every afternoon in the staff canteen
C     G      C       F    C    G            C
Just another teenage girl with teenage girl dreams

CHORUS:
Dm                      C
In the world of Pauline Lewis
Dm                 Gsus4
Everything is fantasy
            G
It's easy to see

VERSE:
Spends the night alone in her cold bedroom
Seven nights a week, seven nights of gloom

CHORUS:
In the world of Pauline Lewis
Everything is fantasy
It's easy to see

VERSE:
In the world, in the world of Pauline Lewis

Pauline died alone, they found her slumped on her bed
Took her life because she could no longer pretend
In the mirror Pauline saw a catalogue girl
Wearing make-up by Mary Quant, shoes by Ravel
In the world, in the world of Pauline Lewis