Vanity Fair Lyrics

Never seen this transcribed before. And now I know why.
An epic chordfest, even for a Squeeze song!
playing this solo, the best clip being here
I've submitted it under 'Squeeze' as obviously it's a Squeeze song,
but in order to mimic the recording you'd need at least a string quartet
so this is the arrangement for guitar and vocal, which I've come to
love even more than the original Squeeze recording on East Side Story!
I've used a mix of tab and chords. Where there is tab, I've placed
the notes over the lyrics, to illustrate what to play over the
appropriate words as opposed to laying the tab out in strict time
The good news - it's in standard tuning
The bad news - it's a devil to learn
The best news - it's worth it to play such a wonderful piece
Asus2/F# 2x2200
A/C# x4x2xx
Eadd2/G# 4X4400
G#(2) 4xx40x
G#(3) 4XX44x
D/F# 2xx32x
Riff1
G 1>2>1----------|1----------------|
D 2------>4>2----|2----------------|
Riff2
Riff3
Note - the Verses are played in this pattern
Em G(2) D Riff3
B -0>1>0---------|-----0----------|
G ------0--2>4>2-|----------------|
D ---------------|2>4>2-----------|
She left her school for the facto-ry
From pocket money to a salary
From a pac-a-mac to a compact case
And every morning she in-spects her face
She dis-covers pulling pints in pubs
That the good looks will never cover up for
Her dumb-ness in taking the stock
Sees her re-flection in a butcher's shop
She finds it all quite rare
A E Riff1
That her mate's all vanity fair
She finds it all quite rare
A E Riff1
That her mate's all vanity fair
She has her eyes on me-dallion men
That get her home on the dot at ten
She combs her hair when she gets ex-cused
The deal she wants always ends up screwed
Paints her nails on the bathroom scales
Gargles her breath like a landed whale
Her beauty is as deep as her skin
Keeps her eyebrows in a tobacco tin
She poses foot on the chair
A E Riff1
Coconut shy but vanity fair
She poses foot on the chair
G#m Riff2
Coconut shy but vanity fair
Middle 8
In her vanity case her compact case
Em G(2) D Riff3
In her compact case her eyes
Not bad for a sister but her vanity's fair
And her sense of hu-mour's dry
She comes home late with a-nother screw loose
B 0->-1>-----0---|--------------------------0----|
G --------------0|---2->-4->--2------------------|
D ---------------|--------------2->--4->2--------|
She swears to have had just a pine-ap-ple juice
Falls a-sleep fully clothed in her bed
D C# C B A(chord)
With her makeup re-mover by her head
Refrain 3 / End
And she might not be all there
A E Riff1
But her dream's all vanity fair
She might not be all there
But her dream's all vanity fair
I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2013