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Coin-operated Boy

Dresden Dolls

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the longest song i've tabbed yet.

[intro]
  (G)
  1   &   2   &   3   &    4   &   1   &   2  &   3   &   4
e|----3-3-----3-------3-3------3-------3-3----3---------------|
B|----0-0-----0-------0-0------0-------0-0----0---------------|
G|0---------------0----------------0--------------0-----------|
D|--------0----------------0---------------0----------0-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------3---|


[a-part]
  (G)
  1   &   2   &   3   &    4   &
e|----3-3-----3-------3-3------3---|
B|----0-0-----0-------0-0------0---|
G|0---------------0----------------|
D|--------0----------------0-------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
  coin     operated boy    sitting on a

  (D)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----2-2-----2-------2-2-----2---|
B|----3-3-----3-------3-3-----3---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------0---------------0-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  shelf   he is   toy     but i turn him
            just a

  (Am)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  on      and he   life   automatic
           comes to

  (D)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----2-2-----2-------2-2-----2---|
B|----3-3-----3-------3-3-----3---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------0---------------0-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  joy,    that is  want   a
              why i

  (G)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----3-3-----3-------------------|
B|----0-0-----0-------------------|
G|0---------------0-------0---1---|
D|--------0-----------4-----------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  coin    operated boy


[b-part]
  (Am)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  made of plastic and    elastic


  (C)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|--------0---------------0-------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|3---------------3---------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  he is   rugged  and long-lasting

  (Am)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  who     ever    ever     ask for
     could

  (C)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-------0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-------1---|
G|--------0-----------0-------0---|
D|--------------------------------|
A|3---------------3--------3------|
E|--------------------------------|
  more?

  (Am)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  love    out complica-   tions ga-
      with

  (C)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----0-0-----0-------------------|
B|----1-1-----1---1---------------|
G|--------0-----------0-------0---|
D|------------------------4-------|
A|3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  lore

 (Am)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  many    shapes  weights choose from
               and      to

 (C)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|--------0---------------0-------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|3---------------3---------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  i will  never   leave my bedroom

 (Am)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  i will  never   cry at  night a-

 (C)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-------0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-------1---|
G|--------0-----------0-------0---|
D|--------------------------------|
A|3---------------3--------3------|
E|--------------------------------|
  gain

  (Am)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  wrap my arms  around him and pre-

  (C)            (F)      (D)
  1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
e|----0-0-----0---1-------2-------|
B|----1-1-----1---1-------3-------|
G|--------0-------2-------2-------|
D|----------------3-------0-------|
A|3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  tend

[a-part again]
(G)
coin operated boy all the other
(D)
real ones that I destroy cannot hold a
(Am)
candle to my new boy and I'll never let him
(D)
go and i'll never be alone
and i'll never let him

e|---2-2-----2-------|
B|---3-3-----3-------|
G|2--------------2---|
D|-------0-----------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
  go     never be alone
 and I'll                [x5 like a skipping record]

[no cord]
not with my
 (G) [like last half of intro]
coin operated boy!

[BRIDGE!]

[it's hard to tell, but this is the best i could make of it]

(Am)            (D)                      (C)
this bridge was written to make you feel smittener
       [keep this progression up]
with my sad picture of girl getting bitterer
can you extract me from my plastic fantasy?
i didn't think so, but i'm still convinceable
will you persist even after i bet you
a billion dollars that i'll never love you
will you persist even after i kiss you
goodbye for the last time will you keep on

  (A)
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---|
B|--2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2-|
G|----2------2--------2-----2-----|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
  trying                       to

  (C)
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|0-----0-----0---|
B|--1-----1-----1-|
G|----0------0----|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
  prove it i'm

(A)
dying to
(C)
lose it i'm
(A)
losing my
(C)
confidence
[on the next part, using half of the A, you'll just switch back and forth between A and C]

i want it
i want it
i want it
i want it
i want you
i want you
i want you
i want you
i want you
i want you
i want you
i want you
  [now just strum]
i want a
i want a
i want a
i want a
(G) [again the last half of intro]
coin operated boy!

[INSTRUMENTAL! i'm not cool enough to get the solo in this one, sorry]

(Am)
(C)
(Am)
(C)
(Am)
(C)

(Am)
if i had a star to wish on
(C)
for my life I can't imagine
(Am)
any flesh and blood to be his
(C)
match
(Am)
I can even take him in the
(C)  (F) (D)
bath


(G)
coin operated boy he may not be
(D)
real experienced with girls but i know he
(Am)
feels like a boy should feel isn't that the
(D)
point? that is why i want a
(G)
coin operated boy with a pretty
(D)
coin operated voice saying that he
(Am)
loves me, that he's thinking of me straight and to the
(D)
point, that is why i want a
(G)
coin operated boy

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