Biography:
Rowland Stuart Howard (24 October 1959 – 30 December 2009) was an influential rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, based in Melbourne, Australia, best known for: his work in the Antipodean discophile art-rock groups Young Charlatans, The Boys Next Door and The Birthday Party (both featuring the singer Nick Cave), Crime and the City Solution and These Immortal Souls; his macabre lyrics and imposing roots-based guitar playing; and his song Shivers, which he wrote early in his career, and for which he received peer group kudos.
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Australian ABC TV`s show - Studio 22 (November 1999) https://youtu.be/L7ChSy6FhxQ
The whole song (Except for the resolving chord, which I think was a miscommunication on stage)
is E and A with a B as passing chord.
If you want the accompaniment, it's just 2nd 3rd 4th strings playing 5,6,6 and 5,6,7
frets for the E and A respectively
[Verse]
E A
I've been contemplating, suicide
E A
But it really doesn't, suit my style,
E A
So I think I'll just act, bored instead
E A
And contain the blood I would've shed
E A
She makes me feel so ill at ease
E A
My heart is really on it's knees
E A
But I keep a poker face so well
E A
That even mother couldn't tell
[Chorus]
(That my)
E
baby's so vain that she is
A
almost a mirror, And the
E
sound of her name, sends a
A
permanent shiver, down my
E
Spiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiyiyi
A
-ine
E
iii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiyiyi
A
yi
[Instrumental]
E A
E A
[Verse]
E A
I keep her photograph against my heart
E A
For in my life she plays a starring part
E A
All alcohol and cigarettes
E A
I've got no use for, cheap regrets
E A
She makes me feel so, ill at ease
E A
My heart is really on it's knees
E A
But I keep a poker face so well
E A
That even mother couldn't tell
[Chorus]
(That my)
E
baby's so vain that she is
A
almost a mirror, And the
E
sound of her name, sends a
A
permanent shiver, down my
E
Spiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiyiyi
A
-ine
E
iii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiyiyi-ine
A
iii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiyiyi-ine
E
iii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiyiyi
A
yi
The whole song (Except for the resolving chord, which I think was a miscommunication on stage)
is E and A with a B as passing chord.
If you want the accompaniment, it's just 2nd 3rd 4th strings playing 5,6,6 and 5,6,7
frets for the E and A respectively
[Verse]
E A
I've been contemplating, suicide
E A
But it really doesn't, suit my style,
E A
So I think I'll just act, bored instead
E A
And contain the blood I would've shed
E A
She makes me feel so ill at ease
E A
My heart is really on it's knees
E A
But I keep a poker face so well
E A
That even mother couldn't tell
[Chorus]
(That my)
E
baby's so vain that she is
A
almost a mirror, And the
E
sound of her name, sends a
A
permanent shiver, down my
E
Spiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiyiyi
A
-ine
E
iii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiyiyi
A
yi
[Instrumental]
E A
E A
[Verse]
E A
I keep her photograph against my heart
E A
For in my life she plays a starring part
E A
All alcohol and cigarettes
E A
I've got no use for, cheap regrets
E A
She makes me feel so, ill at ease
E A
My heart is really on it's knees
E A
But I keep a poker face so well
E A
That even mother couldn't tell
[Chorus]
(That my)
E
baby's so vain that she is
A
almost a mirror, And the
E
sound of her name, sends a
A
permanent shiver, down my
E
Spiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiyiyi
A
-ine
E
iii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiyiyi-ine
A
iii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiyiyi-ine
E
iii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiiii-yi-yiyiyi
A
yi
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