"Victoria" ( newer version )
by the (Dance) Exponents

tabbed by rickh@southern.co.nz


Chord shapes ( palm-muted throughout the song)

   F#    B    E  'a'

 E x    x    x   x    
 B x    x    x   x    
 G x    x    x   x  
 D 11   4    9   x  
 A 9    2    7   0    
 E x    x    x   x    

( 'a' is just the open A string being used as a quick passing note between
the chords. )

Intro solo ( basically the same as the lead guitar in the chorus and played
 over the same chords as the chorus). I've only got a tape of the song
from the radio and I missed the first part of the intro. This is where my
tape happens to start...

E --6--7-6--6-7/9-7-9-9/11-9-11-11/12-11-12-12/14-14-14-14-14-
B -7------7----------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------

VERSES:
E                                a E       a 
She gets glances since they first greeted
E -----------------------------------------14-
B ---------------------------------------12*--
G --------------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------
                                           * Let ring

E                                a E       a 
sends salutations that can't be repeated
E -------------------------------14--14-14\7--
B --------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------


B                         a B      a 
She's become a social institution
E -----------------------7--7-7*-7------------
B -----------------------------7--------------
G --------------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------
                               * Let ring


B                           a B     a
prepares the play like an execution
E ---------------------------7--7--7-7-(to intro solo)-
B -----------------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------


 CHORUS:  
 F#    a E    a B        a E     a F#    a E   a F#   a E
 Victoria     what do you want from him, want from him


E 6--7-6----6-7-6-----6-7-7--7/9-7-9-9/11-9-11-11/12-11-12-12/14-14-14-14-14-
B ------7---------7----------------------------------------------------------
G ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


 F#    a E    a B        a E  a F#   a E   a F#  a E
 Victoria what do you see in him,    see in him


PRE-VERSE:

 E                                     B
  (let ring)
E --14-14--14-14--14--14-14--14-14--14--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-
B 12-----12-----12--12-----12-----12---7---7----7--7---7---7--
G ------------------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------------



For the rest of the verses the lead guitar is the same as the first verse
except the first line is different:

She's up in time to watch the soap opera
E --------------------------------------14-14-14--
B ------------------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------

reads Cosmopolitan and Alvin Toffler
meeting in the places that she's never been to
she's got a mind but it's the clothes they see through

  chorus

She lives with a man who sees her as money
laughs at his lines that aren't even funny
She's in bed but she's not sleeping.
Is he a customer that's really worth keeping

  chorus

Guitar solo (same chords as chorus)

E  -----------------------------------------
B  -----------4-5-4-4-----------5-4---------
G  -----4-4--x---------4--6----x----4-6-----
D  2/4------x-----------------x-------------
A  -----------------------------------------
E  -----------------------------------------
            * rake strings

E -----------11-12-14--11------12-11----------/14-
B -------12---------------14--------12-14---------
G 11-11-------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------


There's no such thing as romance blooming
Sundays off for washing and doing the hoovering
talking to her friends on the telephone
another jerk rings up who won't leave her alone

  chorus