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- From: Ofir Zwebner <ofirz1@ccsg.tau.ac.il>
- Subject: Elvis Costello - I Want You
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 15:36:58 +0300 (IDT)
-
- I Want You by Elvis Costello (from Blood and Chocolate)
- ----------
-
- Hi. This is for those who requested it. The tab section was created with
- my TAB MASTER program for TAB transcribing on PC. I'm not so sure how
- accurate it is, but it works anyway. I suppose that some of the E chords
- of the intro can be played as E7 - it works too. The intro, anyway,
- should sound good, I personally think its far from what is actually
- played on the album (not the chords, but the notes themselves). It's
- very easy to to play the song, but I think that remembering all the
- lyrics is a bit tricky... Enjoy!
- Remarks, questions, requests, comments,
- Ofir Zwebner
- e-mail: ofirz1@ccsg.tau.ac.il
-
-
- Oh my ba- by baby I love you more than
- e:-----------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------|
- B:------2----|------0-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------|
- G:------2----|------1-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------|
- D:---2-----2-|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|-----2--------2----|
- A:0----------|------------|0-----------|0-----------|0------------------|
- E:-----------|0-----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
- A E A
-
-
-
- I can tell I don't think I can
- e:------------|------------|------------|--------------------|
- B:------2-----|------0-----|------0-----|------------2-------|
- G:------0-----|------1-----|------1-----|------------2-------|
- D:---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|------2---------2---|
- A:0-----------|------------|------------|0-------------------|
- E:------------|0-----------|0-----------|--------------------|
- A7 E A
-
-
-
- live with- out you and I know that I
- e:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
- B:------2----------|--------3-----|------3-------|------2--------|
- G:------0----------|--------2-----|------2-------|------2--------|
- D:---2--------2----|-----0-----0--|---0-----0----|---2-----2-----|
- A:0----------------|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
- E:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
- A7 D (/A?) A
-
-
-
- never will
- e:------------|------------|------------|
- B:------3-----|------2-----|2-----------|
- G:------1-----|------2-----|2-----------|
- D:---0-----0--|---2-----2--|2-----------|
- A:------------|0-----------|0-----------|
- E:0-----------|------------|------------|
- E7 A
-
-
-
- Oh my ba- by baby I want you so it
- e:-----------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------|
- B:------2----|------0-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------|
- G:------2----|------1-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------|
- D:---2-----2-|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|-----2--------2----|
- A:0----------|------------|0-----------|0-----------|0------------------|
- E:-----------|0-----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
- A E A
-
-
-
- scares me to death I can't say a- ny
- e:------------|------------|------------|--------------------|
- B:------2-----|------0-----|------0-----|------------2-------|
- G:------0-----|------1-----|------1-----|------------2-------|
- D:---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|------2---------2---|
- A:0-----------|------------|------------|0-------------------|
- E:------------|0-----------|0-----------|--------------------|
- A7 E A
-
-
-
- more than "I Love you" everything else is a
- e:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
- B:------2----------|--------3-----|------3-------|------2--------|
- G:------0----------|--------2-----|------2-------|------2--------|
- D:---2--------2----|-----0-----0--|---0-----0----|---2-----2-----|
- A:0----------------|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
- E:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
- A7 D (/A?) A
-
-
-
- waste of breath
- e:------------|------------|
- B:------3-----|------------|
- G:------1-----|2-----------|
- D:---0-----0--|4-----------|
- A:------------|4-----------|
- E:0-----------|2-----------|
- E7 F#m (5?)
-
-
-
- A E A A7 E
- Oh... my baby baby I love you more than I can tell
- A A7 D
- I don't think I can live without you
- A E7 A
- And I know that I never will
- A E A A7 E
- Oh my baby baby I want you so it scares me to death
- A A7 D
- I can't say anymore than "I love you"
- A E7 F#m (5?)
- Everything else is a waste of breath
-
-
-
- Em G
- I want you
- C B7 Em
- You've had your fun you don't get well no more
- G
- I want you
- C B7
- Your fingernails go dragging down the wall
- B7 C C B7
- be careful darling you might fall
-
- [Repeat the Em-G-C-B7 sequence in the next lines]
-
- I want you
- I woke up and one of us was crying
- I want you
- You said "Young man I do believe you're dying"
- I want you
- If you need a second opinion as you seem to do these days
- B7
- You can look in my eyes and you can count the ways
-
- B7 C C B7
-
- [continue sequence...]
-
- I want you
- Did you mean to tell me but seem to forget
- I want you
- Since when were you so generous and inarticulate
- I want you
- It's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for
- It's the way your shoulders shake and what they're shaking for
- It's knowing that he knows you now after only guessing
- I want you
- B7
- It's the thought of him undressing you on you undressing
-
- B7 C C B7
-
- [continue sequence]
-
- I want you
- He tossed some tatty compliment your way
- I want you
- B7 [pause then continue]
- And you were fool enough to love it when he said
- "I want you"
-
- I want you
- The truth can't hurt you it's just like the dark
- It scares you witles
- But in time you see things clear and stark
- I want you
- Go on and hurt me when we'll let it drop
- I want you
- I'm afraid I won't know where to stop
- I want you
- I'm not ashamed to say I cried for you
- I want you
- I want to know the things you did that we do too
- I want you
- I want to hear he pleases you more than I do
- I want you
- I might as well be useless for all it means to you
- I want you
- Did you call his name out as he held you down
- I want you
- Oh no my darling not with that clown
- I want you
- B7 [pause]
- You've had your fun you don't get well no more
- I want you
- No-one who wants you could want you more
- I want you
- Every night when I go off to bed and when I wake up
- I want you
- I want you
- I'm going to say it once again 'til I instill it
- I know I'm going to feel this way until you kill it
- I want you
- I want you
-
-