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I Want You by Elvis Costello - Guitar Chords
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Version 1 Version 2
Song: I want you
Artist: Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Composer: Declan MacManus
Album: Blood and chocolate
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD') for ultimateGuitar- 20th Jan 2013
If you want to add a bit more interest to the main progression,
you could add the passing bass notes:
Em Em/F# G G/B C B B/F#
e |-----0----------3------|-----3-----2------|
B |-----0----------3------|-----5-----4------|
G |-----0----------0------|-----5-----4------|
D |-----2----------0------|-----5-----4------|
A |-----2----------2---2--|--3-----3--2------|
E |--0------2----3--------|---------------2--|
This riff is simplified just for additional guitar accompaniment,
the actual bass develops into a walking bass line from the 3rd
verse onwards.
The C6 in brackets are optional and are added by the keyboards,
as are the Cadd9 near the end too.
A = x02220 F#m = 244222
E7 = 020100 Em * = x79987
E = 022100 Em = 022000
D = xx0232 C = x35553 or 8-10-10-9-8-8
D/A = x00232 B = x24442 or 799877
G = 355433 Ebm = x68876
(C6) = x32210 B7 = x21202 or x24242
Cadd9 = x32030 Baug = x21003 or xx5443
^ = Emphasise the beats ~ = add vibrato
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[Intro]
A E7 A E
Oh, my baby, baby, I love you more than I can tell,
A A7 D D/A
I don't think I can live with - out you,
A E A E7
And I know that I never will,
A E7 A E
Oh, my baby, baby, I want you so, it scares me ...to death,
A A7 D D/A
I can't say any - more than 'I love you!',
A G F#m Em *
Everything else is a waste of breath
[Verse 1]
Em G C B Em
I want you! You had your fun, you don't get well no more,
G C B Ebm
I want you! Your fingernails go dragging down the wall,
B C B
Be careful, darling, you might fall
[Verse 2]
Em G C B Em
I want you! I woke up, and one of us was crying,
G C B Em
I want you! You said, 'Young man, I do believe you're dying!'
G C B
I want you! If you need a second o - pinion,
Em
As you seem to do, these days,
G C B
I want you! You can look in my eyes,
Ebm B C C B
And you can count the ways | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
Em G C (C6) B B7 Em
I want you! Did you mean to tell me, but seem to for - get?
G C (C6) B B7 Em
I want you! Since when were you so generous, and inar - ticulate?
G C (C6) B B7 Em G
I want you, but it's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for,
C (C6) B B7 Em
It's the way your shoulders shake, and what they're shaking for,
G C (C6) B B7 Em
I want you! It's knowing that he knows you now, after only guessing,
G C B
It's the thought of him un - dressing you,
Ebm B C C B
Or... you undressing | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 4]
Em G C (C6) B B7 Em
I want you! He tossed some tatty compli - ment your way,
G C (C6) B B7
I want you, and you were fool e - nough to love it...
C Ebm Em G C B
...When he said, ...'I---- want you!'
[Break]
e |-------------------|----------------| [x2]
B |-------------------|----------------|
G |---~9---~9----~9---|----~9----~9----|
D |-~8---~8----~8-----|--~8----~8------|
A |-------------------|----------------|
E |-------------------|----------------|
[Verse 5]
Em G C B Em
I want you! The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark,
G C B Em
It scares you witless, but, in time, you see things clear and stark,
G C B Em
I want you! Go on, and hurt me, then we'll let it drop,
G C B Em
I want you! I'm afraid I won't know where to stop,
G C B Em
I want you! I'm not ashamed to say, I cried for you
[Verse 6]
G C B Em
I want you! I want to know the things you did, that we did too,
G C B Em
I want you! I want to hear he pleases you more than I do,
G C (C6) B B7 Em
I want you! I might as well be useless for all it means to you,
G C (C6) B B7 Em
I want you! Did you call his name out as he held you down?
G C (C6) B B7 Em
I want you! Oh, no, my darling, ...not with that clown,
G Cadd9 C B B7
I----- want you!
[Verse 7]
Em G C B Em
I want you! You've had your fun, you don't get well no more,
G C B Ebm
I want you! No one who wants you, ...could want you more,
Em G C B Em G C B
I want you! I want you!
Em G C B Em
I want you! Every night, when I go off to bed,
G C B7
And when I wake up, ...I want you!
Em G C B B7 Em G
I'm gonna say it once a - gain, 'til I instill it-------,
C B B7 Em G
I'm going ...going to feel this way un - til you ...kill it,
C B B7 Em G Cadd9 C B B7 Em G
I want you! I----- ...want you--------!
Cadd9 C B B7 Em G Cadd9 C Baug B7 Em
I----- ....want you!
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