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I Want You

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Elvis Costello

Version
studio
published by
inthisworld
Tone
A-
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Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 

chords used:

A = x02220 F#m = 244222

E7 = 020100 Em * = x79987

E = 022100 Em = 022000

D = xx0232 C = x35553

D/A = x00232 B = x24442

G = 355433 Ebm = x68876

(C6) = x32210 B7 = x21202

Cadd9 = x32030 Baug = x21003

[Riff]
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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--|

[Intro]
A E7 A
Oh, my baby, baby, I love you more
E
than I can tell,
Oh, my baby, baby, I love you more than I can tell,
A A7 D
I don't think I can live with - out
D/A
you,
I don't think I can live with - out you,
A E A E7
And I know that I never will,
A E7 A
Oh, my baby, baby, I want you so, it
E
scares me ...to death,
Oh, my baby, baby, I want you so, it scares me ...to death,
A A7 D
I can't say any - more than 'I love
D/A
you!',
I can't say any - more than 'I love you!',
A G
Everything else is a waste of
F#m Em *
breath
Everything else is a waste of breath
[Verse]
Em G C
I want you! You had your fun,
B Em
you don't get well no more,
I want you! You had your fun, you don't get well no more,
G C
I want you! Your fingernails go
B Ebm
dragging down the wall,
I want you! Your fingernails go dragging down the wall,
B C B
Be careful, darling, you might fall
[Verse]
Em G C B
I want you! I woke up, and one
Em
of us was crying,
I want you! I woke up, and one of us was crying,
G C
I want you! You said, 'Young man, I
B Em
do believe you're dying!'
I want you! You said, 'Young man, I do believe you're dying!'
G C
I want you! If you need a second o -
B
pinion,
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,
I want you! You can look in my eyes,
Ebm
And you can count the
B C C B
ways
And you can count the ways
[Verse]
Em G C (C6)
I want you! Did you mean to tell
B B7 Em
me, but seem to for - get?
I want you! Did you mean to tell me, but seem to for - get?
G C (C6)
I want you! Since when were you so
B B7 Em
generous, and inar - ticulate?
I want you! Since when were you so generous, and inar - ticulate?
G C (C6)
I want you, but it's the stupid
B B7 Em
details that my heart is
G
breaking for,
I want you, but it's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for,
C (C6) B
It's the way your shoulders shake,
B7 Em
and what they're shaking for,
It's the way your shoulders shake, and what they're shaking for,
G C (C6)
I want you! It's knowing that he
B B7 Em
knows you now, after only
guessing,
I want you! It's knowing that he knows you now, after only guessing,
G C
It's the thought of him un -
B
dressing you,
It's the thought of him un - dressing you,
Ebm
Or... you
B C C B
undressing
Or... you undressing
[Verse]
Em G C
I want you! He tossed some
(C6) B B7 Em
tatty compli - ment your way,
I want you! He tossed some tatty compli - ment your way,
G C (C6)
I want you, and you were fool e -
B B7
nough to love it...
I want you, and you were fool e - nough to love it...
C Ebm Em G
...When he said, ...'I want
C B
you!'
...When he said, ...'I want you!'
[Tab]
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e |-------------------|----------------|

B |-------------------|----------------|

G |---~9---~9----~9---|----~9----~9----| x2

D |-~8---~8----~8-----|--~8----~8------|

A |-------------------|----------------|

E |-------------------|----------------|

[Verse]
Em G C
I want you! The truth can't hurt
B Em
you, it's just like the dark,
I want you! The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark,
G C
It scares you witless, but, in time,
B Em
you see things clear and stark,
It scares you witless, but, in time, you see things clear and stark,
G C B
I want you! Go on, and hurt me, then
Em
we'll let it drop,
I want you! Go on, and hurt me, then we'll let it drop,
G C B
I want you! I'm afraid I won't know
Em
where to stop,
I want you! I'm afraid I won't know where to stop,
G C B
I want you! I'm not ashamed to say,
Em
I cried for you
I want you! I'm not ashamed to say, I cried for you
[Verse]
G C
I want you! I want to know the
B Em
things you did, that we did
too,
I want you! I want to know the things you did, that we did too,
G C
I want you! I want to hear he
B Em
pleases you more than I do,
I want you! I want to hear he pleases you more than I do,
G C (C6)
I want you! I might as well be
B B7 Em
useless for all it means to
you,
I want you! I might as well be useless for all it means to you,
G C (C6)
I want you! Did you call his name
B B7 Em
out as he held you down?
I want you! Did you call his name out as he held you down?
G C (C6) B
I want you! Oh, no, my darling,
B7 Em
...not with that clown,
I want you! Oh, no, my darling, ...not with that clown,
G Cadd9 C B B7
I want you!
[Verse]
Em G C
I want you! You've had your fun,
B Em
you don't get well no more,
I want you! You've had your fun, you don't get well no more,
G C
I want you! No one who wants you,
B Ebm
...could want you more,
I want you! No one who wants you, ...could want you more,
Em G C B Em
I want you!
G C B
I want you!
I want you! I want you!
Em G C
I want you! Every night, when
B Em
I go off to bed,
I want you! Every night, when I go off to bed,
G C B7
And when I wake up, ...I want
you!
And when I wake up, ...I want you!
Em G C B
I'm gonna say it once a -
B7 Em G
gain, 'til I instill it
I'm gonna say it once a - gain, 'til I instill it
C B B7
I'm going ...going to feel this way
Em G
un - til you ...kill it,
I'm going ...going to feel this way un - til you ...kill it,
C B B7 Em G Cadd9 C
I want you!
B B7 Em G
I ...want you-!
I want you! I ...want you-!
Cadd9 C B B7 Em
I ....want
G Cadd9 C Baug B7 Em
you!
I ....want you!
She