Elvis Costello - I Want You Chords
Tempo:
123 bpm
Chords used:
G
B
C
Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] Oh [A] my baby, baby, I love you more than I [E] can tell
[Am] I don't think I can live without [D] you
[A] And I know [E] that I [A] never
Oh [E] my [A] baby, baby, I want you so it scares [E] me to death
[A] I can't say anymore [D] that I love you
[A] Everything else is a waste [Gbm] of breath
I [Em]
[G] want you, you [C] had your fun, you don't get [B] well [Em] no more
[G] I want you, your fingernails go [B] dragging down the [Ebm]
wall
Be [B]
careful [C] darling, [B] you might fall
I [Em] [G]
want you, [Am] I woke up [B] and one of us was [E] crying
[G]
I want you, [C] you said young man [B] I do believe you're [G] dying
I want you, if you need [C] a second [B] opinion as you seem [Em] to do these days
[G] I want you, [Em] you can look in my [B] eyes and you can [Ebm] count the ways
[B] [C] I
[B] [E] [Em] [G]
want you, did you [C] mean to [Bm] tell me but seem to [Em] forget
[G] I want you, since [C] when were [Bm] you so generous and [E] inarticulate
[G] I want you, [C] it's the stupid [Bm] details that my [Em] heart is breaking [G] for
It's [C] the way your shoulders [B] shake and [C] what they're [E] shaking for
[G]
I want you, [C] it's knowing that it [B] knows you now [Em] after only [G] guessing
[C] Part of him
[B] undressing you, [Ebm] are you undressing
[B] I [C]
[B] [Em]
[G] want you, [C] he caused some tatty [B] compliment [Em] your way
[G] I want you, [C] and you were fool [B] enough to love [Em] it when [Ebm] it's said
[E] [G]
[C]
[B] I [E]
[Gm] [C]
[Gb] [E] [G]
want you, I want you, [C] the truth can't hurt you [B] it's just like the [Em] dark
It [G] scares you with us [C] but in time you [B] see things clear [E] and stark
[B] [G]
I want you, go on and hurt me then [B] we'll let [Em] it drop
[A]
[G] I want you, I'm afraid [Am]
[G] I won't know where [Em] to [G] stop
I want you, I'm [C] not [Am] ashamed to say [Em] I cried for [G] you
I want you, [C] I want to know [B] the things you did and [Em] we do too
I [G] want you, [C] I want to hear [B] he pleases you more [Em] than I do
[G] I want you, [C] I might as well be [B]
useless for all it [Em] means to you
[G] I want you, he [C] called his name out [B] as he held you [Em] down
[G] I want you, oh [C] no my [B] darling, not with [Em] that clown
[G] I [C] want you, [B]
[Em] [G] I want you, you've had your fun, you [B] don't get [Em] well no more
[G] I want you, no [C] one who wants [B] you, could [Ebm] want you more
I [Em] [G]
[C] [B]
want you, [Em] I
[G] [C]
[B] want you, [Em] I [G] want you [C] every night when [B] I go off to [Em] bed
And when [G] I wake up, [C]
[B] I want you, [Em]
[G] [C] I'm gonna say it [Bm] once again [Em] till I instill [G] it
I'm [C] gonna
[B] feel this way [Em] until you [G] kill [C] it
I
[B] want [Em] you,
[G] [C]
[B] I want [Em] you, [G] [C]
[B] I [Em] want
[G] you
[C] [Am] [Em]
[Am] I don't think I can live without [D] you
[A] And I know [E] that I [A] never
Oh [E] my [A] baby, baby, I want you so it scares [E] me to death
[A] I can't say anymore [D] that I love you
[A] Everything else is a waste [Gbm] of breath
I [Em]
[G] want you, you [C] had your fun, you don't get [B] well [Em] no more
[G] I want you, your fingernails go [B] dragging down the [Ebm]
wall
Be [B]
careful [C] darling, [B] you might fall
I [Em] [G]
want you, [Am] I woke up [B] and one of us was [E] crying
[G]
I want you, [C] you said young man [B] I do believe you're [G] dying
I want you, if you need [C] a second [B] opinion as you seem [Em] to do these days
[G] I want you, [Em] you can look in my [B] eyes and you can [Ebm] count the ways
[B] [C] I
[B] [E] [Em] [G]
want you, did you [C] mean to [Bm] tell me but seem to [Em] forget
[G] I want you, since [C] when were [Bm] you so generous and [E] inarticulate
[G] I want you, [C] it's the stupid [Bm] details that my [Em] heart is breaking [G] for
It's [C] the way your shoulders [B] shake and [C] what they're [E] shaking for
[G]
I want you, [C] it's knowing that it [B] knows you now [Em] after only [G] guessing
[C] Part of him
[B] undressing you, [Ebm] are you undressing
[B] I [C]
[B] [Em]
[G] want you, [C] he caused some tatty [B] compliment [Em] your way
[G] I want you, [C] and you were fool [B] enough to love [Em] it when [Ebm] it's said
[E] [G]
[C]
[B] I [E]
[Gm] [C]
[Gb] [E] [G]
want you, I want you, [C] the truth can't hurt you [B] it's just like the [Em] dark
It [G] scares you with us [C] but in time you [B] see things clear [E] and stark
[B] [G]
I want you, go on and hurt me then [B] we'll let [Em] it drop
[A]
[G] I want you, I'm afraid [Am]
[G] I won't know where [Em] to [G] stop
I want you, I'm [C] not [Am] ashamed to say [Em] I cried for [G] you
I want you, [C] I want to know [B] the things you did and [Em] we do too
I [G] want you, [C] I want to hear [B] he pleases you more [Em] than I do
[G] I want you, [C] I might as well be [B]
useless for all it [Em] means to you
[G] I want you, he [C] called his name out [B] as he held you [Em] down
[G] I want you, oh [C] no my [B] darling, not with [Em] that clown
[G] I [C] want you, [B]
[Em] [G] I want you, you've had your fun, you [B] don't get [Em] well no more
[G] I want you, no [C] one who wants [B] you, could [Ebm] want you more
I [Em] [G]
[C] [B]
want you, [Em] I
[G] [C]
[B] want you, [Em] I [G] want you [C] every night when [B] I go off to [Em] bed
And when [G] I wake up, [C]
[B] I want you, [Em]
[G] [C] I'm gonna say it [Bm] once again [Em] till I instill [G] it
I'm [C] gonna
[B] feel this way [Em] until you [G] kill [C] it
I
[B] want [Em] you,
[G] [C]
[B] I want [Em] you, [G] [C]
[B] I [Em] want
[G] you
[C] [Am] [Em]
Key:
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B
C
Em
E
G
B
C
[Am] _ Oh [A] my _ baby, baby, _ I _ love you more than I [E] can _ tell
_ [Am] I don't think I can live without _ [D] you
_ [A] And I know [E] that I [A] never _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh [E] my _ [A] baby, baby, _ I _ _ want you so it scares [E] me to _ death
[A] I can't say anymore _ [D] that I love you
_ _ [A] Everything else is a waste [Gbm] of breath _
I [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] want you, _ you [C] had your fun, you don't get [B] well [Em] no more
[G] I want you, your fingernails go [B] dragging down the [Ebm]
wall
_ _ Be _ _ [B]
careful [C] darling, [B] you might fall _
_ I _ [Em] _ _ _ [G]
want you, _ _ [Am] I woke up [B] and one of us was [E] crying
_ [G]
I want you, [C] you said young man [B] I do believe you're [G] dying
I want you, if you need [C] a second [B] opinion as you seem [Em] to do these days
[G] I want you, [Em] you can look in my [B] eyes and you can [Ebm] count the ways
_ _ _ [B] _ [C] I _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ [G]
want you, did you [C] mean to [Bm] tell me but seem to _ [Em] forget _
[G] I want you, since [C] when were [Bm] you so generous and _ [E] inarticulate _
[G] I want you, _ [C] it's the stupid [Bm] details that my [Em] heart is breaking [G] for
_ It's [C] the way your shoulders [B] shake and [C] what they're [E] shaking for
[G]
I want you, [C] it's knowing that it [B] knows you now [Em] after only [G] guessing
_ _ _ _ [C] Part of him _
[B] undressing you, [Ebm] are you _ undressing
_ _ [B] _ I [C] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] want you, [C] he caused some tatty [B] _ compliment [Em] your way
[G] I want you, [C] and you were fool [B] enough to love [Em] it when [Ebm] it's said
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[B] I _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [G]
want you, I want you, _ [C] the truth can't hurt you [B] it's just like the [Em] dark
It [G] scares you with us [C] but in time you [B] see things clear [E] and stark
[B] _ [G]
I want you, go on and hurt me then [B] we'll let [Em] it drop
[A] _
[G] I want you, _ I'm afraid [Am]
[G] I won't know where [Em] to [G] stop
I want you, I'm [C] not [Am] ashamed to say [Em] I cried for [G] you
I want you, [C] I want to know [B] the things you did and [Em] we do too
I [G] want you, [C] I want to hear [B] he pleases you more [Em] than I do
[G] I want you, [C] I might as well be [B]
useless for all it [Em] means to you
[G] I want you, he [C] called his name out [B] as he held you [Em] down
[G] I want you, oh [C] no my [B] darling, not with [Em] that clown
[G] I _ _ [C] want you, _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] I want you, you've had your fun, you [B] don't get [Em] well no more
_ [G] I want you, no [C] one who wants [B] you, could [Ebm] want you more _ _ _
I _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _
want you, [Em] _ _ I _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[B] want you, _ [Em] _ _ I [G] want you _ [C] _ every night when [B] I go off to [Em] bed
And when [G] I wake up, _ [C] _ _ _
[B] I want you, [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] I'm gonna say it [Bm] once again [Em] till I instill _ [G] it
I'm [C] gonna _ _
[B] feel this way [Em] until you [G] kill _ _ [C] it
I _
[B] _ want [Em] you, _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[B] I _ _ want [Em] _ you, [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[B] I _ _ [Em] want _ _
[G] you
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] I don't think I can live without _ [D] you
_ [A] And I know [E] that I [A] never _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh [E] my _ [A] baby, baby, _ I _ _ want you so it scares [E] me to _ death
[A] I can't say anymore _ [D] that I love you
_ _ [A] Everything else is a waste [Gbm] of breath _
I [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] want you, _ you [C] had your fun, you don't get [B] well [Em] no more
[G] I want you, your fingernails go [B] dragging down the [Ebm]
wall
_ _ Be _ _ [B]
careful [C] darling, [B] you might fall _
_ I _ [Em] _ _ _ [G]
want you, _ _ [Am] I woke up [B] and one of us was [E] crying
_ [G]
I want you, [C] you said young man [B] I do believe you're [G] dying
I want you, if you need [C] a second [B] opinion as you seem [Em] to do these days
[G] I want you, [Em] you can look in my [B] eyes and you can [Ebm] count the ways
_ _ _ [B] _ [C] I _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ [G]
want you, did you [C] mean to [Bm] tell me but seem to _ [Em] forget _
[G] I want you, since [C] when were [Bm] you so generous and _ [E] inarticulate _
[G] I want you, _ [C] it's the stupid [Bm] details that my [Em] heart is breaking [G] for
_ It's [C] the way your shoulders [B] shake and [C] what they're [E] shaking for
[G]
I want you, [C] it's knowing that it [B] knows you now [Em] after only [G] guessing
_ _ _ _ [C] Part of him _
[B] undressing you, [Ebm] are you _ undressing
_ _ [B] _ I [C] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] want you, [C] he caused some tatty [B] _ compliment [Em] your way
[G] I want you, [C] and you were fool [B] enough to love [Em] it when [Ebm] it's said
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[B] I _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [G]
want you, I want you, _ [C] the truth can't hurt you [B] it's just like the [Em] dark
It [G] scares you with us [C] but in time you [B] see things clear [E] and stark
[B] _ [G]
I want you, go on and hurt me then [B] we'll let [Em] it drop
[A] _
[G] I want you, _ I'm afraid [Am]
[G] I won't know where [Em] to [G] stop
I want you, I'm [C] not [Am] ashamed to say [Em] I cried for [G] you
I want you, [C] I want to know [B] the things you did and [Em] we do too
I [G] want you, [C] I want to hear [B] he pleases you more [Em] than I do
[G] I want you, [C] I might as well be [B]
useless for all it [Em] means to you
[G] I want you, he [C] called his name out [B] as he held you [Em] down
[G] I want you, oh [C] no my [B] darling, not with [Em] that clown
[G] I _ _ [C] want you, _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] I want you, you've had your fun, you [B] don't get [Em] well no more
_ [G] I want you, no [C] one who wants [B] you, could [Ebm] want you more _ _ _
I _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _
want you, [Em] _ _ I _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[B] want you, _ [Em] _ _ I [G] want you _ [C] _ every night when [B] I go off to [Em] bed
And when [G] I wake up, _ [C] _ _ _
[B] I want you, [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] I'm gonna say it [Bm] once again [Em] till I instill _ [G] it
I'm [C] gonna _ _
[B] feel this way [Em] until you [G] kill _ _ [C] it
I _
[B] _ want [Em] you, _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[B] I _ _ want [Em] _ you, [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[B] I _ _ [Em] want _ _
[G] you
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _