Five Small Words Elvis Costello
Tabbed by: Roger K.
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Five Small Words - Elvis Costello (from "National Ransom")
Intro: E D A (4x)
[E]Maybe you'll reco[D]gnize in[A] time[E] [D] [A]
[E]Maybe one day you[D] will di[A]scover[E] [D] [A]
[E]All the pain that [D]lies b[A]ehind[E] [D] [A]
[E]You and your un[D]fortu[A]nate lo[E]ve[D] [A]
[G] Somebody [C/G]might be [G]more
[G] Unsuitable and [B]strange
With [E]eyes that [G#m]offer [C#m]every[F#m]thing
B A D (E D A (2x))
And are capable of danger
[E]My mind turns over [D]lies you [A]told[E] [D] [A]
[E]Things said to your [D]other [A]lover[E] [D] [A]
[E]Sweet as they had [D]been to [A]me [E] [D] [A]
You [E]lay there telling them [D]to each[A] other[E] [D] [A]
[G]Now I stand ou[C/G]tside the[G] door
[G]My head is filled with[B] phrases
[E]Inside [G#m]someone's [C#m]calling[F#m] out
[B] Their [A]voices [D]rise in praises
[E]Five Small [D]Words:[A] "Don't [E]want you me anym[D]ore?"[A]
[E]Five Small [D]Words [A](well, w[E]ho is keeping sc[D]ore?)[A]
[B]Coward that you are, you would [A]faithlessly implore
[B]"Baby please don't leave me"
[A]"Why don't you believe me?"
A (E D A (2x))
"Why did you deceive me?"
It [E]didn't take some [D]shiny d[A]agger[E] [D] [A]
[E]Tattooed fingers [D]grip and [A]hone[E] [D] [A]
[E]I walked under [D]some dark[A] ladder[E] [D] [A]
I [E]heard your final [D]loving [A]moan[E] [D] [A]
[G]All your indis[C/G]cretions [G]are
[G]So merciful and [B] brief
[E]Genteel [G#m]poiso[C#m]n spri[F#m]nkled on
[B] Your [A]Spa--[D]nish handkerchief
[E]Five Small [D]Words:[A] "Don't [E]you love me anym[D]ore?"[A]
[E]Five Small [D]Words [A](well, [E]who is keeping s[D]core?[A])
The[B] coward that you are, you would [A]faithlessly implore
[B]"Baby please don't leave me"
[A]"Why don't you believe me?"
A (E D A (2x))
"Why did you deceive me?"
[E]Maybe in time you'll [D]want me [A]more[E] [D] [A]
Acci[E]dentally like this [D].4[A]5 [E] [D] [A]
This [E].44[D] [A] [E] [D] [A]
Outro: (E D A (16x)) ... E
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