Chords for Elvis Costello And The Roots - I Want You (MSR Studios)
Tempo:
94 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
E
B
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] Oh [E] my [A] baby, baby I love you more than I [E] can tell
[A] I don't think I can live [D] without you
[A] And I know that [E] I never [A] will
Oh [E] my [A] baby, baby I want you so it scares [E] me to death
[A] I can't say any [Em] more [D] than I love you [E] [A] Everything else [G] is a waste [Gbm] of breath
[Ebm]
[B] [Em] [G]
I [E]
[D] [Em] [E]
[G] want you, [E] you make it fun [A] You don't get well no [Em] more
[B]
[G] I want you, [Abm] [E] your fingernails [B] go dragging down [Ebm] the wall
[B] [Ebm]
Be [D] [G] [B] careful [C] darling, [Am] you [Cm] might [A] fall
[Em] I [G] want you
[E] I woke [B] up and one [A] of us [Em] was crying
[Bb]
[G] I want you
[B] [C] You said young [Eb] man I do believe [Em] you're dying
[G]
I want you, [Gm] if you need a [A] second opinion As you seem to do [E] these days
[G] I want [Em] you, [Gm] you can look in [B] my eyes And [Ebm] you can count the ways
[B] I [C]
[B] [E]
[G] want you, [B] [C] do you mean to tell [Eb] me But seem to [Em] forget
[C] I [G] want you, [C] since when were you [B] so generous And [A] inarticulate
[Em] I [G] want you, [E] it's the [B] stupid details That [A] my heart is [Em] breaking for
[G] I want you, [Bm] [Gm] it's the way your [B] shoulders shake And what they're [E] shaking for
[G] I want you, [C] it's knowing [Gm] that [Bm] he knows [Eb] you now [Em] After all that guessing
[G] I want you, [E] it's that thought of [Bm] him undressing Who [Ebm] are you undressing
[B] I [C]
[B] [Em]
[G] want you, [Gm] you toss some [Bm] tatted [B] compliment [A] [Em] You're worried
[G] I want you, [Gm] and you were [Bm] fool enough to [G] love [Ebm] it When he said
I [Em]
[Gm]
[B] want you, [G] [Bm] [G]
[Em] [G] [Cm] [Am] [Ab]
[G] [Gb] I [Em] want [G] you
[E] The truth can't hurt you, [Eb] it's just like the [Em] dark
[G] Scares you with [C] this, [Gm] but in [D] time you see [Eb] things [Em] clear and stark
[G] [Am]
[G] I want you, [C] go ahead and [B] hurt me [D] Then [Cm] we'll [Em] let it drop
[D]
[G] I want you, [Gm] [C] I'm afraid [Bm] that I won't [E] know where you're stuck
[G] I want you, [Gm] I'm [Am] not ashamed [B] to say [Eb] that I [Em] cried for you
I want you, I want [G] to know the [D]
things that you [E] did
[Em] And they need you too, [Gm] I want to know he [Bm] pleases [A] you more than I do
[Bm] I [G] want you, [E] and matters will [A] be useless for our needs Do [E] you, [Em] [G] I want you
[C] Did he call his name [D] out, as he held [Em] you down
[E] [G] I want you, [Gm] oh no my [D] darling, [B] not with [Em] that way
[G]
[C] [E] I want [B] you
[Em] [E] I [G]
[Abm] [Gm] [A] [Bm]
[G] [Bm] [Em] want you, [Am] you've had your fun [B] You don't get [G] well no [A] more
[Bm] I [G] want you, [Am] no one [Fm] who [A] wants you, who wants you [Ebm] more
[Bbm]
[E] [D] [G]
I [Gm] [A] want you,
[Cm] [Em] [G] want you
[Em] [Gm] Every [G] [Em] [Am] night as [Dm] I go [G] off to bed And when I wake up
[E] I [Eb] want [Em] you, I want [Gm] [G] you
[C] Gonna [Dm] say it [Eb] once again, [Em] till I extend [B] it
I [C] know I'm gonna feel [B] this way, I know [Eb] I'm gonna feel [Em] this way
Until you [G] kill it
[C] I [B] want [Em] you
[G] [Em] I [C] [A] want [B] you
[E]
[G] [Gm]
[Bm] [Em]
[G] [C]
[A] [Em] [Bm]
[F] [G] [C]
[A] [B] [Em]
[Bm] [G] [C]
[D] [E] [Gb] [G]
[Gm] [A]
[Em]
[G] [C] [D]
[Em] [Eb] [Bb] [G]
[E] [D]
[E] [G]
[E] [Eb]
[E] [A] [Gb]
[G] [Eb] [D] [Eb] [C]
[Em] [D] [Eb] [D] [B]
[Em]
[Bm]
[Gb] [Em] I want you
[D]
[A] I don't think I can live [D] without you
[A] And I know that [E] I never [A] will
Oh [E] my [A] baby, baby I want you so it scares [E] me to death
[A] I can't say any [Em] more [D] than I love you [E] [A] Everything else [G] is a waste [Gbm] of breath
[Ebm]
[B] [Em] [G]
I [E]
[D] [Em] [E]
[G] want you, [E] you make it fun [A] You don't get well no [Em] more
[B]
[G] I want you, [Abm] [E] your fingernails [B] go dragging down [Ebm] the wall
[B] [Ebm]
Be [D] [G] [B] careful [C] darling, [Am] you [Cm] might [A] fall
[Em] I [G] want you
[E] I woke [B] up and one [A] of us [Em] was crying
[Bb]
[G] I want you
[B] [C] You said young [Eb] man I do believe [Em] you're dying
[G]
I want you, [Gm] if you need a [A] second opinion As you seem to do [E] these days
[G] I want [Em] you, [Gm] you can look in [B] my eyes And [Ebm] you can count the ways
[B] I [C]
[B] [E]
[G] want you, [B] [C] do you mean to tell [Eb] me But seem to [Em] forget
[C] I [G] want you, [C] since when were you [B] so generous And [A] inarticulate
[Em] I [G] want you, [E] it's the [B] stupid details That [A] my heart is [Em] breaking for
[G] I want you, [Bm] [Gm] it's the way your [B] shoulders shake And what they're [E] shaking for
[G] I want you, [C] it's knowing [Gm] that [Bm] he knows [Eb] you now [Em] After all that guessing
[G] I want you, [E] it's that thought of [Bm] him undressing Who [Ebm] are you undressing
[B] I [C]
[B] [Em]
[G] want you, [Gm] you toss some [Bm] tatted [B] compliment [A] [Em] You're worried
[G] I want you, [Gm] and you were [Bm] fool enough to [G] love [Ebm] it When he said
I [Em]
[Gm]
[B] want you, [G] [Bm] [G]
[Em] [G] [Cm] [Am] [Ab]
[G] [Gb] I [Em] want [G] you
[E] The truth can't hurt you, [Eb] it's just like the [Em] dark
[G] Scares you with [C] this, [Gm] but in [D] time you see [Eb] things [Em] clear and stark
[G] [Am]
[G] I want you, [C] go ahead and [B] hurt me [D] Then [Cm] we'll [Em] let it drop
[D]
[G] I want you, [Gm] [C] I'm afraid [Bm] that I won't [E] know where you're stuck
[G] I want you, [Gm] I'm [Am] not ashamed [B] to say [Eb] that I [Em] cried for you
I want you, I want [G] to know the [D]
things that you [E] did
[Em] And they need you too, [Gm] I want to know he [Bm] pleases [A] you more than I do
[Bm] I [G] want you, [E] and matters will [A] be useless for our needs Do [E] you, [Em] [G] I want you
[C] Did he call his name [D] out, as he held [Em] you down
[E] [G] I want you, [Gm] oh no my [D] darling, [B] not with [Em] that way
[G]
[C] [E] I want [B] you
[Em] [E] I [G]
[Abm] [Gm] [A] [Bm]
[G] [Bm] [Em] want you, [Am] you've had your fun [B] You don't get [G] well no [A] more
[Bm] I [G] want you, [Am] no one [Fm] who [A] wants you, who wants you [Ebm] more
[Bbm]
[E] [D] [G]
I [Gm] [A] want you,
[Cm] [Em] [G] want you
[Em] [Gm] Every [G] [Em] [Am] night as [Dm] I go [G] off to bed And when I wake up
[E] I [Eb] want [Em] you, I want [Gm] [G] you
[C] Gonna [Dm] say it [Eb] once again, [Em] till I extend [B] it
I [C] know I'm gonna feel [B] this way, I know [Eb] I'm gonna feel [Em] this way
Until you [G] kill it
[C] I [B] want [Em] you
[G] [Em] I [C] [A] want [B] you
[E]
[G] [Gm]
[Bm] [Em]
[G] [C]
[A] [Em] [Bm]
[F] [G] [C]
[A] [B] [Em]
[Bm] [G] [C]
[D] [E] [Gb] [G]
[Gm] [A]
[Em]
[G] [C] [D]
[Em] [Eb] [Bb] [G]
[E] [D]
[E] [G]
[E] [Eb]
[E] [A] [Gb]
[G] [Eb] [D] [Eb] [C]
[Em] [D] [Eb] [D] [B]
[Em]
[Bm]
[Gb] [Em] I want you
[D]
Key:
G
Em
E
B
A
G
Em
E
[A] _ _ _ Oh [E] my [A] baby, baby _ _ I love you more than I [E] can tell
_ _ [A] I don't think I can live [D] without you _
[A] And I know that [E] I never [A] will _
_ _ _ Oh [E] my _ [A] baby, baby _ _ I want you so it scares [E] me to death
_ [A] I can't say any [Em] more [D] than I love you _ [E] [A] Everything else [G] is a waste [Gbm] of breath
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ I _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E]
[G] want you, _ [E] you make it fun [A] You don't get well no [Em] more
_ _ [B]
[G] I want you, [Abm] [E] your _ fingernails [B] go dragging down [Ebm] the wall
[B] _ [Ebm]
Be _ [D] _ [G] _ [B] careful [C] darling, [Am] you [Cm] might [A] fall
[Em] _ I [G] want you
_ [E] I _ woke [B] up and one [A] of us [Em] was crying
_ [Bb]
[G] I want you
[B] [C] You said young [Eb] man I do believe [Em] you're dying
_ [G]
I want you, [Gm] if you need a [A] second opinion As you seem to do [E] these days
[G] I want [Em] you, _ [Gm] you can look in [B] my eyes And [Ebm] you can _ _ count the ways
[B] _ I [C] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[G] want you, _ [B] [C] do you mean to tell [Eb] me But seem to [Em] forget
_ [C] I [G] want you, [C] since when were you [B] so generous And [A] inarticulate
[Em] I [G] want you, _ [E] _ it's the [B] stupid details That [A] my heart is [Em] breaking for _
[G] I want you, [Bm] _ [Gm] it's the way your [B] shoulders shake And what they're [E] shaking for
[G] I want you, _ [C] it's knowing [Gm] that [Bm] he knows [Eb] you now [Em] After all that guessing _
[G] I want you, _ [E] it's that thought of [Bm] him undressing Who [Ebm] are _ _ you undressing
_ [B] I [C] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] want _ you, [Gm] you toss some [Bm] tatted [B] compliment [A] [Em] You're worried
[G] I want you, _ [Gm] and you were [Bm] fool enough to [G] love [Ebm] it _ When he said
I [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[B] want you, [G] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ [Am] _ _ [Ab] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ I [Em] want [G] you
_ [E] The truth can't hurt you, [Eb] it's just like the [Em] dark _ _ _
[G] Scares you with [C] this, [Gm] _ but in [D] time you see [Eb] things [Em] clear and stark
[G] _ [Am]
[G] I want you, _ [C] go ahead and [B] hurt me [D] Then [Cm] we'll [Em] let it drop
[D]
[G] I want you, _ _ [Gm] [C] I'm afraid [Bm] that I won't [E] know where you're stuck _
[G] I want you, [Gm] I'm [Am] not ashamed [B] to say [Eb] that I [Em] cried for you _
I want you, _ I want [G] to know the [D]
things that you [E] did
[Em] And they need you too, _ _ [Gm] _ I want to know he [Bm] pleases [A] you more than I do
[Bm] I [G] _ want you, _ [E] and matters will [A] be useless for our needs Do [E] you, _ [Em] _ [G] I want you
[C] Did he call his name [D] out, as he held [Em] you down
[E] _ [G] I want you, _ [Gm] oh no my [D] darling, [B] not with [Em] that way
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] [E] I want [B] you _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ _ I [G] _ _ _
[Abm] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
[G] _ [Bm] _ [Em] want _ you, _ [Am] you've had your fun [B] You don't get [G] well no [A] more
[Bm] I [G] want you, _ [Am] _ no one [Fm] who [A] wants you, who wants you [Ebm] more
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
I [Gm] _ _ _ _ [A] want you, _
[Cm] _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] want you _
[Em] [Gm] Every [G] _ _ [Em] _ [Am] night as [Dm] I go [G] off to bed And when I wake up
[E] I _ _ _ [Eb] want [Em] you, _ _ _ I want [Gm] [G] you
_ [C] _ Gonna [Dm] say it [Eb] once again, [Em] till I extend [B] it
I [C] know I'm gonna feel [B] this way, I know [Eb] I'm gonna feel [Em] this way
Until you [G] kill it _ _
[C] I _ [B] _ _ want [Em] you
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] I _ [C] _ [A] _ want [B] you
[E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [Gb] _
[G] _ _ [Eb] _ [D] _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ [D] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ [Em] I want you
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] I don't think I can live [D] without you _
[A] And I know that [E] I never [A] will _
_ _ _ Oh [E] my _ [A] baby, baby _ _ I want you so it scares [E] me to death
_ [A] I can't say any [Em] more [D] than I love you _ [E] [A] Everything else [G] is a waste [Gbm] of breath
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ I _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E]
[G] want you, _ [E] you make it fun [A] You don't get well no [Em] more
_ _ [B]
[G] I want you, [Abm] [E] your _ fingernails [B] go dragging down [Ebm] the wall
[B] _ [Ebm]
Be _ [D] _ [G] _ [B] careful [C] darling, [Am] you [Cm] might [A] fall
[Em] _ I [G] want you
_ [E] I _ woke [B] up and one [A] of us [Em] was crying
_ [Bb]
[G] I want you
[B] [C] You said young [Eb] man I do believe [Em] you're dying
_ [G]
I want you, [Gm] if you need a [A] second opinion As you seem to do [E] these days
[G] I want [Em] you, _ [Gm] you can look in [B] my eyes And [Ebm] you can _ _ count the ways
[B] _ I [C] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[G] want you, _ [B] [C] do you mean to tell [Eb] me But seem to [Em] forget
_ [C] I [G] want you, [C] since when were you [B] so generous And [A] inarticulate
[Em] I [G] want you, _ [E] _ it's the [B] stupid details That [A] my heart is [Em] breaking for _
[G] I want you, [Bm] _ [Gm] it's the way your [B] shoulders shake And what they're [E] shaking for
[G] I want you, _ [C] it's knowing [Gm] that [Bm] he knows [Eb] you now [Em] After all that guessing _
[G] I want you, _ [E] it's that thought of [Bm] him undressing Who [Ebm] are _ _ you undressing
_ [B] I [C] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] want _ you, [Gm] you toss some [Bm] tatted [B] compliment [A] [Em] You're worried
[G] I want you, _ [Gm] and you were [Bm] fool enough to [G] love [Ebm] it _ When he said
I [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[B] want you, [G] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ [Am] _ _ [Ab] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ I [Em] want [G] you
_ [E] The truth can't hurt you, [Eb] it's just like the [Em] dark _ _ _
[G] Scares you with [C] this, [Gm] _ but in [D] time you see [Eb] things [Em] clear and stark
[G] _ [Am]
[G] I want you, _ [C] go ahead and [B] hurt me [D] Then [Cm] we'll [Em] let it drop
[D]
[G] I want you, _ _ [Gm] [C] I'm afraid [Bm] that I won't [E] know where you're stuck _
[G] I want you, [Gm] I'm [Am] not ashamed [B] to say [Eb] that I [Em] cried for you _
I want you, _ I want [G] to know the [D]
things that you [E] did
[Em] And they need you too, _ _ [Gm] _ I want to know he [Bm] pleases [A] you more than I do
[Bm] I [G] _ want you, _ [E] and matters will [A] be useless for our needs Do [E] you, _ [Em] _ [G] I want you
[C] Did he call his name [D] out, as he held [Em] you down
[E] _ [G] I want you, _ [Gm] oh no my [D] darling, [B] not with [Em] that way
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] [E] I want [B] you _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ _ I [G] _ _ _
[Abm] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
[G] _ [Bm] _ [Em] want _ you, _ [Am] you've had your fun [B] You don't get [G] well no [A] more
[Bm] I [G] want you, _ [Am] _ no one [Fm] who [A] wants you, who wants you [Ebm] more
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
I [Gm] _ _ _ _ [A] want you, _
[Cm] _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] want you _
[Em] [Gm] Every [G] _ _ [Em] _ [Am] night as [Dm] I go [G] off to bed And when I wake up
[E] I _ _ _ [Eb] want [Em] you, _ _ _ I want [Gm] [G] you
_ [C] _ Gonna [Dm] say it [Eb] once again, [Em] till I extend [B] it
I [C] know I'm gonna feel [B] this way, I know [Eb] I'm gonna feel [Em] this way
Until you [G] kill it _ _
[C] I _ [B] _ _ want [Em] you
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] I _ [C] _ [A] _ want [B] you
[E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [Gb] _
[G] _ _ [Eb] _ [D] _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ [D] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ [Em] I want you
[D] _ _ _ _