Chords for Elvis Costello - Newspaper Pane (Lyric Video)
Tempo:
111.9 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
Em
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[E] [Em]
[A]
[Em] [E]
She looked at the pictures on a newspaper fan.
[Em] It was taped to the [E] window to keep out the [D] wind, [A] to keep [A] out the rain.
[E] To keep out the nonsense and block out the needing.
[Em] To keep up [A] her spirits with improving reading.
[E] The ink from the columns dissolved down into the stain
[G] From the bare wood floor that extended to [E] the door.
[G] This is a bright future [E] somehow ignored.
[C] To have her [G] offered her fine reach she could [E] never afford.
[C] [G] Tempting out saviors [A] he didn't have or could never risk.
[Em] Out of fashion or vulcanus, [E] it was grotesque.
[Em] Her bows with their fiddles played the [E] rascals' release.
[Em] We toasted to valor [A] and wished [E] them peace.
[Em] Six months [A] later in a newspaper [E] margin,
They were all cut down in [E] a cavil's charge.
[Em]
Weeping their sentences said to a priest,
I gave him [A] my virtue, it was the least I could [G] leave him.
On the [E] eve of departure, [C] [G] though I will long for him [E] now
[C] [G] [A] and [E] thereafter.
[C] [G] [A]
And [E] the child [E] I'll be raising may [D] have his blue eyes.
[Em] What if he grows up [E] and [A] dies?
We [Em] found some distant [A] unnameable hillside or field.
Cause a king [G] and a concubine [D] put a mark on this [E] shield.
Promise [B] tomorrow, [Bm] promise no more.
[Em]
Father [A] and son shine beyond and before.
[Em]
Will you who brought this drum home from the [E] war?
The [Em] beat of the young lad's whose [D] days didn't even [Em] add up [E] to a score.
[A]
[E] [G] I don't spend [A] my time perfecting the [E] past.
[G] I live for the [D] future cause I know it won't last.
[E] The damned [A] note on a horn I [D] can't [E] play.
The [G] ghost in the [A] window I can't [D] wish away.
[A] [G] Freedom to the reckless, [D] freedom to [A] plunder.
[Em] Freedom to dream, [D] freedom to [B] wonder.
[Em] When you get where I am now [A] you may feel [E] differently.
[Em] The drops of wish [A] are like falls into the sea.
[Em] No work today, no [D] hope [E] tomorrow.
No breath to break it, no [D] wine to [E] sorrow.
[Em] Nobody will sell [A] it, no [A] truth to tell it.
[E] No work tomorrow, no work [B] today.
Look at [F#] that child by her and her ideal bouquet.
Boys pick up a rifle, that's too much to pay.
Pound out her teardrops, wipe them away.
[E] [Em]
[A]
[Em] [E]
She looked at the pictures on a newspaper fan.
[Em] It was taped to the [E] window to keep out the [D] wind, [A] to keep [A] out the rain.
[E] To keep out the nonsense and block out the needing.
[Em] To keep up [A] her spirits with improving reading.
[E] The ink from the columns dissolved down into the stain
[G] From the bare wood floor that extended to [E] the door.
[G] This is a bright future [E] somehow ignored.
[C] To have her [G] offered her fine reach she could [E] never afford.
[C] [G] Tempting out saviors [A] he didn't have or could never risk.
[Em] Out of fashion or vulcanus, [E] it was grotesque.
[Em] Her bows with their fiddles played the [E] rascals' release.
[Em] We toasted to valor [A] and wished [E] them peace.
[Em] Six months [A] later in a newspaper [E] margin,
They were all cut down in [E] a cavil's charge.
[Em]
Weeping their sentences said to a priest,
I gave him [A] my virtue, it was the least I could [G] leave him.
On the [E] eve of departure, [C] [G] though I will long for him [E] now
[C] [G] [A] and [E] thereafter.
[C] [G] [A]
And [E] the child [E] I'll be raising may [D] have his blue eyes.
[Em] What if he grows up [E] and [A] dies?
We [Em] found some distant [A] unnameable hillside or field.
Cause a king [G] and a concubine [D] put a mark on this [E] shield.
Promise [B] tomorrow, [Bm] promise no more.
[Em]
Father [A] and son shine beyond and before.
[Em]
Will you who brought this drum home from the [E] war?
The [Em] beat of the young lad's whose [D] days didn't even [Em] add up [E] to a score.
[A]
[E] [G] I don't spend [A] my time perfecting the [E] past.
[G] I live for the [D] future cause I know it won't last.
[E] The damned [A] note on a horn I [D] can't [E] play.
The [G] ghost in the [A] window I can't [D] wish away.
[A] [G] Freedom to the reckless, [D] freedom to [A] plunder.
[Em] Freedom to dream, [D] freedom to [B] wonder.
[Em] When you get where I am now [A] you may feel [E] differently.
[Em] The drops of wish [A] are like falls into the sea.
[Em] No work today, no [D] hope [E] tomorrow.
No breath to break it, no [D] wine to [E] sorrow.
[Em] Nobody will sell [A] it, no [A] truth to tell it.
[E] No work tomorrow, no work [B] today.
Look at [F#] that child by her and her ideal bouquet.
Boys pick up a rifle, that's too much to pay.
Pound out her teardrops, wipe them away.
Key:
E
A
Em
G
D
E
A
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ She looked at the pictures on a newspaper fan.
[Em] _ It was taped to the [E] window to keep out the [D] wind, _ [A] to keep [A] out the rain. _
_ _ _ _ [E] To keep out the nonsense and block out the needing.
_ [Em] To keep up [A] her spirits with improving reading.
[E] The ink from the columns dissolved down into the stain
[G] From the bare wood floor that extended to [E] the door. _ _
[G] This is a bright future [E] somehow ignored.
[C] To have her [G] offered her fine reach she could [E] never afford.
_ [C] _ [G] Tempting out saviors [A] he didn't have or could never risk.
[Em] _ Out of fashion or vulcanus, _ _ _ [E] it was grotesque.
_ _ [Em] _ Her bows with their fiddles played the [E] rascals' release.
_ [Em] We toasted to valor [A] and wished [E] them peace.
[Em] _ Six months [A] later in a newspaper [E] margin,
They were all cut down in [E] a cavil's charge.
[Em] _
Weeping their sentences said to a priest, _
I gave him [A] my virtue, it was the least I could [G] leave him.
On the [E] eve of departure, [C] _ [G] though I will long for him [E] now _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [A] and [E] thereafter.
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ And [E] the child [E] I'll be raising may [D] have his blue eyes.
[Em] _ _ What if he grows up [E] and [A] dies?
We [Em] found some distant [A] unnameable hillside or field.
Cause a king [G] and a concubine [D] put a mark on this [E] shield.
Promise [B] tomorrow, [Bm] promise no more.
[Em] _
Father [A] and son shine beyond and before.
_ [Em]
Will you who brought this drum home from the [E] war?
The [Em] beat of the young lad's whose [D] days didn't even [Em] _ _ add up [E] to a score.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] I don't spend [A] my time perfecting the [E] past.
[G] I live for the [D] future cause I know it won't last.
[E] The damned [A] note on a horn I [D] can't [E] play.
The [G] ghost in the [A] window I can't [D] wish away.
[A] _ [G] Freedom to the reckless, [D] freedom to [A] plunder.
_ [Em] Freedom to dream, [D] freedom to [B] wonder.
[Em] When you get where I am now [A] you may feel [E] differently.
[Em] The drops of wish [A] are like falls into the sea. _
[Em] No work today, no [D] hope [E] tomorrow.
_ No breath to break it, no [D] wine to [E] sorrow.
_ [Em] Nobody will sell [A] it, no [A] truth to tell it.
[E] No work tomorrow, no work [B] today.
_ Look at [F#] that child by her _ and her ideal bouquet.
_ _ _ _ Boys pick up a rifle, that's too much to pay.
_ Pound out her teardrops, _ wipe them away.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ She looked at the pictures on a newspaper fan.
[Em] _ It was taped to the [E] window to keep out the [D] wind, _ [A] to keep [A] out the rain. _
_ _ _ _ [E] To keep out the nonsense and block out the needing.
_ [Em] To keep up [A] her spirits with improving reading.
[E] The ink from the columns dissolved down into the stain
[G] From the bare wood floor that extended to [E] the door. _ _
[G] This is a bright future [E] somehow ignored.
[C] To have her [G] offered her fine reach she could [E] never afford.
_ [C] _ [G] Tempting out saviors [A] he didn't have or could never risk.
[Em] _ Out of fashion or vulcanus, _ _ _ [E] it was grotesque.
_ _ [Em] _ Her bows with their fiddles played the [E] rascals' release.
_ [Em] We toasted to valor [A] and wished [E] them peace.
[Em] _ Six months [A] later in a newspaper [E] margin,
They were all cut down in [E] a cavil's charge.
[Em] _
Weeping their sentences said to a priest, _
I gave him [A] my virtue, it was the least I could [G] leave him.
On the [E] eve of departure, [C] _ [G] though I will long for him [E] now _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [A] and [E] thereafter.
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ And [E] the child [E] I'll be raising may [D] have his blue eyes.
[Em] _ _ What if he grows up [E] and [A] dies?
We [Em] found some distant [A] unnameable hillside or field.
Cause a king [G] and a concubine [D] put a mark on this [E] shield.
Promise [B] tomorrow, [Bm] promise no more.
[Em] _
Father [A] and son shine beyond and before.
_ [Em]
Will you who brought this drum home from the [E] war?
The [Em] beat of the young lad's whose [D] days didn't even [Em] _ _ add up [E] to a score.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] I don't spend [A] my time perfecting the [E] past.
[G] I live for the [D] future cause I know it won't last.
[E] The damned [A] note on a horn I [D] can't [E] play.
The [G] ghost in the [A] window I can't [D] wish away.
[A] _ [G] Freedom to the reckless, [D] freedom to [A] plunder.
_ [Em] Freedom to dream, [D] freedom to [B] wonder.
[Em] When you get where I am now [A] you may feel [E] differently.
[Em] The drops of wish [A] are like falls into the sea. _
[Em] No work today, no [D] hope [E] tomorrow.
_ No breath to break it, no [D] wine to [E] sorrow.
_ [Em] Nobody will sell [A] it, no [A] truth to tell it.
[E] No work tomorrow, no work [B] today.
_ Look at [F#] that child by her _ and her ideal bouquet.
_ _ _ _ Boys pick up a rifle, that's too much to pay.
_ Pound out her teardrops, _ wipe them away.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _