I Want You tab by Elvis Costello

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I Want You by Elvis Costello  (from Blood and Chocolate)
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Hi. This is for those who requested it. The tab section was created with
my TAB MASTER program for TAB transcribing on PC. I'm not so sure how
accurate it is, but it works anyway. I suppose that some of the E MajorE chords
of the intro can be played as E7E7 - it works too. The intro, anyway,
should sound good, I personally think its far from what is actually
played on the album (not the chords, but the notes themselves). It's
very easy to to play the song, but I think that remembering all the
lyrics is a bit tricky... Enjoy!
    Remarks, questions, requests, comments,
                Ofir Zwebner
                e-mail: [email protected]

 Oh   my ba-   by baby         ...
e:-----------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------|
B:------2----|------0-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------|
G:------2----|------1-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------|
D:---2-----2-|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|-----2--------2----|
A:0----------|------------|0-----------|0-----------|0------------------|
E:-----------|0-----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
 A augmentedA      E MajorE      A augmentedA


 I    can tell        I   ...
e:------------|------------|------------|--------------------|
B:------2-----|------0-----|------0-----|------------2-------|
G:------0-----|------1-----|------1-----|------------2-------|
D:---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|------2---------2---|
A:0-----------|------------|------------|0-------------------|
E:------------|0-----------|0-----------|--------------------|
 A7A7      E MajorE             A augmentedA


 live    with- out ....
e:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
B:------2----------|--------3-----|------3-------|------2--------|
G:------0----------|--------2-----|------2-------|------2--------|
D:---2--------2----|-----0-----0--|---0-----0----|---2-----2-----|
A:0----------------|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
E:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
 A7A7        D MajorD (/A?)            A augmentedA


 never    will
e:------------|------------|------------|
B:------3-----|------2-----|2-----------|
G:------1-----|------2-----|2-----------|
D:---0-----0--|---2-----2--|2-----------|
A:------------|0-----------|0-----------|
E:0-----------|------------|------------|
 E7E7      A augmentedA

 Oh   my ba-   by ....
e:-----------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------|
B:------2----|------0-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------|
G:------2----|------1-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------|
D:---2-----2-|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|-----2--------2----|
A:0----------|------------|0-----------|0-----------|0------------------|
E:-----------|0-----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
 A augmentedA      E MajorE      A augmentedA


 scares me to death       I   can't ...
e:------------|------------|------------|--------------------|
B:------2-----|------0-----|------0-----|------------2-------|
G:------0-----|------1-----|------1-----|------------2-------|
D:---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|------2---------2---|
A:0-----------|------------|------------|0-------------------|
E:------------|0-----------|0-----------|--------------------|
 A7A7      E MajorE             A augmentedA


 more than "I   Love you"     ....
e:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
B:------2----------|--------3-----|------3-------|------2--------|
G:------0----------|--------2-----|------2-------|------2--------|
D:---2--------2----|-----0-----0--|---0-----0----|---2-----2-----|
A:0----------------|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
E:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
 A7A7        D MajorD (/A?)            A augmentedA


 waste  of breath
e:------------|------------|
B:------3-----|------------|
G:------1-----|2-----------|
D:---0-----0--|4-----------|
A:------------|4-----------|
E:0-----------|2-----------|
 E7E7      F# minorF#m (5?)


A augmentedA    E MajorE  A augmentedA          A7A7     E MajorE
Oh... my baby baby I love you mo...
 A augmentedA         A7A7    D MajorD
I don't think I can ...
  A augmentedA       E7E7  A augmentedA
And I know that ....
A augmentedA   E MajorE  A augmentedA           A7A7    E MajorE
Oh my baby baby I want you so ...
 A augmentedA      A7A7    D MajorD
I can't say anymore ...
 A augmentedA          E7E7    F# minorF#m (5?)
Everything else is a ...


E minorEm   G+G
I want you
    C majorC        B7B7        E minorEm
You've had your fun you ...
 G+G
I want you
   C majorC       B7B7
Your fingernails go ...
  B7B7   C majorC    C majorC     B7B7
be careful darling ....

[Repeat the Em-G-C-B7 sequence in the next lines]

I want y....
I woke up and one ...
I want you
You said "Young man I do ....
I want you
If you need a second opinion as ....
                  B7B7
You can look in my eyes ....
B7B7 C majorC C B7B7

[continue sequence...]

I want you.....
                     B7B7
It's the thought of him ....

B7B7 C majorC C B7B7

[continue sequence]

I want you
He tossed some tatty ...
I want you
                  B7B7 [pause then continue]
And you were fool enough ....
"I want you"

I want you...

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