Taking My Life In Your Hands chords by Elvis Costello

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
G# minorG#m F#6F#6 Fm7b5Fm7b5     E MajorE
   My dear impulsive darling
   A major 6A6       Gdim7Gdim7     F#7F#7
I suspect my letter got to you too late
G# minorG#m    C#7C#7      F#F#        D#mD#m
 And it's really just a silly fragment of paper
    D#7D#7       A#7b13     D#7D#7
But it means so much to those who wait
E minorEm         D MajorD    Dbm7b5Dbm7b5
 All the suffering days and nights
    C majorC       FF  Bb majorBb  GbGb BB FF
Till I dare dream again
E minorEm          D MajorD         Dbm7b5Dbm7b5
 There you suddenly stand and I'll be damned
          Am9Am9      C majorC   F7F7  G+G
If you didn't disappear with the dawn

Chorus:
E MajorE   C# minorC#m   A augmentedA    B7B7
Hours pass and darkness comes
A augmentedA      E MajorE    B7B7  E MajorE
Soon I will close my eyes
E MajorE     C# minorC#m   A augmentedA      B7B7
Will you return if you don't reply
     A augmentedA     E MajorE      B7B7
You'll be taking my life in your hands
E MajorE   FF F# minorF#m (G# minorG#m) A augmentedA (A#dim7A#dim7) B7B7 (Cdim7Cdim7 C# minorC#m) E MajorE
You'll be taking my life in your hands
F# minorF#m    A augmentedA      E MajorE
Taking my life in your hands

Bridge:
G# minorG#m F#6F#6 E MajorE D#7D#7

Verse 2:
G# minorG#m F#6F#6    Fm7b5Fm7b5     E MajorE
  I don't know why my dearest darling
    A major 6A6       Gdim7Gdim7       F#7F#7
I can't tell you how I feel when you are near
G# minorG#m   C#7C#7      F#F#         D#mD#m
 When I see you have returned my letters unopened
    D#7D#7        A#7b13       D#7D#7
I will tear them up, your voice ringing in my ears
E minorEm            D MajorD      Dbm7b5Dbm7b5
 But you're kidding yourself if you think
      C majorC      FF  Bb majorBb GbGb BB FF
This correspondence will end
E minorEm        D MajorD      Dbm7b5Dbm7b5
 I can always pretend words I don't
          A minorAm     C majorC  F7F7 G+G
Have the courage to send reach you

Chorus:
E MajorE   C# minorC#m   A augmentedA    B7B7
Hours pass and darkness comes
A augmentedA      E MajorE    B7B7  E MajorE
Soon I will close my eyes
E MajorE     C# minorC#m   A augmentedA      B7B7
Will you return if you don't reply
     A augmentedA     E MajorE      B7B7
You'll be taking my life in your hands
E MajorE   FF F# minorF#m (G# minorG#m) A augmentedA (A#dim7A#dim7) B7B7 (Cdim7Cdim7 C# minorC#m) E MajorE
You'll be taking my life in your hands
F# minorF#m    A augmentedA      E MajorE
Taking my life in your hands
E MajorE