The Boy Named If chords by Elvis Costello

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

C7C7


Verse:
C7C7
 I'm a lucky so and so

A augmentedA fortunate stiff
   C7C7
You said you'd never knew me but I'm the one you want to be with

If I tumble from a tightrope or leap from a cliff
  C7C7
I won't be dashed to pieces

I'm the boy named If

Pre-Chorus:
C7C7
If I disappear and I slipper from your view
I just step upon a crack and I won't come back
 D MajorD   G+G
Imagine me
      D MajorD   G+G  C7C7
And I'll imagine you too

Verse:
C7C7
 In a hollow of the bed sheet

Or a picture in a frame
   C7C7
I'm vivid as a summer's day

Then never seen again
C7C7
Who'll pay the taxman?

Who'll place the blame?
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Who'll point into an empty room

And whisper my name?

Refrain:
C7C7
If I disappear and I slipper from your view

You will step upon a crack and I won't come back
D MajorD   G+G
Imagine me
      D MajorD   G+G C7C7
And I'll imagine you too

Bridge:
 DmDm   G+G
Take my hand
   C majorC       FF    E minorEm
We'll go to "Magic Lantern Land"
 DmDm    G+G
Take my hand
     A minorAm         DmDm
See the pictures they've projected
 DmDm   G+G
Take my hand
    C majorC        FF    E minorEm
We'll fill our pockets up with sand
 DmDm        G+G
Dance in frantic passes
      A minorAm         DmDm  C7C7
Till the grains all turn to glasses

Drums begin to navigate, the band strikes up a riff
C7C7
No one will believe you but the boy named If

Verse:
C7C7
Who'll pay your entrance fee?

Who'll leave a tip?
 C7C7
Who'll say, "Listen here
Sunshine

Don't you give me no lip"
C7C7
Who broke your favourite heart?

Who stops and never starts?
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Who kiss you stupid?

It must be something you did
 C7C7
Who'll keep you satisfied after a lover's tiff?

It must be some other guy not the boy named If

Refrain:
C7C7
If I disappear and I slipper from your view

You will step upon a crack and I won't come back
 D MajorD   G+G
Imagine me
      D MajorD   G+G  C7C7
And I'll imagine you too

Outro:
 DmDm   G+G
Take my hand
   C majorC       FF    E minorEm
We'll go to "Magic Lantern Land"
 DmDm    G+G
Take my hand
     A minorAm         DmDm
See the pictures they've projected
 DmDm   G+G
Take my hand
    C majorC        FF    E minorEm
We'll fill our pockets up with sand
 DmDm        G+G
Dance in frantic passes
      A minorAm         DmDm  C7C7
Till the grains all turn to glasses