Crimes Of Paris chords by Elvis Costello

Crimes Of Paris
from Blood and Chocolate
tabbed by
	Clyde MacFadden (mls377@nwu.edu)
	Mike Sturgess (mls377@nwu.edu)
	Mark Schnitzius (schnitzi@east.isx.com)


Intro:  G

  G              C            D                      G    C G
I thought it was you and your ...
    G                G/F
And how it's ...
E                           Am
Just after twelve ...
    Am                    Am/G#                  D
You said "Now I only want you ...
    Am               C
But tiny children in ...

C/E                            D   D/C  D/B  D/A
Whispered all the Crimes ....


CHORUS
               G         C         D
You're not the girl next-door ...
       G         G/F         C/E        C/D
Or the cigarette-girl in th...
        C        G/B       D/A       G
All the words of love seem ..
            C              G/B       D/A      E  (possibly G)
When you're tough and ...
       C          G/B        D/A      E
You're everywhere girl in an ...
Am                          C    G  C G
Who'll pay for the ....


I heard that you fell for the "Hell ...

Chorus

E            E7
And it's all ....
    Am                Am/B         Am/C       A/E
She hit him with that paper-...
Dm             G              Dm               G
And I tried to hold on to ...
      C               C/B     C/A#       C/A
And I find it hard to ...
     Am         Am/B                Am/C        Am/D
Like going down three times ...
Am/D#        Am/E    G   C G
Come up twice

She's so convenient, he's always .....

Chorus

Fade out:
(repeat last four bars of chorus)

Am  |  C  |  G  C  G  |  G  C   G...


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Comments from Clyde MacFadden (mls377@nwu.edu):

The tough thing about Crimes of Paris (as in many EC songs) is that he's
actually only playing five chords on the guitar, but the changes in the
bass notes and the vocals are what you really hear.  So, if you play it by
yourself the way EC does on the album, it sounds like you're missing a lot
of important changes- and you are.  Luckily, it's not too tough to work the
bass notes into the chords on this one...I imagine that's how Elvis played
it as he was writing it, and if he ever performed it by himself.

Mark's chords were on the right track, but his choruses and a few other
parts were off.  There are a few frustrating things about playing this song
on guitar.  One is the pesky G with F  bass (there's no F major in the song)
in the verses, which is tough to play on guitar.  It sounds *okay* if you
play a G7 there- the F will be in the chord, just on top instead of on the
bottom.   A similar problem is the Am with G# bass- which can be solved by
flatting the A on the G string (what the hell chord is that anyway?
Ammaj7?????)  As for chords like C/E and G/B, well, the bass notes are in
the normal major chords anyway, but I included the bass notation for
fingerpicking purposes- or if any bass players want to give it a shot.

[...]

Whew!  I guess that's it.  Only Costello could make such a mess out of G,
C, D, Am, and E.  I mean that as a compliment.

If anyone thinks I messed up, feel free to add corrections.  And if anyone
thinks this is on target and wants other transcriptions, just ask.  I don't
have the time to do this every night, but if I have the time, I'll figure
any Costello song out.  I've even been trying to put together some guitar
arrangements for songs from "The Juliet Letters"  to play with my sister
(no way my voice can handle some of that stuff...).  It's easy to hear the
notes clearly with the Brodskys, but trying toactually play that stuff on
guitar is a different matter.  Even the occasional stuff that resembles
good ole Costello pop melodies ("Why must I always apologize...") is way
more complex than it sounds.

You know, I said I was going to study tonight...

-Clyde

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