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Imagination Chords by Elvis Costello

Imagination chords by Elvis Costello

Guitar chords with lyrics

This is just an update I did over the summer.
The original tab came from Aaron Yarlas, and thanks
is owed to J. Cooper and Paul Andersen as well.
Any corrections are welcomed, and if someone was
inclined to do a bass-tab, well that would be swell.
N-joy,    will.

Imagination (Is a Powerful Deceiver)
words & music by Elvis Costello
from the Rykodisc rerelease of ÒMy Aim Is TrueÓ
Cleaned up by Will Lipchitz

Intro (2x):

    Em       -      D            G     -    D
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e---12-12-12-12-12-10------------7-7-7-7-7-10
B---12-12-12-12-12-10------------8-8-8-8-8-10
G---12-12-12-12-12-11------------7-7-7-7-7-11

          D                                                   G
So you're trying to make connection, you ...
          D     F#m      Bm                 D     D7      G
She'll be out again this evening, ...
        D       F#m      Bm                D                 Bb
So, you dodge the lady-killer, ...
          D     F#m     Bm                  D         D7      G
The you caught up in a whirlwind, you ...
    D	     F#m    Bm			D			Bb
Oh, yes it was a whirlwind, sweet ..
D            G
If you wanna dance on my face, you ...
D  F#m  Bm          G        D
Imagination is a ...
         F#m      Bm        	C          G
When you try to believe her ...
D  F#m  Bm         G         D
Imagination is a ...
         G         D            G          D
I'll go out of my mind, if ...
       D                                           G
I see a look of recognitio...
         D		F#m	Bm			D	    D7   G
And your peepshow regulations, they ...,
		D	  F#m	   Bm			D		   Bb
Well, did I see you in the circus, in ...
	   D		 F#m	   Bm				D	  D7		G
Now you think that you can curse us, ...
	D	F#m	 Bm				D			Bb
Oh, you can follow your dreams, oh but ...
D		 G
If you wanna bleed in my face, you ...
D  F#m  Bm          G        D
Imagination is a ...
         F#m     Bm           	C          G
When you try to believe her ...
D  F#m  Bm          G        D
Imagination is a ...
         G         D            G          D
I'll go out of my mind, if ...

(repeat intro and end on D)

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