The Sweetest Punch chords by Elvis Costello

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach - The Sweetest Punch 1998:

Writer(s) - Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach


Chord Shapes:

Gadd9  = 320203
Bbmaj7 = x13231
Am7/G  = 3x2010
B/F#   = 224442
D/F#   = 2x0232
D/E    = xx2232
F#/E   = 044322
Bm/D   = xx0432
Cmaj7  = x32000
Cadd9  = x32030
Am/D   = xx0210

Intro:

 Gadd9        Bbmaj7                    Gadd9
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 Bbmaj7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |


Verse 1:

Gadd9 Bm7      Em7
You   only saw red
        Am7            Am7/G   D/F#
After I said, "how can we continue?"
D           Gadd9   Bm7
Hidden from your  view
       Em7                Am7     Am7/G    B/F#    B
In the blue corner that I painted myself in-to
        Em         G
Then we started to fight
       C            D/E
And it changed everything, here's the ring


Bridge:

F#/E
You dropped the band, I can't understand it
                      Bm/D
Not after all we've been through
F#/E
Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I
                             Bm/D
Will find one to walk right in-to.
     Cmaj7
You knocked me out
Am7
It was the sweetest punch, the bell goes...

 Gadd9
| /  /  /  / |

Chorus 1:

Gadd9                        Cadd9
I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming
Em7
We all say things we don't mean
Am7               D7sus4     Gadd9
You can't take it back
Gadd9                             Cadd9
Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice?
Em7
I can see I'll never win
Am7          D7sus4
So if you're going
Am/D
Then you better go to him
Am/D
Then you better go to him.


e ----------------|--3---5-----9------|
B --3---3---------|-------------------|
G --0---2---------|---------7--6------|
D ---------0------|--5---7--0---------|
A -----------4----|-------------------|
E ----------------|-------------------|


Verse 2:

Gadd9 Bm7      Em7
I     only saw stars
             Am7               Am7/G    D/F#
I dropped my guard, and that's how it en-ded
D             Gadd9    Bm7
What was I to do
       Em7               Am7         Am7/G      B/F#    B
In the blue corner where I seemed to hang suspen-ded?
          Em         G
Then with seconds to go
      C           D/E
You delivered the blow, here I go...


Bridge:

F#/E
You dropped the band, I can't understand it
                      Bm/D
Not after all we've been through
F#/E
Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I
                             Bm/D
Will find one to walk right in-to.
     Cmaj7
You knocked me out
Am7
It was the sweetest punch, the bell goes...

 Gadd9
| /  /  /  / |


Chorus 2:

Gadd9                        Cadd9
I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming
Em7
We all say things we don't mean
Am7               D7sus4     Gadd9
You can't take it back
Gadd9                             Cadd9
Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice?
Em7
I can see I'll never win
Am7          D7sus4
So if you're going
Am/D
Then you better go to him
Am/D
Then you better go to him.


Outro:

 Gadd9  Bm7    Em7          Am7          D
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |Fade out:


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