My Thief chords by Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach

SimplifiedDsus4 · Bm · Em · Am · G …

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Dsus4
Bm
Em
Am
G
D
E
C#m
Abm
F#m
G#m
Gaug
Baug

Verse 1
Dsus4 
Bm 
Dsus4 
Em 
When I   go to sleep,
Am 
you become my thief
Dsus4 
Am 
Why don`t you steal
Dsus4 
G 
what you can keep?
Bm 
G 
But you won`t let me be
Am 
You break into my dreams
Dsus4 
D 
Dsus4 
And every  day seems different
Em 
Am 
Sometimes I pretend you`ll
come back again
Dsus4 
And      you`ll console
G 
D 
the heart you stole
Bm 
Have pity on the man
Am 
Who knows that you have gone
Dsus4 
D 
Dsus4 
And has    begun to break    down

Verse 2
Em 
E 
C#m 
I   feel almost  possessed
Abm 
So long  as I don`t lose this
Am 
glorious distress then
E 
C#m 
You can take all   I have left
Abm 
I     know it`s over
F#m 
If    you can`t be my lover
D 
Am 
Be my thief
Em 
I`m so drowsy

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Verse 3

now, I`ll

unlock the door

Dsus4

What fades in time will hurt much more

So here`s that happy scene

Where you come back to me

Dsus4

It`s only found in fiction

Dsus4

Verse 4
E 
C#m 
I  feel almost  possessed
G#m 
So long  as I don`t lose
Am 
this glorious distress then
E 
C#m 
You can take all I have left
Abm 
I     know it`s over
F#m 
If    you can`t be my lover