The Boy Named If chords by
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
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Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
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Cm
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Eb
Eb
6

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Cm
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Cm
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D
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I'm a lucky so and so, a
Verse 1
Cm
Cm
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G
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Bb
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fortunate stiff
Cm
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Dm
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You said you'd never knew me but
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C
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G
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I'm the one you want to be with
Cm
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3

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If I tumble from a tightrope
C
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Cm
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3

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C
C

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or leap from a cliff
Cm
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I won't be dashed to pieces
C
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Cm
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I'm the boy named If
Verse 2
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F
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Cm
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3

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If I disappear and I slipper
from your view
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I just step upon a crack and
I won't come back
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Imagine me
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And I'll imagine you too
C
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Cm
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Verse 3
In a hollow of a bed sheet
Or a picture in a frame
I'm vivid as a summer's day
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Then never seen again
Cm
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C
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Cm
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Who'll pay the taxman?
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Who'll place the blame?
Cm
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Who'll point into an empty room
Verse 4
And whisper my name?
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F
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Cm
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If I disappear and I slipper
from your view
You will step upon a crack
and I won't come back
D
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Imagine me
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And I'll imagine you too
C
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Verse 5
Dm
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G
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Take my hand
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We'll go to "Magic Lantern Land"
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G
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Take my hand
A
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See the pictures they've
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Dm
Dm

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projected
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Take my hand
C
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We'll fill our pockets up with sand
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G
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Dance in frantic passes
A
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Dm
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'Til the grains all turn to glasses
C
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Cm
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3

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Verse 6
Drums begin to navigate,
the band strikes up a riff
No one will believe you but
the boy named If
Verse 7
Cm
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Who'll pay your entrance fee?
Who'll leave a tip?
Who'll say, "Listen here, Sunshine
Don't you give me no lip"
Who broke your favorite heart?
Who stops but never starts?
Who'll kiss you stupid?
F
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Cm
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It must be something you did
Who'll keep you satisfied
after a lover's tiff?
It must be some other guy
Verse 8
not the boy named If
Cm
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F
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Cm
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If I disappear and I slipper
from your view
You will step upon a crack and
I won't come back
Dm
Dm

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G
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Ima gine me
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G
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And I'll imagine you too
C
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Cm
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C
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Verse 9
Dm
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Take my hand
C
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We'll go to "Magic Lantern Land"
Dm
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G
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Take my hand
A
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Dm
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See the pictures we've projected
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Take my hand
C
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We'll fill our pockets up with sand
Dm
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G
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Dance in frantic passes
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Dm
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G
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'Til the grains all turn to glasses
Outro 1
C
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Cm
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C
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F
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Cm
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