The Whirlwind chords by
Elvis Costello
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Key: F major

Verse 1
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
F#m F#m 
 
A A 
 
I came
D D 
 
out to this town
G G 
 
To seek a  new career
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
Or just another kind of whirlwind
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
than one that brought me here
I stare up through the ceiling,
G G 
 
past the plaster and the paint
E E 
 
F#m F#m 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
Considering the stars that shine and flap
G G 
 
F#m F#m 
 
A A 
 
and fall before they're spent

Verse 2
D D 
 
How could you know?
My common senses have
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
deserted me
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
On certain nights
Gm Gm 
 
When other gentlemen had courted me
B B 
 
Bm Bm 
 
F# F# 
 
Daug Daug 
 
But in the light of morning
D D 
 
Abdim Abdim 
 
They would turn to see me go

Verse 3

I've had my moments

But all too few

You think you know me

Maybe you do

Verse 4

Daug

But in the light of morning

Abdim

You will turn to see me go

Nothing's lost and no ones won

Verse 5
B B 
 
Em Em 
 
Edim Edim 
 
It's over now and now it's done
D D 
 
Daug Daug 
 
I may be lying
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
This may be true
D D 
 
You think you know me
Gm Gm 
 
Daug Daug 
 
Maybe you do, maybe you do,
Gm Gm 
 
D D 
 
maybe you do

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