When It Sings chords by
Elvis Costello

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Key: D major

Intro 1

F#m

Bbaug

Verse 1
D D 
 
F#m F#m 
 
All the words you say to me
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Have mu sic in them
Bm Bm 
 
Bbaug Bbaug 
 
All the sorrows and the joys
D D 
 
A A 
 
like magnetism
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
And a selfish boy looks through a prism
C C 
 
Bm Bm 
 
And says what is
Bb Bb 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
But never asks what isn't

Verse 2
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
But a voice contains many precious things
C# C# 
 
It laughs
F#m F#m 
 
And then it sings
F F 
 
Gm Gm 
 
And all the lies that we can tell
Bb Bb 
 
Faug Faug 
 
Ebdim Ebdim 
 
To  our foolish selves
A A 
 
Maybe

Verse 3
D D 
 
F#m F#m 
 
this is the love song
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
that I  refused to
Bm Bm 
 
Bbaug Bbaug 
 
D D 
 
Write her when I loved    her like I used to
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
And I fear my heart may spin and fracture
C C 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Bb Bb 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Like tears of stone falling from a statue

Verse 4
Bm Bm 
 
But a voice contains all
G G 
 
that's true and false
C# C# 
 
F#m F#m 
 
Then cries for someone else
Dm Dm 
 
F F 
 
Gm Gm 
 
And for some hon est tenderness
Bb Bb 
 
Faug Faug 
 
So  I must   confess
Ebdim Ebdim 
 

Verse 5
A A 
 
D D 
 
F#m F#m 
 
All the words  you say to me
D D 
 
Have music in them
Bm Bm 
 
Bbaug Bbaug 
 
All the sorrows and the joys
D D 
 
A A 
 
like magnetism
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
And a selfish boy looks through a prism
C C 
 
Bm Bm 
 
And says what is
Bb Bb 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
But never asks what isn't

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