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From michael@magick.net Thu May 15 17:01:53 1997
Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 01:05:39 GMT
From: michael p mccullough 
To: guitar@olga.net, schnitzi@east.isx.com
Subject: TAB: KID ABOUT IT   by ELVIS COSTELLO
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab,alt.fan.elvis.costello

Hello,

Here are a few more chord charts (not really TAB after all)
for some Elvis Costello songs.

Don't forget to use a single spaced font for this!

Please let me know if there are any errors, corrections, and so on.

Thanks,

michael
michael@magick.net

Lyrics from:
http://east.isx.com/~schnitzi/ec/albums.html

Chords from the songbook, mostly
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Kid About It
By Elvis Costello
>From the album: Imperial Bedroom

NOTE: this song is in 3/4 time


G (320003@1)                    F#m (244222@1)BHe (x2444x@1)saw no tears in her eyes
EmSay (022000@1)you wouldn't kid about it
G (320003@1)                        F#mShe's (244222@1)telling all of those lies
    B (x2444x@1)                      EmShe (022000@1)swore she'd never told before
But I doubt it

   CSo (x32010@1)he bit his tongue
    Bm (x24432@1)                      AmAnd (x02210@1)tried hard to capture his breath
                              CWhen (x32010@1)she said I waited all my life
For just a little death

D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)          F#mSay (244222@1)you wouldn't kid about it
B (x2444x@1)              EmSay (022000@1)you wouldn't kid about it
A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)          F#mSay (244222@1)you wouldn't kid about it
B (x2444x@1)              Em (022000@1)         Eb7(XX1323) (x32310@4)Say you wouldn't kid about it

C (x32010@1)                        EmSometimes (022000@1)he takes himself so seriously
C (x32010@1)                        EmShe (022000@1)makes her movements mysteriously
             F (133211@1)       Dm (xx0231@1) Eb7Slow (x32310@4)fast or    furiously
CIt's (x32010@1)a big responsibility
       EmWith (022000@1)a face full of mixed ability
CBig (x32010@1)dreams of elegance
Em (022000@1)         F (133211@1)        CSinging (x32010@1)"The Leaving of Liverpool"
    D (xx0232@1)                      D9 (XX1232)
And turning into Americans

D (xx0232@1)              GSay (320003@1)you wouldn't kid about it

G (320003@1)                        F#m (244222@1)  BSo (x2444x@1)what if this is a man's world
  EmI (022000@1)want to be a kid again about it
G (320003@1)                F#mGive (244222@1)me back my sadness
  B (x2444x@1)              EmI (022000@1)couldn't hide it     even if I tried girl
CWe (x32010@1)fight so frail
Bm (x24432@1)                  AmMaking (x02210@1)love tooth and nail
                           C/DYou (x5555x@1)gave me the kiss of my life
                                    DI (xx0232@1)might even live to tell the tale

(chorus)

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