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from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
lyrics and chords of: You Tripped At Every Step by Elvis Costello And The Attractions

Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15


G (320003@1)                 Em/B (012000@1)   C (x32010@1)        G/DTake (4x3121@7)your tiny feet out of your mother?s shoes
   Bm (x24432@1)            Em (022000@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)       D7Or (xx0212@1)there?s is going to be a terrible scene
G (320003@1)                 Em/B (012000@1)   C (x32010@1)           G/DIt?s (4x3121@7)not just a lipstick drawn on crooked when they
Bm (x24432@1)          EmFind (022000@1)how wicked we are
B (x2444x@1)              Bdim (1201xx@1)        CHow (x32010@1)wicked we have been
E (022100@1)                     AmHow (x02210@1)I?ve been tempted

C (x32010@1)                         G/D (4x3121@7)name="chord_xx0232@1">D  CHow (x32010@1)you tripped at every step
                         Em (022000@1)                  C (x32010@1)          EmYou (022000@1)tripped at every step, you tripped at every step
      C (x32010@1)                          Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x00232@1">D/A   COh, (x32010@1)how you tripped at every step

G (320003@1)                    Em/B (012000@1)         C (x32010@1)    G/DThere?s (4x3121@7)a merry tune that starts in "I" and ends
  Bm (x24432@1)            Em (022000@1)             Am7 (x02010@1)        D7In (xx0212@1)"You", like many famous pop songs do
G (320003@1)                    Em/B (012000@1)   C (x32010@1)       G/DYou (4x3121@7)would sing along with little tell-tale staggers
Bm (x24432@1)       EmWhile (022000@1)balancing on daggers
B (x2444x@1)                    Bdim (1201xx@1) CThou (x32010@1)they were killing you
E (022100@1)                     AmYou (x02210@1)looked so deadly

C (x32010@1)                       G/D (4x3121@7)name="chord_xx0232@1">D  CAs (x32010@1)you tripped at every step
                        Em (022000@1)                   C (x32010@1)          EmYou (022000@1)tripped at every step, you tripped at every step
      C (x32010@1)                          Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x00232@1">D/A   COh, (x32010@1)how you tripped at every step


      Eb (x43121@3)                 Cm7         Ab6 (xx1111@1)         G7And (320001@1)I would try to catch you anytime you call
         Cm7                                                    Bb7Only (x13131@1)you drank that potion and went out of control
               Eb (x43121@3)        Cm7                 Ab6 (xx1111@1)     G7There?s (320001@1)nothing to stop you so how can you fall
 C (x32010@1)                      AmLet (x02210@1)me take your hand
Bb/F (102220@1)                       D/F#Put (200232@1)down that frying pan

G (320003@1)                      Em/B (012000@1)      C (x32010@1)           G/DDarkness (4x3121@7)would become me, underneath the table
Bm (x24432@1)    Em (022000@1)           Am7 (x02010@1)        D7As (xx0212@1)the fury raged around the house
G (320003@1)                    Em/B (012000@1)     C (x32010@1)     G/DYour (4x3121@7)despairing tread was angry and unstable
Bm   Em
You never suspected
   B (x2444x@1)             Bdim (1201xx@1)    CJust (x32010@1)as this cartoon mouse
E (022100@1)          AmWent (x02210@1)undetected

C (x32010@1)                       G/D (4x3121@7)name="chord_xx0232@1">D  CAs (x32010@1)you tripped at every step
                        Em (022000@1)                   C (x32010@1)        EmYou (022000@1)tripped at every step, you tripped at every step
      C (x32010@1)                          Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x00232@1">D/A   COh, (x32010@1)how you tripped at every step

G (320003@1)            Em/B (012000@1)   C (x32010@1)           G/DIn (4x3121@7)another world of gin and cigarettes
       Bm (x24432@1)             Em (022000@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)            D7Those (xx0212@1)cocktail cabinets put mud in your eye
G (320003@1)                Em/B (012000@1)  C (x32010@1)       G/DMaybe (4x3121@7)that is why you find it hard to see me
Bm (x24432@1)         EmAnd (022000@1)if you don?t believe me
B (x2444x@1)             Bdim (1201xx@1)   CBefore (x32010@1)you start to cry
E (022100@1)              Am"Don?t (x02210@1)eve leave me."

C (x32010@1)                       G/D (4x3121@7)name="chord_xx0232@1">D  CAs (x32010@1)you tripped at every step
                        Em (022000@1)                   C (x32010@1)        EmYou (022000@1)tripped at every step, you tripped at every step
      C (x32010@1)                          Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x00232@1">D/A   COh, (x32010@1)how you tripped at every step

Original tune is in D-Major!
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