Artist: Elvis Costello Song: I want you Tabbed by:DJ 20th Jan 2013 Tuning:Standard From the 'Elvis Costello & The Attractions' album 'Blood and chocolate' **************************************************************************** A E7 A E7 Oh, my baby, baby, I love you more than I can tell, A A7 D A E7 A E7 I don't think I can live with - out you, and I know that I never will, A E7 A E7 Oh, my baby, baby, I want you so, it scares me to death, A A7 D I can't say any - more than 'I love you!', A E7 F#m Em Everything else is a waste of breath! Em G C B Em I want you! You've had your fun, you don't get well no more, Em G C B Ebm I want you! Your fingernails go dragging down the wall, B C B Be careful, darling, you might fall! Em G C B Em I want you! I woke up, and one of us was crying, G C B Em I want you! You said, 'Young man, I do believe you're dying!' G C B Em I want you! If you need a second o - pinion, as you seem to do, these days, G C B I want you! You can look in my eyes, Ebm B C C B And you can count the ways! | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Em G C B Em I want you! Did you mean to tell me, but seem to for - get? G C B Em I want you! Since when were you so generous, and inar - ticulate? G C B Em G I want you, but it's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for, C B Em It's the way your shoulders shake, and what they're shaking for, G C B Em I want you! It's knowing that he knows you now, after only guessing, G C B It's the thought of him un - dressing you, Ebm B C C B Or... you undressing! | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Em G C B Em I want you! He tossed some tatty compliment your way G C B I want you, and you were fool e - nough to love it... Ebm Em G C B ...When he said, 'I---- want you!' E(B5)no3 ||: /_/ /_/ / /_/ | /_/ /_/ / / :|| (Twice) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Em G C B Em I want you! The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark, G C B Em It scares you witless, but, in time, you see things clear and stark, G C B Em I want you! Go on, and hurt me, then we'll let it drop, G C B Em I want you! I'm afraid I won't know where to stop, G C B Em I want you! I'm not ashamed to say, I cried for you! G C B Em I want you! I want to know the things you did, that we did too, G C B Em I want you! I want to hear he pleases you more than I do, G C B Em I want you! I might as well be useless for all it means to you, G C B Em I want you! Did you call his name out as he held you down? G C B Em I want you! Oh, no, my darling, not with that clown, G C B I----- want you! Em G C B Em I want you! You've had your fun, you don't get well no more, G C B Ebm I want you! No one who wants you, could want you more! Em G C B Em G C B | / / / / | I want you! | / / / / | I want you! Em G C B Em I want you! Every night, when I go off to bed, G C B And when I wake up, I want you! Em G C B Em G I'm gonna say it once again, till I instill it-----, C B Em G I'm going... going to feel this way un - til you... kill it-----, C B Em G C B Em G I want you! | / / / / | I--- want you! C B Em G C B Em I--- want you! | / / / / | / || *************************************************************************** A = 022200 G = 320033 E7 = 021300 C = 8 10 10 9 8 8 D = xx0232 B = 799877 F#m = 244222 Ebm = 668876 Em = 022000 E(B5)no3 = 0789xx