• Song:

    Loveable

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 94 01:13:03 EDT
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Subject: Elvis.Costello/Lovable.crd
Organization: Princeton University


@SONG: Lovable
Elvis Costello
Transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu


(chorus)
A (x02220@1)                  A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) AIt's (x02220@1)going round the town
A (x02220@1)                  A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) AIt's (x02220@1)going round the town
A (x02220@1)                  EIt's (022100@1)going round the town
E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1) AYou're (x02220@1)so lovable

D (xx0232@1)             AMy (x02220@1)baby gave me notice to quit
E (022100@1)              AI (x02220@1)just can't get used to it
D (xx0232@1)                 AShe (x02220@1)broke my little heart in two
E (022100@1)                                     BNow (x2444x@1)somebody else is being the same old you

(chorus

D (xx0232@1)          AMy (x02220@1)baby has Egyptian eyes
E (022100@1)                         AAnd (x02220@1)a wicked look beyond compare
D (xx0232@1)                             AIf (x02220@1)you thought I was a fool for you
E (022100@1)                              BThen (x2444x@1)I must be a bigger fool for her

(chorus)

He'd turn the flowers of springtime into a wreath
He says he'd love you eternally
I say please please can't you keep it brief

A (x02220@1)                       DThey (xx0232@1)say they're going to bury you
        E (022100@1)       ABecause (x02220@1)you're so lovable
A (x02220@1)                  DPut (xx0232@1)your money where your mouth was
E (022100@1)       AYou're (x02220@1)so lovable
A (x02220@1)                          DEach (xx0232@1)tender mumble brings us closer to bedlam
E (022100@1)       AYou're (x02220@1)so lovable
A (x02220@1)                           DThe (xx0232@1)toast of the town and the talk of the bedroom

(modulation)

You're so lovable

You're so sweet
You're so honest
You say `I'll be true to you boy'
But I won't promise
Then you say you love me
Then you show me
As you lie there so lifelike below me

(chorus)

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