#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 22:35:44 -0400 From: Bob Kaphan Subject: TAB:the_other_end_of_the_telescope by elvis_costello >From the wonderful Elvis disk All This Useless Beauty. A previous version of this song can be found on the Til Tuesday album Everything's Different Now. Elvis co-wrote this one with Aimee Mann but changed the lyrics and (in my opinion) made the song better for this version. This song is (c) 1996 Warner Bros Records. I'm sure Elvis has some publishing rights as does Aimee Mann... The Other End of the Telescope ------------------------------ (Costello/Mann) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CVerse (x32010@1)Shall we agree that just this once I'm gonna change my life 1: Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Eb (x43121@3)Until it's just as tiny or important as you like Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)And in time we won't even recall that we spoke F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)Words that turned out to be as big as smoke C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)As smoke disappears in the air Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)There's always something smoldering somewhere C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) FChorus: (133211@1)I know it don't make adifference (x02210@1)to you C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)But oh it sure made adifference (x02210@1)to me C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1)You'll see me off in the distance I hope Dm (xx0231@1)At the other end Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)At the other end of the telescope (Bb) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CVerse (x32010@1)The promise of indulgence in my confidential voice 2: Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Eb (x43121@3)Approached immortal danger but you'll never know how close Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)Then down the hall I overheard such aheavenly (x02210@1)choir F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)They interrupted my evil desires C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)One day you're up in the clouds Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)The next thing you're down with the Sweet Adelines (chorus) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) FBridge: (133211@1)Lie down baby now don't say aword (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)There there baby your vision is blurred Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)Your head is so sore from all of that thinking Dm (xx0231@1)I don't want to hurt you now C (x32010@1)But I think you're shrinking Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CVerse (x32010@1)You're half naked ambition and you're half out of your wits 3: Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Eb (x43121@3)Or several tiny fractions that this portrait still omits Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)Now it's so hard to pick the receiver up when I call F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)I never noticed you could be so small C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)The answer was under your nose Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)But the question never arose C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) FChorus: (133211@1)I know it don't make adifference (x02210@1)to you C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)But oh it sure made adifference (x02210@1)to me C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1)You'll see me off in the distance I hope C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1)With abamboo (x02210@1)needle on ashellac (x02210@1)of Chopin C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1)And the cast iron heart that you failed to tear open Dm (xx0231@1)At the other end Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)At the other end of the telescope
