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From: wvaughan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William Vaughan)

The World and His Wife (acoustic)
Elvis Costello
From the "Punch the Clock" Ryko reissue

Intro  G (320003@1)  G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1)  D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)G (320003@1)                             G/F# (320002@1)EmThe (022000@1)family circle gathers round from very far and near

   D (xx0232@1)             C (x32010@1)               GTo (320003@1)pass around the same remarks they passed away last year

    G (320003@1)                        G/F# (320002@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
The little girl you dangled on your knee without mishap

      D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)        GStirs (320003@1)something in your memory and something in your lap

*Chorus*
    Am (x02210@1)                EmThe (022000@1)juniper berry has a very deadly kiss

Bb (x1333x@1)                             DI (xx0232@1)believe that something here is very much amiss

G (320003@1)              G/F# (320002@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
But its a living and  this is the life

        D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)     DFor (xx0232@1)the world and his wife

          C# (x43121@1)    F#mThe (244222@1)world and his wife

    Am (x02210@1)                            EmThe (022000@1)kissing cousins step outside to cuddle and confess

Bb (x1333x@1)                              DShe (xx0232@1)says sweet nothing at all its much more of a mess

         G (320003@1)       G/F# (320002@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
She says our mother and someone elses father

D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)        GWent (320003@1)for two weeks holiday in Taramasalata

G (320003@1)                     G/F# (320002@1)  EmDaddy (022000@1)went out with the rubbish and he kept on talking

  D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)            GBetween (320003@1)Mum and the walls god only knows who does the talking

*Chorus*

(Verse 3 same as verse 2)
The conversation melts like chocolate down our open jaws
Through the loud appeal of laughter
and the counting score drawers
But later on in the evening through the tears and fol de rol
Come the setimental feelings of the lure of vitriol
Longing thoughts go hankering for the old home overseas
With a blindfold and a national anthem sung in different keys

*Chorus* (Except instead of C# and F#m, just play D and C and
repeat again)

from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
lyrics and chords of: The World And His Wife (LIVE!) by Elvis Costello
(This is the live-version from the Punch The Clock re-issue)

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

G  Em
D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)           G (320003@1)                                             EmThe (022000@1)family circle gathers round from very far and near
        D (xx0232@1)                       C (x32010@1)                               GTo (320003@1)pass around the same remarks they passed away last year
          G (320003@1)                                           EmThe (022000@1)little girl you dangeled on your knee without mishap
                 D (xx0232@1)                      C (x32010@1)                   GStirs (320003@1)something in your memory and something in your lap

          Am (x02210@1)                       EmThe (022000@1)juniper berry has a very deadly kiss
Bb (x1333x@1)                                                  Dm (xx0231@1)               DI (xx0232@1)would say that something here is very much in this

G (320003@1)                           EmBut (022000@1)it?s a living and this is the life
               D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)         GFor (320003@1)the world and his wife
          D (xx0232@1)   C#7 (x4342x@1)   F#mThe (244222@1)world and his wife

           Am (x02210@1)                                          EmThe (022000@1)kissing cousins step outside to cuddle and confess
Bb (x1333x@1)                                                  Dm (xx0231@1)                   DShe (xx0232@1)says sweet nothing at all it?s much more of a mess
              G (320003@1)                             EmShe (022000@1)says our mother and someone else?s father
   D (xx0232@1)                               C (x32010@1)                GWent (320003@1)for two weeks holiday in Taramasalata
    G (320003@1)                                              EmDaddy (022000@1)went out with the rubbish and he kept on walking
      D (xx0232@1)                             C (x32010@1)                       GBetween (320003@1)mum and the walls - god only knows who does the takling

          Am (x02210@1)                       EmThe (022000@1)juniper berry has a very deadly kiss
Bb (x1333x@1)                                                  Dm (xx0231@1)               DI (xx0232@1)would say that something here is very much in this

G (320003@1)                           EmBut (022000@1)it?s a living and this is the life
               D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)       GFor (320003@1)the world and his wife
          D (xx0232@1)   C#7 (x4342x@1)   F#mThe (244222@1)world and his wife

             Am (x02210@1)                                            EmThe (022000@1)conversation melts like chocolate down our open jaws
                      Bb (x1333x@1)                                               Dm (xx0231@1)                      DThrough (xx0232@1)the loud appeal of laughter and the counting of score draws
        G (320003@1)                                                    EmBut (022000@1)later on in the evening through the tears and fol de rol
                           D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)                 GCome (320003@1)the sentimental feelings for the lure of vitriol
     G (320003@1)                                                     EmLonging (022000@1)thoughts go hankering for the old home overseas
                 D (xx0232@1)                    C (x32010@1)                    GWith (320003@1)a blindfold and a national anthem sung in diferent keys

          Am (x02210@1)                       EmThe (022000@1)juniper berry has a very deadly kiss
Bb (x1333x@1)                                                  Dm (xx0231@1)               DI (xx0232@1)would say that something here is very much in this

G (320003@1)                             EmBut (022000@1)it?s a living and this is the life
               D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)       GFor (320003@1)the world and his wife
          D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)       GThe (320003@1)world and his wife
          F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)       GThe (320003@1)world and his wife

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