Tabbed by:  Roger K.
email:  roger31@aol.com

Five Small Words - Elvis Costello (from "National Ransom")

Intro:  E   D A  (4x)

E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)DA
Maybe you'll recognize in time
E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)DA
Maybe one day you will discover
E (022100@1)               D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)DA
All the pain that lies behind
E (022100@1)            D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)DA
You and your unfortunate love

G (320003@1)       C/G (3x555x@1)    G (320003@1)Somebody might be more
G (320003@1)             B (x2444x@1)Unsuitable and strange 
     E (022100@1)       Abm (133111@4) C#m (x13321@4)F#mWith (244222@1)eyes that offer everything
B (x2444x@1)        A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)          [E   DA (2x)]
   And are capable of danger

E (022100@1)                D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)DA
My mind turns over lies you told
E (022100@1)                 D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)DA
Things said to your other lover
E (022100@1)               D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)DA
Sweet as they had been to me 
    E (022100@1)                    D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)DA
You lay there telling them to each other

G (320003@1)           C/G (3x555x@1)    GNow (320003@1)I stand outside the door
G (320003@1)                   BMy (x2444x@1)head is filled with phrases
E (022100@1)    Abm (133111@4)     C#m (x13321@4)  F#mInside (244222@1)someone's calling out
B (x2444x@1)     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)       
  Their voices rise in praises

E (022100@1)        D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)             D (xx0232@1)  AFive (x02220@1)Small Words: "Don't want you me anymore?"
E (022100@1)        D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)             D (xx0232@1)  AFive (x02220@1)Small Words (well, who is keeping score?)
B (x2444x@1)                            ACoward (x02220@1)that you are, you would faithlessly implore
B"Baby (x2444x@1)please don't leave me"
A"Why (x02220@1)don't you believe me?"
A (x02220@1)                         [E   DA (2x)]
"Why did you deceive me?"

E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)DA
It didn't take some shiny dagger
E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)DA
Tattooed fingers grip and hone
E (022100@1)            D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)DA
I walked under some dark ladder
  E (022100@1)              D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)DA
I heard your final loving moan

G (320003@1)           C/G (3x555x@1)    GAll (320003@1)your indiscretions are 
G (320003@1)              BSo (x2444x@1)merciful and   brief
E (022100@1)     Abm (133111@4)C#m (x13321@4) F#m (244222@1)
Genteel poison sprinkled on 
B (x2444x@1)   A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)       
 Your Spa--nish handkerchief

E (022100@1)        D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)             D (xx0232@1)  AFive (x02220@1)Small Words: "Don't you love me anymore?"
E (022100@1)        D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)             D (xx0232@1)  AFive (x02220@1)Small Words (well, who is keeping score?)
   B (x2444x@1)                             AThe (x02220@1)coward that you are, you would faithlessly implore
B"Baby (x2444x@1)please don't leave me"
A"Why (x02220@1)don't you believe me?"
A (x02220@1)                        [E   DA (2x)]
"Why did you deceive me?"

E (022100@1)                  D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)DA
Maybe in time you'll want me more
    E (022100@1)                DA   E (022100@1)DA
Accidentally like this .45 
     E (022100@1) DA    E (022100@1)DA
This .44

Outro:  [E   D A (16x)]  ...  E