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From: William Vaughan 
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 10:17:41 -0400 (EDT)

From: William Vaughan 


Here's Elvis Costello's "Inch by Inch" off of "Goodbye Cruel
World".  Listen to the bass line as to where to come in with the
b d  f# notes - you can leave them out, but if playing by
yourself, it adds a lot.  The notes have been left out of the
verses.


Intro b (x24432@1)d (xx0231@1)f# (244222@1) G (320003@1)Bm (x24432@1)*verse 1*
G (320003@1) Bm (x24432@1)    You can take a powder you can take a drink

G (320003@1) Bm (x24432@1)   You can keep the shrink and the kitchen sink

Bm (x24432@1)             Bm/A (x04440@1)    Bm/G       Bm/F#Write (x2444x@1)my name in heaven in invisible ink

Bm/F# (x2444x@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m                          Bm (x24432@1)F#m (244222@1)     I just woke up from dreaming,     I think

*verse 2*

G  Bm
   You can take me over you can give me a lip

G  Bm
   You can take me under you can give me the slip

Bm (x24432@1)          Bm/A (x04440@1)    Bm/G         Bm/F#Take (x2444x@1)off everything or tear me off a strip

F#mLike (244222@1)a lady in the camber and another in the clip

*chorus*

G (320003@1)           EmDon't (022000@1)move a muscle baby

Bm (x24432@1)       EmDon't (022000@1)even flinch

        Bm (x24432@1)    Bm/A (x04440@1)Bm/G
You can miss me by a mile

Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1)    BmOr (x24432@1)just inch by inch


        GInch (320003@1)by inch, Inch by inch


Em (022000@1)            F#m (244222@1)    BmYou (x24432@1)can pull me up again inch by inch

        GInch (320003@1)by inch, as pulses race

          Em (022000@1)          F#m (244222@1)     Bm (x24432@1)  G (320003@1)BmI (x24432@1)long to see that look upon your face


*verse 3 same as verse 2*
You can take me outside you can take me apart
You can take me upstairs you can take me to heart
You made me love you when you thought you were smart
Don't try to stop me when you told me to start

*same as other chorus*
Don't move a muscle baby
Don't even flinch
You can miss me by a mile
Or just inch by inch

Inch by inch, Inch by inch
You can pull me up again inch by inch
Inch by inch, as pulses race
I long to see that look upon your face

          Em (022000@1)          F#m (244222@1)     Bm (x24432@1) (fade)
I long to see that look upon your face