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From michael@magick.net Thu May 15 17:00:46 1997
Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 01:00:51 GMT
From: michael p mccullough
To: guitar@olga.net, schnitzi@east.isx.com
Subject: TAB: ALMOST BLUE by ELVIS COSTELLO
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab,alt.fan.elvis.costello
Hello,
Here are a few more chord charts (not really TAB after all)
for some Elvis Costello songs.
Please let me know if there are any errors, corrections, and so on.
Thanks,
michael
michael@magick.net
Lyrics from:
http://east.isx.com/~schnitzi/ec/albums.html
Chords from the songbook, mostly
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Almost Blue
By Elvis Costello
>From the album: Imperial Bedroom
Dm9 = 100210
E+ = XX2110
E7 = XX0100
Bm7-5 = 123231 (!!!!!!)
Bflat6 = XX3333 (Bb6)
Adim = X02210
C#dim = XX2323
(Comment: For a short song there are a hell of a lot of chord changes!
-m.)
INTRO:
Am Dm9 E+
Am
Almost blue
Bm7-5 E7 Am
Almost doing things we used to do
Bm7 -5 C F
There's a girl here and she's almost you
E Dm
Almost
Am Adim
All the things that your eyes once promised
C Bb6 A
I see in hers too
Dm Bm7-5 E+
Now your eyes are red from cry - ing
Am B7 Am
Almost blue
F Bm7-5 C C#dim
Flirting with this disaster became me
Dm Bm7-5 E
It named me as the fool who only aimed to be
Am
Almost blue
Bm7-5 E7 Am
It's almost touching it will almost do
Bm7-5 C F E Dm
There's a part of me that's always true.....always
Am Adim C Bb6 A
Not all good things come to an end now it is only a chosen few
Dm Bm7-5 E+
I've seen such an unhappy cou - ple
Am
Almost me
Bm7-5
Almost you
Am
Almost blue
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