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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 94 01:12:12 EDT
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@SONG: Indoor Fireworks
Elvis Costello
Transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu
 
(Chords in concert pitch, try playing capo 2nd fret with D, A, G, Em
forms)
              E
We play these parlour games
 
We play at make believe
                              A     E/G#     F#m
When we get to the part where I say that I'm going to leave
     A    E/G#    F#m              B             E
Everybody loves a happy ending but we don't even try
A     E/G#     F#m
We go straight past pretending
B
To the part where everybody loves to cry
(chorus)
E
Indoor fireworks
Can still burn your fingers
B
Indoor fireworks
E
We swore we were safe as houses
They're not so spectacular
           A       E/G#    F#m
They don't burn up in the sky
 
But they can dazzle or delight
B
Or bring a tear
                            E
When the smoke gets in your eyes
 
You were the spice of life
The gin in my vermouth
And though the sparks would fly
I thought our love was fireproof
Sometimes we'd fight in public darling
With very little cause
But different kinds of sparks would fly
When we got on our own behind closed doors
 
(chorus)
It's time to tell the truth
These things have to be faced
My fuse is burning out
And all that powder's gone to waste
Don't think for a moment dear that we'll ever be through
I'll build a bonfire of my dreams
And burn a broken effigy of me and you
 
(chorus)

from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
lyrics and chords of: Indoor Fireworks by The Costello Show (Elvis Costello) 

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



T+M: MacManus
E
We play these parlour games

We play at make believe
                              E7               A
When we get to the part where I say that I'm going to leave
    A                              B              E
Everybody loves a happy ending but we don't even try
A
We go straight past pretending
B                            C#m
To the part where everybody loves to cry

  E
Indoor fireworks

Can still burn your fingers
  B
Indoor fireworks
E
We swore we were as safe as houses

They're not so spectecular
         E7                A
They don't burn up in the sky
                          B
By they can dazzle and delight
F#m         B
Or bring a tear
           B                 E
When the smoke gets in your eyes

               E
You were the spice of life

The gin in my vermouth

And though the sparks would fly
    E7                     A
I thought our love was fireproof
    A
Sometimes we'd fight in public darling
    B              E
With very little cause
        A
But different kinds of sparks would fly
         B              C#m
When we got on our own behind closed doors

  E
Indoor fireworks

Can still burn your fingers
  B
Indoor fireworks
E
We swore we were as safe as houses

They're not so spectecular
         E7                A
They don't burn up in the sky
                          B
By they can dazzle and delight
F#m         B
Or bring a tear
           B                 E
When the smoke gets in your eyes

              E
It's time to tell the truth

These things have to be faced

My fuse is burning out
    E7                A
And all the powder's gone to waste
  A                                  B              E
Don't think for a moment dear that we'll ever be through
       A
I'll bulid a bonfire of my dreams
     B                    C#m
And burn a broken effigy of me and you

  E
Indoor fireworks

Can still burn your fingers
  B
Indoor fireworks
E
We swore we were as safe as houses

They're not so spectecular
         E7                A
They don't burn up in the sky
                          B
By they can dazzle and delight
F#m         B
Or bring a tear
           B                 E
When the smoke gets in your eyes

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