Kid About It tab - elvis costello

From michael@magick.net Thu May 15 17:01:53 1997
Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 01:05:39 GMT
From: michael p mccullough 
Subject: TAB: KID ABOUT IT   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.

Don't forget to use a single spaced font for this!

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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Kid About It
By Elvis Costello
From the album: Imperial Bedroom

NOTE: this song is in 3/4 time


G                      F#m  B
He saw no tears in her eyes 
Em
Say you wouldn't kid about it 
G                          F#m  
She's telling all of those lies 
    B                        Em
She swore she'd never told before 
But I doubt it 

   C 
So he bit his tongue 
    Bm                        Am
And tried hard to capture his breath 
                              C
When she said I waited all my life 
For just a little death 

D                G            F#m
Say you wouldn't kid about it 
B                Em
Say you wouldn't kid about it 
A                G            F#m
Say you wouldn't kid about it 
B                Em           Eb7 (XX1323)
Say you wouldn't kid about it

C                          Em
Sometimes he takes himself so seriously 
C                          Em
She makes her movements mysteriously 
             F         Dm   Eb7
Slow fast or    furiously
C
It's a big responsibility 
       Em
With a face full of mixed ability 
C
Big dreams of elegance 
Em           F          C
Singing "The Leaving of Liverpool"
    D                        D9 (XX1232)
And turning into Americans 

D                G
Say you wouldn't kid about it

G                          F#m    B
So what if this is a man's world 
  Em
I want to be a kid again about it 
G                  F#m
Give me back my sadness 
  B                Em
I couldn't hide it     even if I tried girl 
C
We fight so frail 
Bm                    Am
Making love tooth and nail 
                           C/D
You gave me the kiss of my life 
                                    D
I might even live to tell the tale 

(chorus)

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Video Kid About It

Elvis Costello - "Kid About It" Live 1982
"It was composed on the morning after John Lennon's murder," writes Costello in the liner notes to Imperial Bedroom, "I went out walking to clear my head of the dreadful news reports, and this song came to me. I wouldn't have done anything as presumptuous as write a song 'about' the event and even edited out a passing reference to it in the original second verse. However, the line 'Singing the 'Leaving of Liverpool' and turning into Americans' seems to be about a place where dreams begin and end...The song is a rejection of tarnished and jaded games of adulthood. There is even a small, improbable sense of hope at the end of the second verse" ----- He saw no tears in her eyes Say you wouldn't kid about it She's telling all of those lies She swore she'd never told before But I doubt it So he bit his tongue And tried hard to capture his breath When she said I waited all my life For just a little death (Chorus) Say you wouldn't kid about it Say you wouldn't kid about it Say you wouldn't kid about it Sometimes he takes himself so seriously She makes her movements mysteriously Slow, fast or furiously It's a big responsibility With a face full of mixed ability Big dreams of elegance Singing "The Leaving of Liverpool" And "Turning into Americans" Say you wouldn't kid about it So what if this is a man's world I want to be a kid again about it Give me back my sadness I couldn't hide it even if I tried girl We fight so frail Making love tooth and nail You gave me the kiss of my life I might even live to tell the tale

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Alison - Elvis Costello Cover
Acoustic cover of Alison by Elvis Costello. One of my early memories as a kid is watching my dad play this song on stage. I put down one extra guitar track just for the intro, the rest is as played in the vid. Hope you enjoy.

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