COSTELLO ELVIS - "i want you" Tablature

From: Ofir Zwebner <ofirz1@ccsg.tau.ac.il>
Subject: Elvis Costello - I Want You
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 15:36:58 +0300 (IDT)

I Want You by Elvis Costello (from Blood and Chocolate)
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Hi. This is for those who requested it. The tab section was created with
my TAB MASTER program for TAB transcribing on PC. I'm not so sure how
accurate it is, but it works anyway. I suppose that some of the E chords
of the intro can be played as E7 - it works too. The intro, anyway,
should sound good, I personally think its far from what is actually
played on the album (not the chords, but the notes themselves). It's
very easy to to play the song, but I think that remembering all the
lyrics is a bit tricky... Enjoy!
Remarks, questions, requests, comments,
Ofir Zwebner
e-mail: ofirz1@ccsg.tau.ac.il


Oh my ba- by baby ...
e:-----------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------|
B:------2----|------0-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------|
G:------2----|------1-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------|
D:---2-----2-|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|-----2--------2----|
A:0----------|------------|0-----------|0-----------|0------------------|
E:-----------|0-----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
A E A



I can tell I ...
e:------------|------------|------------|--------------------|
B:------2-----|------0-----|------0-----|------------2-------|
G:------0-----|------1-----|------1-----|------------2-------|
D:---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|------2---------2---|
A:0-----------|------------|------------|0-------------------|
E:------------|0-----------|0-----------|--------------------|
A7 E A



live with- out ....
e:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
B:------2----------|--------3-----|------3-------|------2--------|
G:------0----------|--------2-----|------2-------|------2--------|
D:---2--------2----|-----0-----0--|---0-----0----|---2-----2-----|
A:0----------------|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
E:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
A7 D (/A?) A



never will
e:------------|------------|------------|
B:------3-----|------2-----|2-----------|
G:------1-----|------2-----|2-----------|
D:---0-----0--|---2-----2--|2-----------|
A:------------|0-----------|0-----------|
E:0-----------|------------|------------|
E7 A



Oh my ba- by ....
e:-----------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------|
B:------2----|------0-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------|
G:------2----|------1-----|------2-----|------2-----|---------2---------|
D:---2-----2-|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|-----2--------2----|
A:0----------|------------|0-----------|0-----------|0------------------|
E:-----------|0-----------|------------|------------|-------------------|
A E A



scares me to death I can't ...
e:------------|------------|------------|--------------------|
B:------2-----|------0-----|------0-----|------------2-------|
G:------0-----|------1-----|------1-----|------------2-------|
D:---2-----2--|---2-----2--|---2-----2--|------2---------2---|
A:0-----------|------------|------------|0-------------------|
E:------------|0-----------|0-----------|--------------------|
A7 E A



more than "I Love you" ....
e:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
B:------2----------|--------3-----|------3-------|------2--------|
G:------0----------|--------2-----|------2-------|------2--------|
D:---2--------2----|-----0-----0--|---0-----0----|---2-----2-----|
A:0----------------|0-------------|0-------------|0--------------|
E:-----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
A7 D (/A?) A



waste of breath
e:------------|------------|
B:------3-----|------------|
G:------1-----|2-----------|
D:---0-----0--|4-----------|
A:------------|4-----------|
E:0-----------|2-----------|
E7 F#m (5?)



A E A A7 E
Oh... my baby baby I love you mo...
A A7 D
I don't think I can ...
A E7 A
And I know that ....
A E A A7 E
Oh my baby baby I want you so ...
A A7 D
I can't say anymore ...
A E7 F#m (5?)
Everything else is a ...



Em G
I want you
C B7 Em
You've had your fun you ...
G
I want you
C B7
Your fingernails go ...
B7 C C B7
be careful darling ....

[Repeat the Em-G-C-B7 sequence in the next lines]

I want y....
I woke up and one ...
I want you
You said "Young man I do ....
I want you
If you need a second opinion as ....
B7
You can look in my eyes ....
B7 C C B7

[continue sequence...]

I want you.....
B7
It's the thought of him ....

B7 C C B7

[continue sequence]

I want you
He tossed some tatty ...
I want you
B7 [pause then continue]
And you were fool enough ....
"I want you"

I want you...