Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello - Almost Blue guitar tab

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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