I Want You

Words & Music:

Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus (Elvis Costello)

Tabbed by: Ofir Zwebner

 

  Oh      my  ba-      by  baby                  I   love you more than

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  I        can tell               I      don't think I   can

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  live        with- out  you                and I know     that I

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  A7                D (/A?)                       A

 

  never        will

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  Oh      my  ba-      by  baby                  I   want you so   it

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  scares me to death              I      can't say   a-  ny

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more  than "I   Love you"          everything else  is a  waste    of  breath

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  A7                D (/A?)                       A         E7           F#m (5?)

INTRO:

A        E     A                      A7         E

Oh... my baby, baby.  I love you more than I can tell.

  A                 A7       D           A             E7    A

I don't think I can live without you and I know that I never will.

A     E    A                        A7        E

Oh my baby, baby.  I want you so it scares me to death.

  A            A7        D              A                   E7       F#m (5?)

I can't say anymore than "I love you."  Everything else is a waste of breath.

 

Em     G            C                 B7                Em

I want you.  You've had your fun, you don't get well no more.

G                 C              B7

I want you.  Your fingernails go dragging down the wall.

B7      C        C          B7

Be careful, darling, you might fall...

 

VERSE:

I want you.  I woke up and one of us was crying.

I want you.  You said, "Young man, I do believe you're dying."

I want you.  If you need a second opinion (as you seem to do these days),

B7                                                B7 C C B7

You can look in my eyes and you can count the ways.

 

I want you.  Did you mean to tell me but seem to forget?

I want you.  Since when were you so generous and inarticulate?

I want you.  It's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for.

It's the way your shoulders shake and what they're shaking for.

It's knowing that he knows you now after only guessing.

I want you.

                                          B7          B7 C C B7

It's the thought of him undressing you or you undressing.

 

I want you.  He tossed some tatty compliment your way.

I want you.

                                    B7 [stop chord, then continue]

And you were fool enough to love it when he said..."I want you."

 

I want you.  The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark.

It scares you witless.  But in time you see things clear and stark.

I want you.  Go on and hurt me, then we'll let it drop.

I want you.  I'm afraid I won't know where to stop.

I want you.  I'm not ashamed to say I cried for you.

I want you.  I want to know the things you do that we did, too.

I want you.  I want to hear he pleases you more than I do.

I want you.  I might as well be useless for all it means to you.

I want you.  Did you call his name out as he held you down?

I want you.  Oh, no, my darling, not with that clown.

                            B7 [stop chord, then continue]

I want you.  You've had your fun, you don't get well no more.

I want you.  No-one who wants you could want you more.

I want you.  Every night when I go off to bed and when I wake up.

I want you.  I want you.  I'm going to say it once again, 'til I instill it.

I know I'm going to feel this way until you kill it.

I want you.  I want you.

 




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