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Complicated Shadows

Elvis Costello
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Intro  x 4
 Well, you know  your time has come
 And you're sorry  for what you've done
 You should've never  been playing with a gun in those complicated shadows
 Well, there's a line  that you must toe
 And it will soon  be time to go
 But it's darker  than you know in those complicated shadows
 All you gangsters  and rude clowns, Who were shooting  up the town
 When you should've  found someone to put the blame  on
 Though the fury's  hot and hard, I still see  that cold graveyard
 There's a solitary  stone that's got your name on
 You don't have  to take it from me
 But I know  of what I spake
 You think you're  like iron and steel
 But iron and steel  will bend and break in these complicated shadows
 No... (solo)  x3
 Sometimes justice,  you will find, Is just dumb  not color blind
 And your poor  shattered mind can't take it all  in
 All those phantoms  and their shades, Should jump up  on Judgement Day
 And say  to the Almighty "I'm still stinking of sin"
 But the jury  was dismissed
 Took his neck  and they gave it a twist
 So you see,  you won't be missed in those complicated shadows
 You can say  just what you like
 In a voice  like a John Ford film
 Take the law  into your hands
 And you will soon  get tired of killing in those complicated shadows
 Complicated shadows x  3
 x 12

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Readable chord sheet for Complicated Shadows by Elvis Costello

Intro [A]  [D] [G] x 4
Well, you k[A]now your time has co[D]me[G]
And you're s[A]orry for what you've d[D]on[G]e
You should've ne[D]ver been playing with a gun in those complicated sh[A]ado[D]ws[G]
Well, there's a l[A]ine that you must t[D]oe[G]
And it will s[A]oon be time to [D]go[G]
But it's darker[D] than you know in those complicated sh[A]adows [D]   [G]       [A]          [D]

All you gan[G]gsters and rude clowns,   Who were sho[D]oting up the town
When you sh[E]ould've found someone to put the bla[A]me on[D]   [G]      [A]         [D]
Though the f[G]ury's hot and hard,   I still s[D]ee that cold graveyard
There's a so[E]litary stone that's got your name on

You don't h[A]ave to take it from m[D]e  [G]
But I k[A]now of what I s[D]pak[G]e
You think yo[A]u're like iron and ste[D]el [G]
But iron and s[E]teel will bend and break in these complicated sh[A]adows  [D]    [G]        [A]            [D]              [G]

No... (solo)   [A]   [D] [G] x3   [A]  [D]

Sometimes j[G]ustice, you will find,   Is just d[D]umb not color blind
And your [E]poor shattered mind can't take it [A]all in [D]   [G]       [A]         [D]
All those pha[G]ntoms and their shades, Should jump [D]up on Judgement Day
And s[E]ay to the Almighty "I'm still stinking of sin"

But the j[A]ury was dismi[D]sse[G]d
Took his n[A]eck and they gave it a t[D]wis[G]t
So you s[D]ee, you won't be missed in those complicated sha[A]dows [D]   [G]      [A]        [D]
You can s[A]ay just what you l[D]ike[G]
In a v[A]oice like a John Ford f[D]ilm[G]
Take the l[A]aw into your ha[D]nds[G]
And you will s[D]oon get tired of killing in those complicated sh[A]adows[D]   [G]
Complicated s[A]hadows [D]x 3[G]
[A]   [D] [G] x 12

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