Human Hands
Elvis CostelloVersion1
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By Elvis Costello
>From the album: Imperial Bedroom
= XX2323
I've been talking to the wall and it's been answering me
Oh darling how I miss you
I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness
I crave the silhouette of your kiss
With only the blue light of the TV on
Lip reading threats and false alarms
There's a boy somewhere holding hands with himself
And a girl in a window on the Reeperbarn
Whenever I put my foot in my mouth and you begin to doubt
That it's you that I'm dreaming about
Do I have to draw you a diagram?
All I ever want is just to fall into your human hands
With the kings and queens of the dance hall craze
Checkmate in three moves in your heyday
But the girls don't listen to your line anymore
Now you're part of someone else
On the factory floor and you still say "Wheres the action?"
Now you manufacture happiness
And get sold on the cheap for someone's satisfaction
(chorus)
All you toy soldiers and scaremongers
Are you living in this world sometimes I wonder
In between saying you've seen too much and saying you've seen it all
before
Tighter and tighter I hold you tightly
You know I love you more than slightly
Although I've never said it like this before
(chorus)
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Readable chord sheet for Human Hands by Elvis Costello
[Buman]By Elv[Bands]is Costello >From the album: Imperial Bedroom [C#dim] = XX2323 [Dsus4] [F6] I[G]'ve been talking to the wall and it's been an[D]swering me O[Em]h darling ho[B]w I miss you I[C]'m just the mere shadow of m[G]y former selfishness I[Am7] crave the silhouette of[D] your kiss W[G]ith only the blue light of t[D]he TV on L[Em]ip reading threats and fa[B]lse alarms T[C]here's a boy somewhere ho[G]lding hands with himself A[Am7]nd a girl in a window on [D]the Reeperbarn W[C]henever I put m[C#dim]y foot in my mouth[G] and you beg[B]in to doubt T[Em]hat it's you that I'm dr[A]eaming about D[Cm]o I have to draw you a [C]diagram? A[C#dim]ll I ever wan[G]t is just to fall[Am] into your human hands [Em] W[G]ith the kings and queens of the da[D]nce hall craze C[Em]heckmate in three moves in[B] your heyday B[C]ut the girls don't listen to[G] your line anymore N[Am7]ow you're part of so[D]meone else O[G]n the factory floor and[D] you still say "Wheres [Em]the action?" N[B]ow you manufacture[C] happiness A[G]nd get sold on the cheap for some[D]one's satisfaction (chorus) A[G]ll you toy soldiers and sc[D]aremongers A[Em]re you living in this world so[B]metimes I wonder I[C]n between saying you'[G]ve seen too much an[Am7]d saying you've seen it[D] all before T[G]ighter and tighter I ho[D]ld you tightly Y[Em]ou know I love you more than slightly A[G]lthough I've[Am7] never said it like[D] this before (chorus)