The Other End
Elvis CostelloVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
Verse Shall we agree that just this once I'm gonna change my life
1:
Until it's just as tiny or important as you like
And in time we won't even recall that we spoke
Words that turned out to be as big as smoke
As smoke disappears in the air
There's always something smoldering somewhere
I know it don't make a difference to you
But oh it sure made a difference to me
You'll see me off in the distance I hope
At the other end
At the other end of the telescope
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Verse The promise of indulgence in my confidential voice
2:
Approached immortal danger but you'll never know how close
Then down the hall I overheard such a heavenly choir
They interrupted my evil desires
One day you're up in the clouds
The next thing you're down with the Sweet Adelines
(chorus)
Lie down baby now don't say a word
There there baby your vision is blurred
Your head is so sore from all of that thinking
I don't want to hurt you now
But I think you're shrinking
Verse You're half naked ambition and you're half out of your wits
3:
Or several tiny fractions that this portrait still omits
Now it's so hard to pick the receiver up when I call
I never noticed you could be so small
The answer was under your nose
But the question never arose
I know it don't make a difference to you
But oh it sure made a difference to me
You'll see me off in the distance I hope
With a bamboo needle on a shellac of Chopin
And the cast iron heart that you failed to tear open
At the other end
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Readable chord sheet for The Other End by Elvis Costello
V[Bb]erse Shal[F]l we agree t[C]hat just th[F]is once I'[Dm]m gonna change my[C] life
1:
[Bb] Unt[F]il it's j[C]ust a[F]s tiny [Dm]or important as [Eb]you like
[Bb] And in [F]time we w[C]on't even reca[Bb]ll that we spoke
[F] Word[C]s that turned[Bb] out to be as big as smoke
[C] As smo[F]ke disappears in the air
[Bb] There's alway[C]s something smol[F]dering somewhere
[C] [Bb] [F]
I know it don't make a difference to you
[C] But oh it sur[Bb]e made a diffe[F]rence to me
[C] You'll[Dm] see me off [F]in the distance I hope
[Dm] At the other end
[Bb] At[C] the [Bb]other end of the telescope
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[Bb])
V[F]erse [C]The promi[F]se of in[Dm]dulgence in my[C] confidential voice
2:
[Bb] Appr[F]oached i[C]mmortal [F]danger but y[Dm]ou'll never know [Eb]how close
[Bb] Then [F]down the hall [C]I overheard[Bb] such a heavenly choir
[F] The[C]y interru[Bb]pted my evil desires
[C] One da[F]y you're up in the clouds
[Bb] The next thing you're down [C]with the [F]Sweet Adelines
(chorus)
[C] [Bb] [F]
Lie down baby now don't say a word
[C] There there bab[Bb]y your visio[F]n is blurred
[Dm] Your [C]head is so[Bb] sore from all [F]of that thinking
[Dm] I don't want to hurt you now
[C] But I think you're shrinking
V[Bb]erse Y[F]ou're h[C]alf nak[F]ed ambition [Dm]and you're half ou[C]t of your wits
3:
[Bb] Or[F] severa[C]l tiny frac[F]tions that[Dm] this portrait st[Eb]ill omits
[Bb] Now it's so h[F]ard to pick [C]the rec[Bb]eiver up when I call
[F] I neve[C]r noticed you [Bb]could be so small
[C] The an[F]swer was under your nose
[Bb] Bu[C]t the qu[F]estion never arose
[C] [Bb] [F]
I know it don't make a difference to you
[C] But oh it sur[Bb]e made a diffe[F]rence to me
[C] You'll[Dm] see me off [F]in the distance I hope
[C] With a [Dm]bamboo needl[F]e on a shellac of Chopin
[C] And the c[Dm]ast iron heart [F]that you failed to tear open
[Dm] At the other end