When It Signs
Elvis CostelloVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
All the words you say to me have music in them
All the sorrows and the joys, like magnetism
And a selfish boy looks through a prism
And says what is but never asks what isn't
But a voice contains many precious things
It laughs and then it sings
(/D) (/D)
And all the lies that we can tell
+ A-5
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B||-6---------6--7-------||
G||----8--------------8--||
D||----------------------||
A||----------------------||
D||-8*--------7*---------|| *let ring
To our foolish selves
Maybe this is the love song that I refused to
Write her when I loved her like I used to
And I fear my heart may spin and fracture
Like tears of stone falling from a statue
But a voice contains all that's true and false
Then cries for someone else
(/D) (/D)
And for some honest tenderness
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So I must confess
All the words you say to me have music in them
All the sorrows and the joys, like magnetism
And a selfish boy looks through a prism
And says what is but never asks what isn't
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Readable chord sheet for When It Signs by Elvis Costello
[D] [A/C#] [D/C] [Bm] [Bb] [A]
[G] [F#m] [Em] [G] [F#m] [Em]
All the w[D]ords you say to [A/C#]me have m[D/C]usic in them
All the s[Bm]orrows and the j[Bb]oys, like m[A]agnetism
And a s[G]elfish boy lo[F#m]oks thr[Em]ough a prism
And s[C]ays what [Bm]is but n[Bb]ever [A]asks what [D]isn't
But a voice cont[Bm]ains many precious th[G]ings
It l[C#m]aughs and then it s[F#m]ings
[F](/D) [F7] [Gm](/D)
And all the lies that we can tell
[Bb] [Bbsus4] [A]+ [A6] [A-5]
e||----------------------||
B||-6---------6--7-------||
G||----8--------------8--||
D||----------------------||
A||----------------------||
D||-8*--------7*---------|| *let ring
To our foolish selves
Maybe th[D]is is the l[A/C#]ove song that [D/C]I refused to
Wr[Bm]ite her when I l[Bb]oved her l[A]ike I used to
And I f[G]ear my heart ma[F#m]y sp[Em]in and fracture
Like t[C]ears of s[Bm]tone f[Bb]alling fr[A]om a st[D]atue
But a voice cont[Bm]ains all that's true and f[G]alse
Then cr[C#m]ies for someone [F#m]else
[F](/D) [F7] [Gm](/D)
And for some honest tenderness
[Bb] [Bsus4] [A]+ [A6] [A-5]
So I must confess
All the wo[D]rds you say to m[A/C#]e have mu[D/C]sic in them
All the s[Bm]orrows and the j[Bb]oys, like m[A]agnetism
And a s[G]elfish boy lo[F#m]oks thr[Em]ough a prism
And s[C]ays what [Bm]is but n[Bb]ever [A]asks what [D]isn't