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This is just an update I did over the summer. The original tab came from Aaron Yarlas, and thanks is owed to J. Cooper and Paul Andersen as well. Any corrections are welcomed, and if someone was inclined to do a bass-tab, well that would be swell. N-joy, will. Imagination (Is a Powerful Deceiver) words & music by Elvis Costello from the Rykodisc rerelease of 'My Aim Is True' Cleaned up by Will Lipchitz <wsl6174@is.nyu.edu> Intro (2x): Em - D G - D e---12-12-12-12-12-10------------7-7-7-7-7-10-| B---12-12-12-12-12-10------------8-8-8-8-8-10-| G---12-12-12-12-12-11------------7-7-7-7-7-11-|
So you're Dtrying to make connection, you heard whispers in theG hall She'll be Dout agF#main this Bmevening, when you cDome arD7ound to Gcall So, you Ddodge thF#me lady-kiBmller, who came creDepin' 'cross the fBbloor The you caDught uF#mp in a wBmhirlwind, you got blDown right D7out the Gdoor Oh, Dyes it wF#mas a whBmirlwind,D sweet Bbromance was on your side DIf you wanna Gdance on my face, you must tell me why you lied DImaF#mginatBmion is a powGerful decDeiver When you F#mtry to beBmlieve her juCst a littleG too much DImaF#mginatBmion is a poGwerful decDeiver I'll go oGut of my mDind, if I'm lGosing your Dtouch I see aD look of recognition, so well hidden in yourG eye And your DpeepsF#mhow rBmegulatioDns, theD7y jusGt don't seem to apply, WellD, didF#m I see yBmou in thDe circusBb, in the ring without a hand Now yDou thiF#mnk that Bmyou can cuDrse uD7s, steGal the show and stop the band OhD, yF#mou canBm follow yoDur dreaBbms, oh but please don't lead me on, DIf youG wanna bleed in my face, you were here and now you're gone DImaF#mginatBmion is a powGerful decDeiver When you F#mtry to bBmelieve her justC a little tGoo much DImaF#mginatBmion is a powGerful decDeiver I'll go oGut of my mDind, if I'm lGosing your Dtouch
(repeat intro and end on D) From: schnitzi@east.isx.com (Mark J. Schnitzius) Imagination (Is A Powerful Deceiver) from the Rykodisc rerelease of My Aim Is True tabbed by yarlas@cognet.ucla.edu (Aaron Yarlas) Note: This is the way I play the song; his chords might actually be different, but the basic sound and changes are the same. Instr. Intro.: D E G A D E A E
So you're Etrying to make connection, you heard whispers in the Ahall She'll be Eout again this evening, when you come around to Acall So, Eyou dodge the lady-killer, who came creepin' 'cross the Cfloor Then you Ecaught up in a whirlwind, you got blown right out the Adoor Oh, yes it was a whirlwind, sweet romance was on your Aside EIf you wanna Adance on my face, Dyou must tell me Awhy you lied EImagiAnation is a powerful decEeiver When you try to belAieve her just a Dlittle too Amuch EImagination is a powerful decEeiver I'll go out of my mAind, if I'm Dlosing your Etouch
D E G A D E A E
I see a Elook of recognition, so well hidden in your Aeye And your Epeepshow regulations, they just don't seem to apAply, Well, Edid I see you in the circus, in the ring without a Chand Now you Ethink that you can curse us, steal the show and stop the Aband Oh, Eyou can follow your dreams, oh but please don't lead me Aon, EIf you wanna Ableed in my face, Dyou were here and Anow you're gone EImaginAation is a Dpowerful deceEiver When you try to beAlieve her just a lDittle too Amuch
EImagiAnation is a Dpowerful decEeiver I'll go out of my Amind, if I'm Dlosing your Etouch I'll go out of my Amind, if I'm Dlosing your Etouch I'll go out of my Amind, if I'm Dlosing your Etouch
Note2: Some of the accents on the chords might be a little off; when I converted the document, it messed up the format, and I don't have my guitar handy. Enjoy! >From owner-costello@gnu.ai.mit.edu Sun Jan 30 00:36:14 1994 <199401300508.AA06969@cheetah.csl.uiuc.edu> Subject: "Imagination" chords To: costello@gnu.ai.mit.edu Date: Sat, 29 Jan 1994 23:08:31 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL5] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1792 Status: R I hate to say this, and I don't want to sound ungrateful for someone's efforts, but the chords listed for the song "Imagination..." are way, WAY oversimplified. If you had to play this song with just E, A, D, G, and C chords, I suppose these versions would do...but the progressions are far more involved than that. ***Example, posted version:
Well, Edid I see you in the circus, in the ring without a Chand Now you Ethink that you can curse us, steal the show and stop the Aband
***The way I hear it:
WeAll, did I see you in the Ecircus, in the ring without a Chand Now you tG#mhink that you can cC#murse us, steal the sBmhow and sE7top the bAand
***Posted version:
EImaginAation is a Dpowerful deceEiver When you try to beAlieve her just a lDittle too Amuch
EImagiAnation is a Dpowerful decEeiver I'll go out of my Amind, if I'm Dlosing your Etouch
***The way I hear it:
EImBagiC#mnationE/B is a pAowerful decEeiver When you G#mtry to beC#mlieve her just a Dlittle too mAuch G#mImaginaC#mtion is a pAowerful deEceiver I'll go oAut of my mEind, if I'm loAsing your toEuch
There are far too many D chords in the posted version -- the only time there's actually a D chord is in the chorus ("...a little too much"), and I can't find a G chord in the whole song to save me. >From owner-costello@gnu.ai.mit.edu Sat Feb 5 02:10:44 1994 Received: from haifa.isx.com by voyager.east.isx.com (4.1/3.1.090690-ISX) id AA00320; Sat, 5 Feb 94 02:10:40 EST Received: from geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu by haifa.isx.com (4.1/3.1.090690- ISX) id AA01832; Fri, 4 Feb 94 23:15:09 PST Received: by geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) id <AA01579@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu>; Sat, 5 Feb 94 01:37:03 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) with SMTP id <AA01575@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu>; Sat, 5 Feb 94 01:36:58 -0500 Message-Id: <9402050636.AA01575@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 1906; Sat, 05 Feb 94 01:37:01 EST Received: from UCLAMVS.BITNET (NJE origin MAILER@UCLAMVS) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 9771; Sat, 5 Feb 1994 01:37:01 -0500 Date: Fri, 04 Feb 94 22:37 PST To: *Emotional Toothpaste* <costello@gnu.ai.mit.edu> From: Paul AndersEn <ECZ5PGA@mvs.oac.ucla.edu> Subject: "real" chords to Imagination Status: R After seeing a couple of posting regarding the chords to Imagination I decided to try my hand at figuring them out because neither of the versions I saw worked. I don't know if the writers guitars were out of tune or what, but they definately are not the chords that EC is playing on the recording. So at the risk of being severly flamed I will post my version of the chords. I don't think they are perfect by any means, but if you play these chords along with the recording at least it will sound like the same song.
So you're Dtrying to make connection, you heard whispers in theG hall She'll be Dout agF#main this Bmevening, when you cDome arDmound to Gcall So, you Ddodge thF#me lady-kiBmller, who came creDepin' 'cross the fA#loor The you caDught uF#mp in a wBmhirlwind, you got blDown right Dmout the Gdoor Oh, yes it was a whDirlwind, sweet romance was on your sA#ide DIf you wanna dance on my faceG, you must tell me why you lied DImaF#mginatBmion is a powGerful decDeiver When you F#mtry to belBmieve her just a Clittle too Gmuch DImaF#mginatBmion is a poGwerful decDeiver I'll go oGut of my mDind, if I'm lGosing your Dtouch
Then the second part is the same as the first, except for the ending. The weird thing about this song is that while it sounds like it doesn't flow right on the recording, when you are playing and singing the tune it sounds perfect, and it's tons of fun to play. If these chords work for you, experiment with adding in the bass line, you will find that much of the bass line can be played without having to use alternate fingerings for the chords. Enjoy Paul Andersen