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From: William Vaughan <wvaughan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 10:17:41 -0400 (EDT) From: William Vaughan <wvaughan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Here's Elvis Costello's "Inch by Inch" off of "Goodbye Cruel World". Listen to the bass line as to where to come in with the b d f# notes - you can leave them out, but if playing by yourself, it adds a lot. The notes have been left out of the verses. Intro b D f# G Bm *verse 1*
G Bm You can take a powder you can take a drink G BmYou can keep the shrink and the kitchen sink
Bm Bm/A Bm/G Bm/F# Write my name in heaven in invisible ink
Bm/F# F#mI just woke up from dreaming,Bm F#m I think *verse 2*
G BmYou can take me over you can give me a lip G BmYou can take me under you can give me the slip
Bm Bm/A Bm/G Bm/F# Take off everything or tear me off a strip
F#mLike a lady in the camber and another in the clip *chorus*
GDon't move a mEmuscle baby BmDon't even Emflinch
Bm Bm/A Bm/G You can miss me by a mile
Bm/F#Or just Eminch by Bminch
Inch by Ginch, Inch by inch
EmYou can pull me F#mup again Bminch by inch Inch by Ginch, as pulses race
I long to Emsee that look F#mupon your Bmface G Bm
*verse 3 same as verse 2* You can take me outside you can take me apart You can take me upstairs you can take me to heart You made me love you when you thought you were smart Don't try to stop me when you told me to start *same as other chorus* Don't move a muscle baby Don't even flinch You can miss me by a mile Or just inch by inch Inch by inch, Inch by inch You can pull me up again inch by inch Inch by inch, as pulses race I long to see that look upon your face Em F#m Bm (fade) I long to see that look upon your face