Til Tuesday - The other end of the telescope
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Date: 16 Jan 1996 09:46:15 +0000
From: "Boulton, Nic" <Nic.Boulton@mcl.co.uk>
Subject: /t/Til Tuesday/Other End of the Telescope.crd
Other End of the Telescope (Til Tuesday)
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This is on Til Tuesday's 3rd album, 'Everything's Different Now'. Written by
Aimee Mann and Declan McManus/Elvis Costello, Aimee still plays this in her
live set. The below is written as though played in E (at the nut). On the
album, it's in Eb (Eb transposition at the bottom of the page).
Shall Ewe agrBee that G#mjust this Aonce, I'm gonna C#mchange my Blife
Until it's just as tiny or important as you like
and in Atime, you won't C#meven reBcall that we Aspoke
words that turn out to be as thick as smoke
A like smokeF#m disappears on the Eair,
A there's always something G#msmouldering thEere
[Chorus]:
I kBnow it don't make a Adifference to Eyou
but oh, it sure made a difference to me
you'll C#msee me Boff in the distAance I Ehope
F#m A B A G#m F#m E A G#m F#m E
at the other end, at the other end of the telescope
There Ewas a tBime not lG#mong Aago, I dreamt the C#mworld was Bflat
and all the colours bled away and that was th-------at
and in tAime, I could C#monly belBieve in one thAing
the sky was just phosphorous, stars all on strings
A and you swore that they'd F#malways be Emine
Awell you can't pull them F#mdown any tEime
[Chorus]
[Bridge]:
BThere there baby now Adon't say aE word
lie down baby your vision is blurred
your C#mhead is so Bsore, from Aall of that Ethinking
I C#mdon't want to hurt you Anow, but C#mI think you're shriF#mnking E
I think you're shrinking
You're hEalf nBaked ambG#mition A and half outC#m of your Bwits
and though your wristwatch always works your necktie never fits
now its so Ahard to lift the reC#mceiver up aBnd when I cAall
I never noticed you could be so small
the answer was F#munder your Enose,
but the quAestion Bnever arEose
[Chorus]
you'll C#mfind me Bhere at the Aend of my Erope
when the head and the heart of it finally elope
you'll see us off in the distance I hope
at the other F#mend, at the other Aend oBf the teleAscopG#me F#m E
[outro]:
|| A G#m F#m E :|| A few times
last time : A G#m F#m G#m E
4 4 2 1 1 <-- Number of strums
EADGBe
022100 - E
577655 - A
799877 - B
X46654 - C#m
466444 - G#m
244222 - F#m
Possible alternative to the 3rd line of the bridge is :
your Bmind is so soAre, from Aall of that thC#minking
. . . but I think the first one sounds
closest.
Transposed to Eb: The album's in Eb, which either means putting a capo at 11th
fret (yuk), or playing it with a capo at the first fret and substituting the
chord shapes written above as follows:
Chord in E SHAPE in Eb
(above) (capo @ 1)
E D
F#m Em
G#m F#m
A G
B A
C#m Bm
. . . but I prefer to play it in 'E'! If nothing else, it's fun to run down A
G#m F#m E (5th, 4th, 2nd, 0th frets) at the end of the chorus. Any
improvements welcome.
Nic
Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk