Elvis Costello - Voice In The Dark

voice in the dark

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ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Dm . . . . G
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ba ba ba ba
G
ba ba ba ba ba

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ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Dm . . . . G
ba ba ba

D#dim G

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you can read right through a book of matches
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but that wont make you smart
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you can laugh in the face of watches
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but time will only break your heart

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kings reign beneath umbrellas
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hide pennies down in cellars
Dm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A
and money pours down and yet
Dm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G
no everyone gets soaking wet

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when bores and bullies conspire
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to stamp out your spark
D7
listen for
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a voice in the dark

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not a moment too soon as we blue the moon
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and a wolf begins to howl in tune
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i announced for all mankind
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a boon
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stand aside you big baboon
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now im the a prize invention
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youre the image of yourself
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forget your cares
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and disapproving stares
D7
im not here to try to jump your borders
G
just ask your nieces and daughters
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im flat as sole , im happy as a clam
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but they dont know the kind of man i Am
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little fish swimming in a jealous shoal
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now my net is overflowing
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and i suddenly seem to be all seeing and all knowing
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ive got something right there
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that you might want to hear
D7
but have no fear
lend a hand
lend an ear
G
if your rent – money is in arrears

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well be striking up a symphony bandstand
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long of hair and loose of tooth
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therell be pirouettes and startling handstands
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and who but acrobats know how to tell the truth
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when is said that then redundant
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they gallivant in peg – leg pants
Dm
ill be your servant
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youll be my pal
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ill be ever faithful you know i shall
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theres no fool like an old fool
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who blames it all upon his youth
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when times are tough and you find youre down
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without a star to wish upon
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just listen for
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a voice in the dark

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i was striking through a box of matches
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hoping that one would spark
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i heard somebody calling to me
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a voice in the dark

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a sound both wild and gentle
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daring and confidential
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i thought there was music playing
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but it was all and only talk
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when liars and bullies conspire to stamp out your spark
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fill up that empty space in your heart
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listen up , when the herald says , hark
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believe in just a voice in the dark