Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Black And White World (Guitar)

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Chords

[Chords] B7 - xx4445 (or x21202) B/F# - xx3331 Em/G - xx5453 Em/B - x22000 Gm/Bb - x1x333 A/G - 3x222x D/F# - 2x0232 D/C - x30232 G/B - x20033 E/G# - 4x245x
[Intro]
    D     G       N.C.            D    G        N.C.
e|--2-----3-----|-------------|---2----3------|-----------|
B|--3-----3-----|-------------|---3----3------|-----------|
G|--2-----0-----|-------------|---2----0------|-----------|
D|--0-----0-----|-------------|---0----0------|-----------|
A|--------2-----|-------------|--------2------|-----------|
E|--------3-----|-------------|--------3------|-----------|

    D     G        Em     Am       D     G
e|--2-----3----|---0------0----|---2-----3-----|
B|--3-----3----|---0------1----|---3-----3-----|
G|--2-----0----|---0------2----|---2-----0-----|
D|--0-----0----|---2------2----|---0-----0-----|
A|--------2----|---2------0----|---------2-----|
E|--------3----|---0-----------|---------3-----|

G                                           Em
I was looking at the black and white world It seemed so exciting

G                                                  Em
 If you'd only put me back to back with that girl  When the night's inviting

     B7     Em     B/F#  Em/G   C         Em/B    Gm/Bb      A
With just a little light ing    There'll never be days like that again

    A   A/G D/F# D   A   A/G D/F# D   A   A/G D/F# D   A    A/G D/F# D
e|---------------2-|--------------2-|--------------2-|---------------2-|
B|--2--2---------3-|-2--2---------3-|-2--2---------3-|-2--2----------3-|
G|--2--2---------2-|-2--2---------2-|-2--2---------2-|-2--2----------2-|
D|--2--2---------0-|-2--2---------0-|-2--2---------0-|-2--2----------0-|
A|--0--0-----------|-0--0-----------|-0--0-----------|-0--0------------|
E|--------3-2------|-------3-2------|-------3-2------|-------3-2-------|
                    When I was just a boy and men were men

E/G#  Am             D/F#      G
   You never go from moment to moment

   D  D/C G/B G      D  D/C G/B G
e|-2-2-------------|-2-2-----------|
B|-3-3-------------|-3-3-----------|
G|-2-2--------0----|-2-2-------0---|
D|-0-0--------0----|-0-0-------0---|
A|------3-2---2----|------3-2--2---|
E|------------3----|-----------3---|
 You're the living of a single fiction
           double

E/G#      Am          D/F#           G
    You're very colourful with your compliments

   D  D/C G/B G     D  D/C G/B G
e|-2-2------------|-2-2----------|
B|-3-3------------|-3-3----------|
G|-2-2--------0---|-2-2-------0--|
D|-0-0--------0---|-0-0-------0--|
A|-----3--2---2---|-------3-2-2--|
E|------------3---|-----------3--|
As you feel the finger's friction

Em             A               Em         A               Em
It's a freeze-frame Still it's real life You don't want to look

              A        Em              A        D
'cause you've seen the film and you've read the book

               1/2
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-5-4-3-2-1---------|
E|-----------5-3^r-3-|
[Verse]
G                                           Em
I was looking at the black and white world  Trying to name some pin-up

G                                         Em
 Those days she was just a beautiful girl Now she's framed and hung up

B7         Em     B/F#     Em/G   C  Em/B         Gm/Bb    A
I thought she was young up until   I saw her last night in close detail

A/G D/F# D           A/G D/F# D       A/G D/F# D         A/G D/F# D
           Though they all fade away when you're so pale

E/G#    Am               D/F#      G             D  D/C  G/B  G         D  D/C  G/B  G
   It's more than just a physical attraction It starts with a face and ends up a fixation

E/G#        Am          D/F#    G              D  D/C  G/B  G      D  D/C  G/B  G
 But you're never gonna feel a fraction of the way it used to work on your imagination
[Chorus]
D               G
 When you were looking at the black and white world

D               G
 When you were looking at the black and white world

D               G
 When you were looking
[Outro]
D               G
 When you were looking at the black and white world

D               G
 When you were looking at the black and white world

D               G
 When you were looking at the black and white world

D               G
 When you were looking at the black and white world

D               G
 When you were looking at the black and white world
[Legend] N.C. - no chord ^r - bend and release (half tone)