Elvis Costello – Indoor Fireworks (Guitar)

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We play these parlour games

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We play at make believe

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When we get to the part where I say that I'm going to leave

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Everybody loves a happy ending but we don't even try

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We go straight past pretending

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To the part where everybody loves to cry

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Indoor fireworks

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Can still burn your fingers

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Indoor fireworks

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We swore we were safe as houses

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They're not so spectacular

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They don't burn up in the sky

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But they can dazzle or delight

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Or bring a tear

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When the smoke gets in your eyes

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You were the spice of life

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The gin in my vermouth

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And though the sparks would fly I thought our love was fireproof

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Sometimes we'd fight in public darling with very little cause

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But different kinds of sparks would fly

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When we got on our own behind closed doors

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Indoor fireworks

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Can still burn your fingers

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Indoor fireworks

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We swore we were safe as houses

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They're not so spectacular

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They don't burn up in the sky

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But they can dazzle or delight

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Or bring a tear

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When the smoke gets in your eyes

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It's time to tell the truth

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These things have to be faced

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My fuse is burning out and all that powder's gone to waste

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Don't think for a moment dear that we'll ever be through

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I'll build a bonfire of my dreams

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And burn a broken effigy of me and you

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Indoor fireworks

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Can still burn your fingers

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Indoor fireworks

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We swore we were safe as houses

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They're not so spectacular

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They don't burn up in the sky

          Amaj7 F#m7 A  B7
But they can dazzle or delight

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Or bring a tear

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When the smoke gets in your eyes