Elvis Costello – The Other End Of The Telescope (Guitar)

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**************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Elvis' original take on the song during the 'Spike' tour **************************************************************************** [Verse]
C        G          D         G        Em              D
Shall we agree that just this once I'm gonna change my life

C       G            D   G     Em            F
Until it's just as tiny or important as you like

        C             G       D            C
And in time we won't even recall that we spoke

                  G         D           C
Words that turned out to be as big as smoke

    G           D           G
As smoke disappears in the air

C                 G       D                G
There's always something smoldering somewhere
[Chorus]
D                       C            G
I know it don't make a difference to you

D                        C           G
But oh it sure made a difference to me

G              D         C            G
You'll see me off in the distance I hope

              Am
At the other end

              C      D   C           G
At the other end of the telescope
[Verse]
       C       G      D    G       Em                D
There was a time not long ago I dreamt the world was flat

       C       G      D    G       Em        F
And all the colours bled away, and that was that.

        C             G       D            C
And in time, I could only believe in one thing.

                       G         D           C
The world was just phosphorous stars hung on string

          C           D          G
And you swore, they'd always be mine

           C             D        G
When you can pull them down any time.
[Chorus]
D                       C            G
I know it don't make a difference to you

D                        C           G
But oh it sure made a difference to me

G              D         C            G
You'll see me off in the distance I hope

              Am
At the other end

              C      D   C           G
At the other end of the telescope
[Bridge]
D                  C          G
There now, baby don't say a word

D                    C         G
Lie down baby your vision is blurred

Em         D        C            G
Your head is so sore from all of that thinking

Em
I don't want to hurt you now

C
But I think you're shrinking
[Verse]
        C     G     D       G          Em               D
You're half naked ambition and you're half out of your wits

        C         G        D       G          Em            F
And though your wristwatch always works, your necktie never fits.

             C                 G          D     C
Now it's so hard to pick the receiver up when I call

          G           D            C
I never noticed you could be so small

            D           G
The answer was under your nose

       C      D      G
But the question never arose
[Chorus]
D                   C            G
I know it don't make a difference to you

  D                  C           G
But oh it sure made a difference to me

               D           C        G
You'll see me off in the distance I hope

          D                C        G
When the head and the heart of it finally elope

          D                 C         G
You'll find me here at the end of my rope.

         Am
At the other end

     C             D      C
At the other end of the telescope