Elvis Costello – Tripwire (Guitar)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
F#m sounds better with this fingering:
e ---2--- B ---2--- G ---2--- D ---x---- A ---x----- E ---x-----
Intro: E C#m F#m B7
E C#m Just because you don’t speak the language F#m B7 Doesn’t mean that you can’t understand E C#m Just because you don’t speak the language F#m B7 Doesn’t mean that you can’t understand E C#m The twist in the script of the insult F#m B7 Scrawled on the back of your hand E C#m Torn from the pages of scripture F#m B7 Sprayed on the wall in the frays of a flag E C#m Kisses forbidden on lips F#m B7 And all of your fine clothes worn into rags E C#m F#m B7 Tripwire, tripwire, tripwire, tripwire E There’s a tripwire C#m F#m B7 Tripwire, tripwire, tripwire E C#m Don’t open the door ‘cause they’re coming F#m B7 Don’t open the door ‘cause they’re here E C#m Above there’s an ominous humming F#m B7 Below there’s a murmur of prayer E C#m Torn from the pages of scandal F#m B7 Sprayed on a wall in the frays of the flag E C#m Kisses forbidden on lips F#m B7 and all of your fine clothes blown into rags E C#m F#m B7 Tripwire, tripwire, tripwire, tripwire E There’s a tripwire C#m F#m B7 Tripwire, tripwire, tripwire E There’s a cross in the line there’s a circus E There’s a voice that you might overhear E There’s a lens making the picture perfect E They say you have nothing to fear E C#m Torn from the pages of pamphlets F#m B7 Thrown in the air like confetti in church E C#m Far, far away there’s a target F#m B7 and the sound of an army just starting to march E C#m F#m B7 Tripwire, tripwire, tripwire, tripwire E There’s a tripwire C#m F#m B7 Tripwire, tripwire, tripwire E C#m Just because I don’t read the language F#m B7 Doesn’t mean that I'm blind to the threat E C#m Though I thought there was more to forgiveness F#m B7 Than all we conveniently forget E C#m Torn from the pages of history F#m B7 Repeated again and again and again E C#m You’re either for or against us F#m B7 and that is how the hatred begins
(repeat 2 or 3 times and fade, or play twice and finish with an E)
E C#m F#m B7 Tripwire, tripwire, tripwire, tripwire E There’s a tripwire C#m F#m B7 Tripwire, tripwire, tripwire