Elvis Costello – What Is It That I Need That I Dont Already Have (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Am                                    Dm    Am
What is it that I need that I don't already have?

                                 E
Who was there in the past that I couldn't seem to save?

Dm                 E      Dm               E
But will I seem so smart, me and my broken heart

Am           F          E  Am
When I am pretending to be brave
[Verse 2]
Am                             E7           Am
What is there up ahead that I can't already see?

                       B7                     E
Startling as it seems, well, it's supposed to be

Dm               E
Where am I going next?

Dm             E
And if no one objects

Am                              Fm         E  Am
Just close the door and that'll be the end of me
[Bridge]
C
What is it that I lost that I don't really need
Some glasses for my eyes
       G
And an hour or two of speed

Dm             G        Dm             G
My hands don't blister, my hands don't bleed

F                    Am      F                    Am
But I'll never be contented, repent or ever be lamented

         Fm                Am
'Til I'm planted down like rotten crops

    F          E    Am
And covered up with weeds
[Verse 3]
Am
What is it that I want that I can't already taste?
A damson from a tree
Ddim               E7
A girl that I once chased

Am         Dm  E7       Dm           E7
A girl who ran away and wanted to be caught

Am                                      F           E   Am
Then bade farewell to my love like some merchandise she bought
[Bridge]
C
Things are going up like blasphemous prayers

                                        G
I burned up all my paper money on those London derrieres

Dm                G          Dm             G
Prayers and paper money will burn until you choke

     F                   Am
The things I should have said

     F                   Am
They were so easily left unspoken

  F                Am
I didn't break you down

    F          E Am
You were already broken
[Verse 4]
Am
What is it that I need that I don't already have?

                                 Dm             E
Who was there in the past that I couldn't even see?

Dm                 E      Dm               E
But will I seem so smart, me and my broken heart

Am           F          E  Am
When I am pretending to be free?

Am           F          E  Am
When I am pretending to be free?

Am   G       F          Em Am
When I am pretending to be free