#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com lyrics and chords of: You Tripped At Every Step by Elvis Costello And The Attractions Suggestions and corrections are always welcome! date: 95/10/15 G Em/B C G/D Take your tiny feet out of your mother´s shoes Bm Em Am7 D7 Or there´s is going to be a terrible scene G Em/B C G/D It´s not just a lipstick drawn on crooked when they Bm Em Find how wicked we are B Bdim C How wicked we have been E Am How I´ve been tempted C G/D D C How you tripped at every step Em C Em You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step C Bm D/A C Oh, how you tripped at every step G Em/B C G/D There´s a merry tune that starts in "I" and ends Bm Em Am7 D7 In "You", like many famous pop songs do G Em/B C G/D You would sing along with little tell-tale staggers Bm Em While balancing on daggers B Bdim C Thou they were killing you E Am You looked so deadly C G/D D C As you tripped at every step Em C Em You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step C Bm D/A C Oh, how you tripped at every step Eb Cm7 Ab6 G7 And I would try to catch you anytime you call Cm7 Bb7 Only you drank that potion and went out of control Eb Cm7 Ab6 G7 There´s nothing to stop you so how can you fall C Am Let me take your hand Bb/F D/F# Put down that frying pan G Em/B C G/D Darkness would become me, underneath the table Bm Em Am7 D7 As the fury raged around the house G Em/B C G/D Your despairing tread was angry and unstable Bm Em You never suspected B Bdim C Just as this cartoon mouse E Am Went undetected C G/D D C As you tripped at every step Em C Em You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step C Bm D/A C Oh, how you tripped at every step G Em/B C G/D In another world of gin and cigarettes Bm Em Am7 D7 Those cocktail cabinets put mud in your eye G Em/B C G/D Maybe that is why you find it hard to see me Bm Em And if you don´t believe me B Bdim C Before you start to cry E Am "Don´t eve leave me." C G/D D C As you tripped at every step Em C Em You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step C Bm D/A C Oh, how you tripped at every step Original tune is in D-Major! Seite 3 von 3 Seite 1 von 3