{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1013871,"song":"Voice In The Dark","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11223858-voice-in-the-dark-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1013871?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"VOICE IN THE DARK\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nBa ba ba ba ba ba ba[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nba ba ba ba[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nba ba ba ba[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBa ba ba ba ba[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nBa ba ba ba ba ba ba[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]    | [ch]Am6[/ch] | [ch]Am6[/ch] [ch]Gaug[/ch]       |\r\nba ba ba[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nYou can read right through a book of matches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                  [ch]G7[/ch]           \r\nBut that won’t make you smart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C7[/ch]           \r\nYou can laugh in the face of watches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Fm[/ch]              \r\nBut time will only break your heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Fm[/ch]             \r\nKings reign beneath umbrellas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHide pennies down in cellars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd money pours down and yet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nNo everyone gets soaking wet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen bores and bullies conspire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTo stamp out your spark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch] \r\nListen for…[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA Voice In The Dark[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nNot a moment too soon as we blue the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]   \r\nAnd a wolf begins to howl in tune [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI announced for all mankind a boon [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]C7[/ch]        \r\nStand aside you big baboon[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]          \r\nNow I’m the a prize invention[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Fm[/ch]               \r\nYou’re the image of yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          \r\nForget your cares[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]             \r\nAnd disapproving stares[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI’m not here to try to jump your borders[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nJust ask your nieces and daughters [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI’m flat as sole, I’m happy as a clam[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]    [ [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] ]\r\nBut they don’t know the kind of man I am  (alt  for this line only)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLittle fish swimming in a jealous shoal[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nNow my net is overflowing[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nAnd I suddenly seem to be all seeing and all knowing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’ve got something right there[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThat you might want to hear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBut have no fear [/tab]\r\nLend a hand \r\nLend an ear\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nIf your rent-money is in arrears [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWe’ll be striking up a symphony bandstand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLong of hair and loose of tooth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]C7[/ch]                 \r\nThere’ll be pirouettes and startling handstands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Fm[/ch]              \r\nAnd who but acrobats know how to tell the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Fm[/ch]        \r\nWhen is said that then redundant[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]           \r\nThey gallivant in peg-leg pants[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nI‘ll be your servant[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]       \r\nYou’ll be my pal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI’ll be ever faithful you know I shall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              \r\nThere’s no fool like an old fool[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWho blames it all upon his youth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]                            \r\nWhen times are tough and you find you’re down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]               \r\nWithout a star to wish upon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      \r\nJust listen for a Voice In The Dark[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]A7[/ch]           \r\nI was striking through a box of matches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]             \r\nHoping that one would spark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]C7[/ch]              \r\nI heard somebody calling to me [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           \r\nA voice in the dark[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nA sound both wild and gentle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]            \r\nDaring and confidential[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]          \r\nI thought there was music playing [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]          \r\nBut it was all and only talk[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]        \r\nWhen liars and bullies conspire to stamp out your spark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           \r\nFill up that empty space in your heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]           \r\nListen up, when the herald says, “Hark”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nBelieve in just a voice in the dark…[/tab]","plain_text":"VOICE IN THE DARK\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLend a hand \nLend an 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