{"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":1470253,"song":"Tripwire","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11264558-tripwire-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1470253?type=chord","rating":0.01579,"votes":0,"content":"F#m sounds better with this fingering:\r\n\r\n[tab]e ---2---\r\nB ---2---\r\nG ---2---\r\nD ---x----\r\nA ---x-----\r\nE ---x-----[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nJust because you don’t speak the language[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nDoesn’t mean that you can’t understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nJust because you don’t speak the language[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nDoesn’t mean that you can’t understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                           [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThe twist in the script of the insult[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nScrawled on the back of your hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nTorn from the pages of scripture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSprayed on the wall in the frays of a flag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nKisses forbidden on lips[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd all of your fine clothes worn into rags[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTripwire, tripwire, tripwire, tripwire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere’s a tripwire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTripwire, tripwire, tripwire[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nDon’t open the door ‘cause they’re coming[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nDon’t open the door ‘cause they’re here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAbove there’s an ominous humming[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBelow there’s a murmur of prayer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nTorn from the pages of scandal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSprayed on a wall in the frays of the flag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nKisses forbidden on lips[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nand all of your fine clothes blown into rags[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTripwire, tripwire, tripwire, tripwire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere’s a tripwire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTripwire, tripwire, tripwire[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                           \r\nThere’s a cross in the line there’s a circus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                      \r\nThere’s a voice that you might overhear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 \r\nThere’s a lens making the picture perfect[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               \r\nThey say you have nothing to fear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nTorn from the pages of pamphlets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThrown in the air like confetti in church[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nFar, far away there’s a target[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nand the sound of an army just starting to march[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTripwire, tripwire, tripwire, tripwire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere’s a tripwire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTripwire, tripwire, tripwire[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nJust because I don’t read the language[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nDoesn’t mean that I'm blind to the threat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThough I thought there was more to forgiveness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThan all we conveniently forget[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nTorn from the pages of history[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nRepeated again and again and again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nYou’re either for or against us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nand that is how the hatred begins[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(repeat 2 or 3 times and fade, or play twice and finish with an E)\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTripwire, tripwire, tripwire, tripwire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere’s a tripwire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTripwire, tripwire, tripwire[/tab]","plain_text":"F#m sounds better with this fingering:\n\n\n\n\nIntro: E C#m F#m B7\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(repeat 2 or 3 times and fade, or play twice and finish with an E)","chords":["F#m","B","G","D","A","E","C#m","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}