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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 4Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Riff:
e|---------
B|---------
G|---------
D|---------
A|-------0-
E|-0-2-3---
Riff Bm Cx 4
Riff                                Bm          C  G  
You should hear the things that they say about me
They're saying "SAmhe's no better than she nCeeded to be"
Riff                       Bm          C            G  Am  
They don't know that he was kind and warm and tender
And soon there's gonna be anCother Unwanted Number
Riff  Bm  C  
Riff  Bm  F  
DmHow can I tell them?
CHow can I exGpress?
How it Ffelt to step out of this lCife and inFto his eCmbrace
DmHow can I tell them?
CHow can I expGlain?
All the loFve that I never Chad I Ffound in hCim
Riff                        Bm       C  G  
There may be a stain on the family name
And if my faAmther was here I think I kCnow who he'd blame
Riff                   Bm        C          G  Am  
Mama says that he just doesn't care to remember
And all he thinks of me is anCother Unwanted Number
Riff  Bm  C  
         Unwanted Number
Riff  Bm  F  
DmHow can I tell her?
CHow can I exGpress?
How it Ffelt when he came to my rCoom and heFlped me to unCdress
DmWhat can she tell me?
CHow can I belGieve
That she reaFlly didn't hear me crCy when he wFouldn't lCeave?
Riff                            Bm            C  G  
There's a local game where they whisper my shame
They say "He gAmave her his child he wouldn't gCive her his name"
Riff                      Bm        C        G  Am  
They will torture me from January till September
And soon there's going to be anCother Unwanted Number
Riff  Bm  C  
         Unwanted Number
Riff  Bm  C  
         Unwanted Number
AmAnd I will give my love to another Unwanted Number
Riff  Bm  C  
         Unwanted Number
Riff  Bm  C  
         Unwanted Number
AmSoon there's going to be, soon there's going to be
Another, another, another Unwanted Number
Riff  Bm  C  
         Unwanted Number
Riff  Bm  C  
         Unwanted Number
AmSoon there's going to be, soon there's going to be
Another, another, another Unwanted Number
Riff  Bm  C  
         Unwanted Number
Riff  Bm  C  
         Unwanted Number

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Unwanted Number

by Elvis Costello

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Riff:

e|---------

B|---------

G|---------

D|---------

A|-------0-

E|-0-2-3---

Riff Bm Cx 4

Bm C G

Riff

You should hear the things that they say about me

Am C

They're saying "She's no better than she needed to be"

Bm C G Am

Riff

They don't know that he was kind and warm and tender

And soon there's gonna be another Unwanted Number

Bm C

Riff

Bm F

Riff

How can I tell them?

C G

How can I express?

F C F C

How it felt to step out of this life and into his embrace

How can I tell them?

C G

How can I explain?

F C F C

All the love that I never had I found in him

Bm C G

Riff

There may be a stain on the family name

Am C

And if my father was here I think I know who he'd blame

Bm C G Am

Riff

Mama says that he just doesn't care to remember

And all he thinks of me is another Unwanted Number

Bm C

Riff

Unwanted Number

Bm F

Riff

How can I tell her?

C G

How can I express?

F C F C

How it felt when he came to my room and helped me to undress

What can she tell me?

C G

How can I believe

F C F C

That she really didn't hear me cry when he wouldn't leave?

Bm C G

Riff

There's a local game where they whisper my shame

Am C

They say "He gave her his child he wouldn't give her his name"

Bm C G Am

Riff

They will torture me from January till September

And soon there's going to be another Unwanted Number

Bm C

Riff

Unwanted Number

Bm C

Riff

Unwanted Number

And I will give my love to another Unwanted Number

Bm C

Riff

Unwanted Number

Bm C

Riff

Unwanted Number

Soon there's going to be, soon there's going to be

Another, another, another Unwanted Number

Bm C

Riff

Unwanted Number

Bm C

Riff

Unwanted Number

Soon there's going to be, soon there's going to be

Another, another, another Unwanted Number

Bm C

Riff

Unwanted Number

Bm C

Riff

Unwanted Number

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