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|albums = [[When I Was Cruel]], 2002 | |albums = [[When I Was Cruel]], 2002 | ||
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|first = [[TV 1999-09-29 Jay Leno|September 29, 1999, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno]] | |first = [[TV 1999-09-29 Jay Leno|September 29, 1999, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno]] | ||
|last = [[Concert | |last = [[Concert 2023-09-15 Randers|September 15, 2023, Randers, Denmark]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:49, 6 February 2024
Bells are chiming for victory |
First known performance: Alternate versions
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Covers
Dylan Posa | In My Own Way | 2016 | Bandcamp |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2021 | YouTube |
Chords
- Transcribed by Pablo Alonso.
(play stacatto) A5 G5 D5 C5 Bells are chiming for victory D5 C5 G5 A5 There's a page back in history D5 A5 45 G5 D5 C5 They came back to the world that they fought for D5 C5 G5 Didn't turn out just like they thought A5 D5 A5 45 D E D/F# E/G# Here is a song to sing to do the measuring D/A E/B (guitar+bass) What do you lose, what do you gain, what do you win? Nine years later a child is born There's a record, so you put it on 45 Nine years more, if we're lucky now Nine-year-old puts his money down 45 Every scratch. every click, every heartbeat Every breath that I held for you 45 There's a stack of shellac and vinyl Which is yours now and which is mine? 45 Here is a song to sing to do the measuring What do you lose, what do you gain, what do you win? A5 D5 Bass and treble heal every hurt C5 G5 There's a rebel in a nylon shirt A5 G5 D5 But the words are a mystery, I've heard F#5 B5 (F#m and Bm on organ) 'Til you turn it down to 33 and 1/3 A5 G5 D5 C5 D5 'Cos it helps with the elocution C5 G5 Corporations turn revolutions A5 G5 A5 45 So don't just weep and shed Just change your name instead What do you lose when it all goes to your head? I heard something peculiar said: "Perhaps he's got a shot and now he's dead" 45 Bells are chiming and tears are falling It creeps up on you without a warning 45 Every scratch, every click, every heartbeat Every breath that I bless I'd be lost, I confess 45 A G A G to fade
Internal links
External links
- Elvis Costello Reissues: When I Was Cruel
- 45 - Promo video (3.29)