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|title = When It Sings | |||
|writer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|producer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[Kevin Killen]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - piano, Hohner pianet, celesta<br>[[Peter Erskine]] - drums<br>[[Michael Formanek]] - bass<br>[[Bill Ware]] - vibraphone | |||
|record_info = April-May 2003, Nola Studios and/or Avatar Studios, New York | |||
|release_info = September 11, 2003 | |||
|length = 3:55 | |||
|albums = [[North]], 2003 | |||
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|first = [[Concert 2003-03-29 Los Angeles|March 29, 2003, Los Angeles, CA]] | |||
|last = [[Concert 2023-02-17 New York|February 17, 2023, New York, NY]] | |||
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{{thumb: North}} | |||
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|covers = {{:When It Sings covers}} | |||
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==Chords== | ==Chords== | ||
This song will likely sound better on guitar in drop D tuning. | This song will likely sound better on guitar in drop D tuning. | ||
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==Internal links== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/north/north.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: North] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/north/north.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: North] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/north.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/north/north.html North info page] | ||
*[[Template:When It Sings]] | *[[Template: When It Sings|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[When It Sings covers|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://inanotherroom.com/north.html Elvis Costello Reissues: North] | |||
[[Category:2003]] | [[Category:2003]] | ||
[[Category:North]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics]] | [[Category:Lyrics]] | ||
[[Category:Chords]] | [[Category:Chords]] |
Latest revision as of 03:45, 18 February 2023
All the words you say to me |
First known performance:
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Covers
Steve Nieve | instrumental, performed live, 2020-03-22, The Daily Improvisation, France | 2020 | Facebook - 9:18 |
Pettinen & Viinikainen | Searching For Melodies | 2007 | link |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2021 | YouTube |
Chords
This song will likely sound better on guitar in drop D tuning. D A/C# D/C Bm Bb A G F#m Em G F#m Em D A/C# D/C All the words you say to me have music in them Bm Bb A All the sorrows and the joys, like magnetism G F#m Em And a selfish boy looks through a prism C Bm Bb A D And says what is but never asks what isn't Bm G But a voice contains many precious things C#m F#m It laughs and then it sings F(/D) F7 Gm(/D) And all the lies that we can tell Bb Bbsus4 A+ A6 A-5 e||----------------------|| B||-6---------6--7-------|| G||----8--------------8--|| D||----------------------|| A||----------------------|| D||-8*--------7*---------|| *let ring To our foolish selves D A/C# D/C Maybe this is the love song that I refused to Bm Bb A Write her when I loved her like I used to G F#m Em And I fear my heart may spin and fracture C Bm Bb A D Like tears of stone falling from a statue Bm G But a voice contains all that's true and false C#m F#m Then cries for someone else F(/D) F7 Gm(/D) And for some honest tenderness Bb Bsus4 A+ A6 A-5 So I must confess D A/C# D/C All the words you say to me have music in them Bm Bb A All the sorrows and the joys, like magnetism G F#m Em And a selfish boy looks through a prism C Bm Bb A D And says what is but never asks what isn't