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|title = You Tripped At Every Step | |||
|writer = [[Declan MacManus]] | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass | |||
|producer = [[Mitchell Froom]] & [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|record_info = 1993, Olympic Studios, London | |||
: | |release_info = March 8, 1994 | ||
|length = 4:07 | |||
|albums = [[Brutal Youth]], 1994 | |||
|singles = [[Single: You Tripped At Every Step|You Tripped At Every Step]], 1994 | |||
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|promos = [[Words And Music]], 1994<br>[[Warner Music United Kingdom New Releases]], 1994<br>[[Malice And Magic]] (Japan), 1994<br>[[Selections From This Year's Model - Blood & Chocolate - Brutal Youth]], 2002<br> | |||
[[Either Side Of The Same Town Sampler]], 2010 | |||
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|first = [[Concert 1994-05-03 Vancouver|May 3, 1994, Vancouver, BC, Canada]] | |||
|last = [[Concert 2016-10-28 Akron|October 28, 2016, Akron, OH]] | |||
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==Alternate versions== | |||
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|title = You Tripped At Every Step (Church Studios Version) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums, percussion<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards | |||
|record_info = December 11, 1992, Church Studios, London | |||
|release_info = February 19, 2002 | |||
|length = 3:25 | |||
|albums = [[Brutal Youth (Rhino reissue)]], 2002 | |||
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|covers = {{:Elvis Costello covers: You Tripped At Every Step}} | |||
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==Chords== | ==Chords== | ||
D Bm/F# G D/A | D Bm/F# G D/A | ||
Take your tiny feet out of your mother's shoes | Take your tiny feet out of your mother's shoes | ||
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Oh, as you tripped at every step | Oh, as you tripped at every step | ||
==Internal links== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/by/by.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Brutal Youth] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/by/by.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Brutal Youth] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/by.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/by.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/by/by_info_a01.htm Info page] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/by/by_info_s10.htm You Tripped At Every Step CD single info page] | ||
*[[Template:You Tripped At Every Step]] | *[[Template: You Tripped At Every Step|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Elvis Costello covers: You Tripped At Every Step|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.inanotherroom.com/by.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Brutal Youth] | ||
[[Category:1994]] | [[Category:1994]] | ||
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Revision as of 03:49, 17 December 2016
Take your tiny feet out of your mother's shoes |
First known performance: Alternate versions
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Covers
Steve Nieve | instrumental, performed live, 2020-04-02, The Daily Improvisation, France | 2020 | Facebook (at 11:30) |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2020 | YouTube |
Chords
D Bm/F# G D/A Take your tiny feet out of your mother's shoes F#m Bm Em7 A7 Or there is going to be a terrible scene D Bm/F# G D/A It's not just the lipstick drawn on crooked when they F#m Bm Find how wicked we are F# F#dim G How wicked we have been B Em How I've been tempted G D/A A G How you tripped at every step Bm G Bm You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step G F#m A/E G Oh, how you tripped at every step D Bm/F# G D/A There's a merry tune that starts in "I" and ends F#m Bm Em7 A7 in "You", like many famous pop songs do D Bm/F# G D/A You would sing along with little tell-tale staggers F#m Bm While balancing on daggers F# F#dim G Though they were killing you B Em You looked so deadly G D/A A G As you tripped at every step Bm G Bm You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step G F#m A/E G Oh, as you tripped at every step F Gm7 And I would run to catch you Eb6 D7 Anytime you call Gm7 Only you drank that potion Eb7 And went out of control F Gm7 There's nothing to stop you Eb6 D7 So how can you fall G Em Let me take your hand Eb/Bb A/C# Put down that frying pan D Bm/F# G D/A Darkness would become me, underneath the table F#m Bm Em7 A7 As the fury raged around the house D Bm/F# G D/A Your despairing tread was angry and unstable F#m Bm You never suspected F# F#dim G Just as that cartoon mouse B Em Went undetected G D/A A G So you tripped at every step D Bm/F# G D/A In another world of gin and cigarettes F#m Bm Em7 A7 Those cocktail cabinets put mud in your eye D Bm/F# G D/A Maybe that is why you find it hard to see me F#m Bm And if you don't believe me F# F#dim G Before you start to cry B Em "Don't ever leave me." G D/A A G As you start to lose your grip G D/A A G You will stumble and you slip G D/A A G As you tripped at every step Bm G Bm You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step G D/A A G Oh, as you tripped at every step
Internal links
- Elvis Costello Home Page: Brutal Youth • lyrics • chords • Info page • You Tripped At Every Step CD single info page
- Lyrics • Covers