Elvis Costello

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Speed

Capo 1

[Intro]
C C/E F G
 
[Verse 1]
C                      
She may be the face I can't forget 
                           F
The trace of pleasure or regret 
                           C          
Maybe my treasure or the price I have 
    A
to pay
Dm                             Ddim
She may be the song that summer sings 
                               C
May be the chill that autumn brings 
                             F/G
May be a hundred different things
              G          C        F   G
Within the measure of a day 
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
C                            Cdim
She may be the beauty or the beast 
                          F
May be the famine or the feast 
                          C          
May turn each day into a Heaven or a 
 A
Hell 
Dm                           Ddim
She may be the mirror of my dreams
                         C
A smile reflected in a stream 
                             F/G
She may not be what she may seem 
        G    C        F   G
Inside her shell...
 
 
[Bridge]
 
C Cdim F C A Dm Fm C F G C C7
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
 Ab                                 
She, who always seems so happy in a 
  Eb
crowd 
                                    
Whose eyes can be so private and so 
  Db
proud 
                               C
No one's allowed to see them when they 
cry 
Fm              Bb               Eb
She maybe the love that cannot hope to 
last 
            C                       D
May come to me from shadows in the past
          D                     G
That I remember till the day I die
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
C                          Cdim
She maybe the reason I survive 
                            F
The why and wherefore I'm alive 
                                  C  
The one I care for through the rough 
           A
and ready years 
Dm                                 
Me, I'll take the laughter and her 
Ddim
tears 
                           C
And make them all my souvenirs
                               D
For where she goes I've got to be
            G
The meaning of my life is 
 
 
[Outro]
 
F      C   Fm
She....She 
G    C
Oh, she...

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