Elvis Costello - Kid aboutIt
I got the version of this song from a Youtube post of him doing it acoustically
(Milwaukee, 10 June 2014) Plus working also from what was here.The ending is different from
album version. I feel I got it pretty close and took liberties (pun) lol to add the big jazzy
G major chord for the last chord ending it.
G F#m B9
He saw no tears in her eyes
Em A
Say you wouldn't kid about it
G F#m
She's telling all of those lies
B9 Em
She swore she'd never told before
But I doubt it
C
So he bit his tongue
Bm Am
And tried hard to capture his breath
D
When she said I waited all my life
D/F#
For just a little death
G F#m
Say you wouldn't kid about it
B9 Em7
Say you wouldn't kid about it
Asus9 G F#m
Say you wouldn't kid about it
B9 Em Eb7 (XX1323) or (x6564x)
Say you wouldn't kid about it
C Em
Sometimes he takes himself so seriously
C Em
She makes her movements mysteriously
F Dm F7
Slow fast or furiously
C
It's a big responsibility
Em
With a face full of mixed ability
C
Big dreams of elegance
Em F C
Singing "The Leaving of Liverpool"
Dsus4/F# D7/F#
And turning into Americans
G
Say you wouldn't kid about it
G F#m B9
So what if this is a man's world
Em A
I want to be a kid again about it
G F#m
Give me back my sadness
B9 Em
I couldn't hide it even if I tried girl
C
We fight so frail
Bm Am
Making love tooth and nail
Dsus4/F#
You gave me the kiss of my life
D/F#
I might even live to tell the tale
G F#m
Say you wouldn't kid about it
B9 Em
Say you wouldn't kid about it
A G F#m
Say you wouldn't kid about it
B9 Em
Say you wouldn't kid about it
G C Cm
Say you wouldn't Say you wouldn't
G G GM7
Say you wouldn't Say you wouldn't
