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Kristen Menecola

Journal Entry: Sun Sep 14, 2008, 8:46 PM





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Elvis Costello - I Want You

This is the song that single-handedly made me an Elvis Costello fan. The simple repetition of the "I want you"s contrasted with the extreme emotion in the lyrics just makes my toes curl.

How happy I was to find that the chords are just as simple and moving. The C to B7 is one of my favourite progressions, and I tend to play all the E's as E7 just so I can get some more dominant sevenths.

Despite the repeated chords, this song is wonderful to play. Although, I do have trouble with the lyrics, so I kind of just throw in "I want you" whenever I feel like it.

I will be purchasing the M-Audio Fast Track Pro today, a beautiful compliment to my Audio-Technica 2020 condenser mic. I was put off by the price at first until I checked all the inflated costs online. Hopefully the long wait for this mixer has been worth it, and hopefully I will use my smarts enough to figure out how to work the thing. Worst case scenario, I have a fancy external upgraded soundcard. Best case: I record some mediocre tunes.



Guitar Tab

* = I want you

A E A A7 E
Oh... my baby baby I love you more than I can tell
A A7 D
I don't think I can live without you
A E7 A
And I know that I never will
A E A A7 E
Oh my baby baby I want you so it scares me to death
A A7 D
I can't say anymore than "I love you"
A E7 F#m (5?)
Everything else is a waste of breath

Em G
I want you
C B7 Em
You've had your fun you don't get well no more
G
I want you
C B7
Your fingernails go dragging down the wall
B7 C C B7
be careful darling you might fall

[Repeat the Em-G-C-B7 sequence in the next lines]

*I woke up and one of us was crying
*You said "Young man I do believe you're dying"
*If you need a second opinion as you seem to do these days
B7
You can look in my eyes and you can count the ways

B7 C C B7

[continue sequence]

*Did you mean to tell me but seem to forget
*Since when were you so generous and inarticulate
*It's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for
It's the way your shoulders shake and what they're shaking for
It's knowing that he knows you now after only guessing*

B7
It's the thought of him undressing you on you undressing

B7 C C B7

[continue sequence]

*He tossed some tatty compliment your way*

B7 [pause then continue]
And you were fool enough to love it when he said
"I want you"

*The truth can't hurt you it's just like the dark
It scares you witless
But in time you see things clear and stark
*Go on and hurt me when we'll let it drop
*I'm afraid I won't know where to stop
*I'm not ashamed to say I cried for you

*I want to know the things you did that we do too
*I want to hear he pleases you more than I do
*I might as well be useless for all it means to you
*Did you call his name out as he held you down
*Oh no my darling not with that clown
B7 [pause]
*You've had your fun you don't get well no more
*No-one who wants you could want you more
*Every night when I go off to bed and when I wake up
*
*I'm going to say it once again 'til I instill it
*I know I'm going to feel this way until you kill it
*
*


:butterflytwo: Stamps





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Lives in Mississauga, but dreams of living in the quasi-country. Studying Graphic Design at Seneca College. Wandering around book stores is preferred method of wasting time. Loves to travel, but only after dragging her out of her bed. Makes lots of lists, just to do heart bullet points. Already has baby names picked out. Could live solely on Italian food and anything of the chocolate/peanut butter variety. Loves baking (not to be confused with cooking.) Tries to write, occasionally.

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  • Mood: Questionable
  • Listening to: Elvis Costello - I Want You
  • Reading: Influence: Science and Practice
  • Watching: South Park Season Eight
  • Playing: Rune Factory
  • Eating: Chocolate Orange Fudge
  • Drinking: Spiced Chai

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Lives in Mississauga, but dreams of living in the quasi-country. Studying Graphic Design at Seneca College. Wandering around book stores is preferred method of wasting time. Loves to travel, but only after dragging her out of her bed. Makes lots of lists, just to do heart bullet points. Already has baby names picked out. Could live solely on Italian food and anything of the chocolate/peanut butter variety. Loves baking (not to be confused with cooking.) Tries to write, occasionally.

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  • Current Residence: Toronto, Canada
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: Women's medium
  • Print preference: Lustre
  • Interests: Baking, comics, video games, big band music
  • Favourite movie: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • Favourite band or musician: Tom Waits
  • Favourite genre of music: Jazz/Blues
  • Favourite artist: Kaori Yuki
  • Favourite poet or writer: Hunter S. Thompson
  • Favourite photographer: Dooce
  • Favourite style of art: Minimalism
  • Operating System: Windows Vista: Home Premium
  • MP3 player of choice: Black 60gig iPod Video, 5th gen
  • Skin of choice: Windows Blinds
  • Favourite game: Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  • Favourite gaming platform: Super Nintendo
  • Favourite cartoon character: Gabirel from Penny Arcade
  • Tools of the Trade: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Pentax *ist DL
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