Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 22:35:44 -0400
From: Bob Kaphan
Subject: TAB:the_other_end_of_the_telescope by elvis_costello
>From the wonderful Elvis disk All This Useless Beauty. A previous
version of this song can be found on the Til Tuesday album Everything`s
Different Now. Elvis co-wrote this one with Aimee Mann but changed the
lyrics and (in my opinion) made the song better for this version.
This song is (c) 1996 Warner Bros Records. I`m sure Elvis has some
publishing rights as does Aimee Mann...
The Other End of the Telescope
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(Costello/Mann)
Bb F C F Dm C
Verse Shall we agree that just this once I`m gonna change my life
1: Bb F C F Dm Eb
Until it`s just as tiny or important as you like
Bb F C Bb
And in time we won`t even recall that we spoke
F C Bb
Words that turned out to be as big as smoke
C F
As smoke disappears in the air
Bb C F
There`s always something smoldering somewhere
C Bb F
Chorus: I know it don`t make a difference to you
C Bb F
But oh it sure made a difference to me
C Dm F
You`ll see me off in the distance I hope
Dm
At the other end
Bb C Bb
At the other end of the telescope
(Bb) F C F Dm C
Verse The promise of indulgence in my confidential voice
2: Bb F C F Dm Eb
Approached immortal danger but you`ll never know how close
Bb F C Bb
Then down the hall I overheard such a heavenly choir
F C Bb
They interrupted my evil desires
C F
One day you`re up in the clouds
Bb C F
The next thing you`re down with the Sweet Adelines
(chorus)
C Bb F
Bridge: Lie down baby now don`t say a word
C Bb F
There there baby your vision is blurred
Dm C Bb F
Your head is so sore from all of that thinking
Dm
I don`t want to hurt you now
C
But I think you`re shrinking
Bb F C F Dm C
Verse You`re half naked ambition and you`re half out of your wits
3: Bb F C F Dm Eb
Or several tiny fractions that this portrait still omits
Bb F C Bb
Now it`s so hard to pick the receiver up when I call
F C Bb
I never noticed you could be so small
C F
The answer was under your nose
Bb C F
But the question never arose
C Bb F
Chorus: I know it don`t make a difference to you
C Bb F
But oh it sure made a difference to me
C Dm F
You`ll see me off in the distance I hope
C Dm F
With a bamboo needle on a shellac of Chopin
C Dm F
And the cast iron heart that you failed to tear open
Dm
At the other end
Bb C Bb
At the other end of the telescope
