Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach - Toledo [1998]
Writer(s) - Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach
Chord Shapes:
G6 = x55430
F#m7 = 242222
or x44220
Bm7 = x24232
Cadd9 = x32030
Aadd9 = x02420
or 577600
B/A = x04442
G#m7 = 464444
Fdim = xx3434
D = xx0232
Dm(maj7) = xx0221
Dm6 = xx0201
[Intro]
G6 F#m7 G6 F#m7
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[Verse 1]
G6 F#m7 Bm7
All through the night you telephoned
Cadd9
I saw the light blinking red
Aadd9
Beside the cradle
G6 F#m7 Bm7
But you don't know how far I've gone
Cadd9
Now I must live with the lie
Aadd9
That I made
[Pre-Chorus]
F#m7 B/A G#m7
But if I call, I know I won't have to say it
F#m7 B/A G#m7 Fdim
You'll hear my voice - something is bound to betray it
[Chorus]
Aadd9
But do people living in Toledo
F#m7
Know that their name hasn't traveled very well?
D
And does anybody in Ohio
Bm7
Dream of that Spanish citadel?
Aadd9
But it's no use saying that I love you
F#m7
And how that girl really didn't mean a thing to me
D
For if anyone should look into your eyes
Bm7
It's not forgiveness that they're going to see.
[Post-Chorus]
Aadd9 F#m7 Dm(maj7) Dm Dm6
You hear... her voice - "How could you do that?"
Aadd9 F#m7 Dm(maj7) Dm6
You hear... her voice - "How could you do that?"
[Instrumental]
G6 F#m7 G6 F#m7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
G6 F#m7 Bm7
So I walked outside in the bright
Cadd9
Sunshine and lovers pass by
Aadd9
Smiling and joking
G6 F#m7 Bm7
But they don't know the fool I was
Cadd9
Why should they care what was lost
Aadd9
What was broken?
[Pre-Chorus]
F#m7 B/A G#m7
But if I call, I know I won't have to say it
F#m7 B/A G#m7 Fdim
You'll hear my voice - something is bound to betray it
[Chorus]
Aadd9
But do people living in Toledo
F#m7
Know that their name hasn't traveled very well?
D
And does anybody in Ohio
Bm7
Dream of that Spanish citadel?
Aadd9
But it's no use saying that I love you
F#m7
And how that girl really didn't mean a thing to me
D
For if anyone should look into your eyes
Bm7
It's not forgiveness that they're going to see.
[Outro]
Aadd9
But do people living in Toledo
F#m7
Know that their name hasn't traveled very well?
D
And does anybody in Ohio
Bm7
Dream of that Spanish citadel?
Aadd9
But we still have Florence, Alabama
F#m7
We don't have Paris, and we don't have Rome
D
Or New York, or even Amsterdam
Bm7 Aadd9
None of those lonely towns will be my home...
[End]