Elvis Costello & The Imposters – The Boy Named If Chords Piano & Ukulele

These are the chords for The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello & The Imposters on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
C

[Verse]
Cm
I’m a lucky so and so
a fortunate stiff
    Cm
You said you’d never knew me but
I’m the one you want to be with
Cm
If I tumble from a tightrope
or leap from a cliff
  Cm
I won’t be dashed to pieces
I’m the boy named “IF”
C
If I disappear and
I slipper from your view
       C
I just step upon a crack
and I won’t come back

[Chorus]
 D      G
Imagine me
          D      G   C
And I’ll imagine you too

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[Verse 2]
Cm
In a hollow of the bed sheet
or a picture in a frame
    Cm
I’m vivid as a summer’s
day then never seen again
Cm
Who’ll pay the taxman?
who’ll place the blame?
Cm
Who’ll point into an empty
room and whisper my name?
C
If I disappear and
I slipper from your view
       C
I just step upon a crack
and I won’t come back

[Chorus 2]
 D      G
Imagine me
          D      G   C
And I’ll imagine you too

[Bridge]
Dm      G
Take my hand
      C            F
We’ll go to “Magic Lantern Land"
Dm      G
Take my hand
        A                    Dm
See the pictures they’ve projected
Dm      G
Take my hand
      C                F
We’ll fill our pockets up with sand
Dm      G
Dance in frantic passes
         A                  Dm    C
‘Til the grains all turn to glasses

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[Verse 3]
Cm
Drums begin to navigate
the band strikes up a riff
Cm
No one will believe you
but the boy Named If
Cm
Who’ll pay your entrance fee?
who’ll leave a tip?
Cm
Who’ll say, “Listen here,
Sunshine don’t you give me no lip”
Cm
Who broke your favourite heart?
who stops and never starts?
Cm
Who kiss you stupid? it
must be something you did
Cm
Who’ll keep you satisfied
after a lover’s tiff?
Cm
It must be some other
guy no the Boy Named If
C
If I disappear and
I slipper from your view
       C
I just step upon a crack
and I won’t come back

[Chorus 3]
 D      G
Imagine me
          D      G   C
And I’ll imagine you too

[Bridge 2]
Dm      G
Take my hand
      C            F
We’ll go to “Magic Lantern Land"
Dm      G
Take my hand
        A                    Dm
See the pictures they’ve projected
Dm      G
Take my hand
      C                F
We’ll fill our pockets up with sand
Dm      G
Dance in frantic passes
         A                  Dm    C
‘Til the grains all turn to glasses