“She”- Elvis Costello

Intro: C – C/E – F - G

Verse 1

C Cº
She may be the face I can't forget
F
The trace of pleasure or regret
C A
Maybe my treasure or the price I have to pay
Dm Fm6
She may be the song that summer sings
C
May be the chill that autumn brings
F/G
May be a hundred different things
G C F G
Within the measure of a day

Verse 2
C Cº
She may be the beauty or the beast
F
May be the famine or the feast
C A7
May turn each day into a Heaven or a Hell
Dm Fm
She may be the mirror of my dreams
C
A smile reflected in a stream
F/G
She may not be what she may seem
G C F G
Inside her shell....

Bridge C Cº F C A Dm Fm C F G C C7

Verse 3

G# D#
She, who always seems so happy in a crowd
C#
Whose eyes can be so private and so proud
C
No one's allowed to see them when they cry
Fm Bb D#
She maybe the love that cannot hope to last
C D
May come to me from shadows in the past
D G
That I remember 'till the day I die

Verse 4
C Cº
She maybe the reason I survive
F
The why and wherefore I'm alive
C A7
The one I care for through the rough and ready years
Dm Fm
Me, I'll take the laughter and her tears
C
And make them all my souvenirs
 D
For where she goes I've got to be
G
The meaning of my life is

Outro

F C Fm
She....She
G4/7 C
Ohhhh, she...