Veronica — Elvis Costello
Chords and lyrics for Veronica by Elvis Costello (key of F).
Verse 1
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Intro
[C] [F] [C/E] [G/D] [C] [F] [C] [G]
Verse
Is it [C]all in that [F]pretty little [C/E]head of [G/D][G]yours?
What goes [C]on in that [F]place in the [C][G]dark?
Well I [C]used to know a [F]girl and I [C/E]would have [G/D]sworn[G]
That her [F]name was [G][Csus4]Veronica[C]
Verse
Well she [C]used to have a [F]carefree [C/E]mind of her [G/D]own[G]
And a [C]delicate [F]look in her [C]eye[G]
[C]These days [F]I'm afraid [C/E]she's not even [G/D]sure[G]
If her [F]name is [G][Csus4]Veronica[C]
Chorus
Do you [Dm]suppose, that waiting [Dmmaj7]hands on eyes
[Dm7]Veronica has [G]gone to hide?
And [Dm]all the time she [Dmmaj7]laughs at those
Who [Dm7]shout her name and [G]steal her clothes
[F]Veronica - [F#dim7]Veronica - Veronica
Instrumental
[G] [Dm/G] [Em/G]
[G] [Dm/G] [Em/G] [G]
Verse
Did the [C]days drag [F]by? Did the [C/E]favour [G/D]wane?[G]
Did he [C]roam down the [F]town all the [C]time?[G]
Will you [C]wake from a [F]dream, with the [C/E]wolf at the [G/D]door[G]
Reaching [F]out for [G][Csus4]Veronica?[C]
Verse
Well it [C]was all [F]sixty-five [C/E]years [G/D]ago[G]
When the [C]world was the [F]street where she [C]lived[G]
And a [C]young man [F]sailed on a [C/E]ship in the [G/D]sea[G]
With a [F]picture of [G][Csus4]Veronica[C]
Middle 8
On the [Am]"Empress of [Fm]India"
And [Bb]as she closed her eyes upon the [C]world
And [Am]picked upon the bones of last week's [Fm]news
She [Bb]spoke his name out loud [Bb]again[Bb]
Chorus
Do you [Dm]suppose, that waiting [Dmmaj7]hands on eyes
[Dm7]Veronica has [G]gone to hide?
And [Dm]all the time she [Dmmaj7]laughs at those
Who [Dm7]shout her name and [G]steal her clothes
[F]Veronica - [F#dim7]Veronica - Veronica
Instrumental
[G] [Dm/G] [Em/G]
[G] [Dm/G] [Em/G] [G]
Verse
[C]Veronica [F]sits in her [C/E]favourite [G/D]chair[G]
And she [C]sits very [F]quiet and [C]still[G]
And they [C]call her [F]name that they [C/E]never get [G/D]right[G]
And if [F]they don't then [G]nobody [Csus4]else will[C]
Verse
But she [C]used to have a [F]carefree [C/E]mind of her [G/D]own[G]
With [C]devilish [F]look in her [C]eye[G]
Saying [C]"You can [F]call me [C/E]anything you [G/D]like[G]
But my [F]name is [G][Csus4]Veronica"[C]
Chorus
Do you [Dm]suppose, that waiting [Dmmaj7]hands on eyes
[Dm7]Veronica has [G]gone to hide?
And [Dm]all the time she [Dmmaj7]laughs at those
Who [Dm7]shout her name and [G]steal her clothes
[F]Veronica - [F#dim7]Veronica - Veronica
Instrumental
[G] [Dm/G] [Em/G]
[G] [Dm/G] [Em/G] [G]
Outro
[G] [F] [Em] [G/D]
[C]Veronica
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