Still

These few lines I'll devote To a marvelous girl covered up in my coat Pull it up to your chin I'll hold you until the day will begin Still Lying in the shadows this new flame will cast Upon everything we carry from the past You were made of every love and each regret Up until the day we met There are no words that I'm afraid to hear Unless they are "Goodbye, my dear" Still I was moving very fast But in one place Now you speak my name and set my pulse to race Sometimes words may tumble out but can't eclipse The feeling when you press your fingers to my lips I want to kiss you in a rush And whisper things to make you blush And you say, "Darling, hush Hush" Still, still

Still Written by Elvis Costello Performed by Elvis Costello Produced by Elvis Costello & Kevin Killen Arranged by Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals Steve Nieve - piano Brodsky Quartet:  Andrew Haveron - violin  Ian Belton - violin  Paul Cassidy - viola  Jacqueline Thomas - cello Recorded April-May 2003, Nola Studios and/or Avatar Studios, New York Brodsky Quartet recorded at AIR Studios, London Released September 11, 2003 Albums North, 2003 Length 2:24 First known performance:  July 21, 2003, Vancouver, BC, Canada      (107 known performances) Alternate versions Still (Live 2004) Performed by Elvis Costello with The Metropole Orkest Produced by Gert-Jan van den Dolder Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal Steve Nieve - piano The Metropole Orkest Vince Mendoza - conductor Recorded July 9, 2004, The Hague, Netherlands Released March 17, 2006 Albums My Flame Burns Blue (UK/Japan iTunes bonus track), 2006 Length 2:24

Chords

C D/C Bb/C G/C x2

  C    D/C Bb/C       G/C
These few lines I'll devote
      C         D/C         Bb/C      Bb  G
To a marvelous girl covered up in my coat
 C   D/C Bb/C         G/C
Pull it  up to your chin
      C          F/C     C          
I'll hold you until the day will begin

  F   Fsus4
Still
 Gm            C                Am        Dm
Lying in the shadows this new flame will cast
Gm          Eb         C        F       Fsus4
Upon everything we've carried from the past
 Gm              C              Am     Dm
You were made of every love and each regret
Am            Dm
Up until the day we met

  E   A       D                E
There are no words that I'm afraid to hear
   Am       Dm Gm     Eb      C
Unless they are “Goodbye, my dear”

  F   Fsus4
Still
Gm            C
I was moving very fast
    Am       Dm
But in one place
 Gm               Eb       C      F        Fsus4
Now you speak my name and set my pulse to race
 Gm                  C              Am      Dm
Sometimes words may tumble out but can't eclipse
     Am                Dm                E     A               
The feeling when you press your fingers to my lips

   D               E
I want to kiss you in a rush
      Am               Dm
And whisper things to make you blush
 Gm               Eb
You say “Darling hush 
 C
Hush
   F  Fsus4   F   Fsus4
“Still,     still”

  Cello arranged for guitar:
    C   D/C  Bb/C     G/C
e||--------------------------||
B||--------------------------||
G||--------------------------||
D||-5---4----3p2-0----0h2----||
A||-----------------3--------||
E||-----------------------3--||

    C          F/C   C         F/C    C
e||-----------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------||
G||-----------------------------------------||
D||-2p0--------0-----2p0--------0-----------||
A||-----3--2h3-----------3--2h3--------3/7--||
E||--------------1----------------1---------||

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