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|title = Indoor Fireworks | |||
|writer = [[Declan MacManus]] | |||
|performer = [[The Costello Show]] | |||
|producer = [[T Bone Burnett|J. Henry (T-Bone) Burnett]] & [[Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus]] with [[Larry Kalman Hirsch]] | |||
|musicians = [[The Little Hands Of Concrete]] - vocals, acoustic guitar<br>[[James Burton]] - acoustic guitar<br>[[Jerry Scheff]] - string bass<br>[[Mitchell Froom]] - Hammond organ | |||
|record_info = ca. July-August 1985, Ocean Way and/or Sunset Sound and/or Sound Factory, Los Angeles | |||
|release_info = February 21, 1986 | |||
|albums = [[King Of America]], 1986 | |||
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|collections = [[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989 (CD/vinyl)<br>[[The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions]], 1994<br>[[The Very Best Of Elvis Costello]], 1999<br>[[The Best Of Elvis Costello The First 10 Years]], 2007 | |||
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|promos = [[Selections From King Of America]], 1995 | |||
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|length = 4:06 | |||
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|first = [[Concert 1985-04-25 London|April 25, 1985, London, England]] | |||
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|title = Indoor Fireworks (Solo Demo) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar | |||
|record_info = February 14, 1985, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles | |||
|release_info = April 25, 2005 | |||
|albums = [[King Of America (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2005 | |||
|length = 3:46 | |||
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*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: King Of America] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: King Of America] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/koa.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/koa.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa_info_a01.htm KOA info page 1] | ||
*[[Template:Indoor Fireworks]] | *[[Template: Indoor Fireworks|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Template: Elvis Costello covers: Indoor Fireworks|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/ | *[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/koa.html Elvis Costello Reissues: King Of America] | ||
[[Category:1986]] | [[Category:1986]] | ||
[[Category:King Of America]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics]] | [[Category:Lyrics]] | ||
[[Category:Chords]] | [[Category:Chords]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Alternate versions]] | ||
Revision as of 05:48, 1 May 2009
We play these parlour games |
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Covers
Template:Elvis Costello covers: Indoor Fireworks
Chords
Chords: E A D G B e E7: 0 2 0 1 3 0 Esus: 0 2 2 2 0 0 B7: 0 2 1 2 0 2 C#m: 4 4 6 6 5 4 F#m: 2 4 4 2 2 2 E We play these parlour games We play at make believe E7 A When we get to the part where I say that I'm going to leave A/G# A/F# A/E B7 E Everybody loves a happy ending but we don't even try A A/G# A/F# A/E We go straight past pretending B7 C#m To the part where everybody loves to cry C#m // B7 Chorus E Esus E Indoor fireworks Can still burn your fingers B7 Indoor fireworks E We swore we were safe as houses They're not so spectacular E7 A They don't burn up in the sky A A/G# A/F# A/E B7 But they can daz - zle or delight F#m B7 Or bring a tear E When the smoke gets in your eyes You were the spice of life The gin in my vermouth And though the sparks would fly I thought our love was fireproof Sometimes we'd fight in public darling With very little cause But different kinds of sparks would fly When we got on our own behind closed doors Chorus It's time to tell the truth These things have to be faced My fuse is burning out And all that powder's gone to waste Don't think for a moment dear that we'll ever be through I'll build a bonfire of my dreams And burn a broken effigy of me and you Chorus