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|albums = [[King Of America]], 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 | |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<br>[[Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album]], 2015 | ||
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|first = [[Concert 1985-04-25 London|April 25, 1985, London, England]] | |first = [[Concert 1985-04-25 London|April 25, 1985, London, England]] | ||
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==Chords== | ==Chords== | ||
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==Internal links== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[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 | *[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 Info page] | ||
*[[Template: Indoor Fireworks|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[ | *[[Template: Indoor Fireworks|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Indoor Fireworks covers|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/koa.html Elvis Costello Reissues: King Of America] | *[http://www.inanotherroom.com/koa.html Elvis Costello Reissues: King Of America] | ||
[[Category:1986]] | [[Category:1986]] |
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We play these parlour games |
First known performance: Alternate versions
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Covers
The Big Delicious | performed live, 2003 | 2003 | info needed |
Dan Bourdeaux | performed live, 2016-09-29, Music Cafe, Damascus, Maryland | 2016 | YouTube |
Borderline Angelic | For The Folks Back Home | 2005 | info |
Laura Cantrell | performed live, 2003, World Café, Sirius Studios, New York. | 2003 | website • download |
Laura Cantrell | performed live, 2003-05-08, John Peel radio program, BBC | 2003 | BBC |
Laura Cantrell | Live At Schubas | 2004 | AllMusic • Amazon • YouTube |
Cold War Kids | Benefit At The District [EP] | 2007 | link |
Lou Dalgleish | Calmer | 1999 | AllMusic • Amazon |
Mitch Elrod | performed live, 2002-08-10, Brilliant Mistakes tribute, Albany, NY | 2002 | review |
Everything But The Girl | performed live | info needed |
Murray Foster (Moxy Früvous) | performed live | 1998 | info |
J Goodin | Live Eleven Five | 2008 | website • cdbaby |
Grand Archives | performed live, 2009, Stockholm and Seattle | 2009 | info • YouTube |
Jørn Hoel | Pictures In A Locket | 1994 | website |
Nick Lowe | The Rose Of England | 1985 | AllMusic • Amazon |
Nick Lowe | Bespoke Songs, Lost Dogs, Detours & Rendezvous Various artists | 1998 | Allmusic • Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Misen | Walk Up Wind | 1999 | AllMusic • emusic |
Katy Moffatt | Indoor Fireworks | 1992 | AllMusic • website |
My Darling Clementine | performed live, 2020-03-06, Acapela Studios, Cardiff, Wales | 2020 | YouTube • AllMusic |
My Darling Clementine & Steve Nieve | My Darling Clementine: Country Darkness Vol. 3 | 2020 | Website |
Steve Nieve | performed live, 2020-03-19, The Daily Improvisation, France | 2020 | FaceBook 12:15 |
Kev Russell's Junker | Almost You: The Songs Of Elvis Costello Various artists | 2003 | Allmusic • Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2019 | YouTube |
Shinyribs (Kev Russell) | performed live, 2008-02-16, Eugene, OR | 2003 | archive.org |
Syd Straw | performed live | info needed |
Kelly Willis | performed live, 1997-06-10 | 1997 | info needed |
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