Lirik dan Chord Lagu Black & White World - Elvis Costello

Lagu berdurasi 1,56 menit ini dimuat dalam album studio ke-4 miliknya yang bertajuk Get Happy!!.

Album tersebut dirilis pada 1980 melalui F-Beat Records dan berhasil menduduki posisi ke-11 di US Billboard Top LPs & Tape.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Black & White World” dari Elvis Costello:

[Intro]
D G N.C. D G N.C.

D G Em Am D G

G                                                                 Em
I was looking at the black and white world It seemed so exciting
G                                                                        Em
If you'd only put me back to back with that girl When the night's inviting
         B7      Em    B/F# Em/G   C            Em/B     Gm/Bb     A
With just a little light    ing     There'll never be days like that again

A A/G D/F# D A A/G D/F# D A A/G D/F# D A A/G D/F# D
When I was just a boy and men were men

E/G#   Am                      D/F#           G
      You never go from moment to moment

D D/C G/B G D D/C G/B G
You're the living of a single fiction double

E/G#            Am            D/F#                 G
         You're very colourful with your compliments

As you feel the finger's friction

Em      A                               Em         A                      Em
It's a freeze-frame Still it's real life You don't want to look
                       A            Em                    A            D
'cause you've seen the film and you've read the book

[Verse]
G                                                                 Em
I was looking at the black and white world Trying to name some pin-up
G                                                             Em
Those days she was just a beautiful girl Now she's framed and hung up
B7            Em          B/F#        Em/G C   Em/B            Gm/Bb    A
I thought she was young up until       I saw her last night in close detail

A/G D/F# D                  A/G D/F# D          A/G D/F# D           A/G D/F# D
                   Though they all fade  away when you're so pale
E/G#   Am                    D/F#       G               D   D/C G/B G              D D/C G/B   G
  It's more than just a physical attraction It starts with a face and ends up a fixation
E/G#            Am                D/F#   G                     D  D/C   G/B G               D   D/C G/B  G
  But you're never gonna feel a   fraction of the way it    used     to work on your imagination

[Chorus]
D                        G
When you were looking at the black and white world
D                        G
When you were looking at the black and white world
D                        G
When you were looking

[Outro]
D                        G
When you were looking at the black and white world
D                        G
When you were looking at the black and white world
D                        G
When you were looking at the black and white world
D                        G
When you were looking at the black and white world
D                        G
When you were looking at the black and white world