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Elvis Costello - She Chords

Chord reference C, Cmaj7, F, Dm, G, D#, C#
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↓↑

[C] [Cmaj7] [F] [G] [C] She may be the face I can’t for[Cmaj7]get The trace of pleasure or re[F]gret Maybe my treasure or the [C] price I have to [A] pay [Dm] She may be the song that summer [Fm] sings May be the chill that autumn [C] brings May be a hundred different [F] things Within the [G] measure of a [C] day [F] [G]

[C] She may be the beauty or the [Cmaj7] beast May be the famine or the [F] feast May turn each day into a [C] Heaven or a [A] Hell [Dm] She may be the mirror of my [Fm] dreams A smile reflected in a [C] stream She may not be what she may [F] seem In[G]side [C] her shell…. [F] [G]

[G#] She, who always seems so happy in a [D#] crowd Whose eyes can be so private and so [C#] proud No one’s allowed to see them [C] when they cry [Fm] She maybe the [Bb] love that cannot [D#] hope to last May come to [C] me from shadows in the [D] past That I re[D]member ’till the day I [G] die

[C] She maybe the reason I sur[Cmaj7]vive The why and wherefore I’m a[F]live The one I care for through the [C] rough and ready [A] years [Dm] Me, I’ll take the laughter and her [Fm] tears And make them all my souve[C]nirs For where she goes I’ve got to [D] be The meaning [G] of my life is [F] She….[C] She [Dm] [G] Oh, [C] she….

Album Notting Hill
Genres Pop
Year 1999
Key C

How to Play She on Guitar?

Elvis Costello - She can be played in the key of C using the C, Cmaj7, F, Dm, G, D#, C# chords.

  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For Cmaj7, To play Cmaj7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
  • For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For D#, To play D# | Eb, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let G ring open, mute A, B.
  • For C#, To play C# | Db, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play She with the ↓-↓↓↑ strumming pattern.