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"Elvis Costello's 'She' Lyrics Analysis"

She may represent different things that have an impact on the narrator's life. She could be the source of happiness or sadness, pleasure or regret. She may be something from the narrator's past that comes back to be remembered. She may bring different emotions like joy in summer or chill in autumn. She could be the reason for the narrator's survival or what gives life meaning. Whoever she is, the narrator will care for her through all stages of life.

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"Elvis Costello's 'She' Lyrics Analysis"

She may represent different things that have an impact on the narrator's life. She could be the source of happiness or sadness, pleasure or regret. She may be something from the narrator's past that comes back to be remembered. She may bring different emotions like joy in summer or chill in autumn. She could be the reason for the narrator's survival or what gives life meaning. Whoever she is, the narrator will care for her through all stages of life.

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She

Elvis Costello
Composio: Charles Aznavour / Herbert Kretzmer

Tom: D#

Intro: D F# / G A D Em G D)

D
She A# F
G#7 She who always seems so happy in a crowd
May be the face I can't forget D#
G Whose eyes can be so private and so proud
A trace of pleasure or regret Cm D
D No one's allowed to see them when they cry
May be my treasure or the price I have to Gm Cm F
B7/D# She may be the love that cannot hope to
pay last
Em G Dm E
She may be the song that summer sings May come to me from shadows of the past
A7 D Esus4 E A
May be the chill that autumn brings That I'll remember till the day I die
Em
May be a hundred different things D
G A D G A She
Within the measure of a day. G#7
May be the reason I survive
D G
She The why and wherefore I'm alive
G#7 D
May be the beauty or the beast The one I'll care for through the rough
G B7/D#
May be the famine or the feast and ready years
D B7/D# Em G
May turn each day into a heaven or a hell Me I'll take her laughter and her tears
Em G A7 D
She may be the mirror of my dreams And make them all my souvenirs
A7 D Em
A smile reflected in a stream For where she goes I've got to be
Em G A
She may not be what she may seem The meaning of my life is
G A G (D G7 G D B7/D# Em G A7 G D G/A D
Inside her shell She, she, u-hu, she

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