(Chords in concert pitch, try playing capo 2nd fret with B, F, B, f
forms)
We play these Fparlour games

We play at make believe
When we get to the paFrt whe[F/Bm]re I say cisthat I'm going to leave
EveryFbody [F/Bm]loves a cishappy ending but Gwe don't even Ftry
FWe go [F/Bm]straight cispast pretending
GTo the part where everybody loves to cry
(chorus)
FIndoor fireworks
Can still burn your fingers
GIndoor fireworks
FWe swore we were safe as houses
They're not so spectacular
They don't Fburn up [F/Bm]in the scisky 

But they can dazzle or delight
GOr bring a tear
When the smoke getsF 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)

from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
lyrics and chords of: Indoor Fireworks by The Costello Show (Elvis Costello)

Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15

T+M: MacManus
FWe play these parlour games

We play at make believe
When we get to the paF7rt where I say thFat I'm going to leave
EverFybody loves a happy enGding but we donF't even try
FWe go straight past pretending
GTo the part where evfiserybody loves to cry

InFdoor fireworks

Can still burn your fingers
InGdoor fireworks
FWe swore we were as safe as houses

They're not so spectecular
They don'F7t burn up in the sFky
By they can dazzlGe and delight
cisOr bring a tGear
When the smGoke gets in your eFyes

You were the spFice of life

The gin in my vermouth

And though the sparks would fly
I thF7ought our loveF was fireproof
SomeFtimes we'd fight in public darling
WithG very little caFuse
But diffFerent kinds of sparks would fly
When we gGot on our own bfisehind closed doors

InFdoor fireworks

Can still burn your fingers
InGdoor fireworks
FWe swore we were as safe as houses

They're not so spectecular
They don'F7t burn up in the sFky
By they can dazzlGe and delight
cisOr bring a tGear
When the smGoke gets in your eFyes

It's time to tFell the truth

These things have to be faced

My fuse is burning out
And F7all the powder's gFone to waste
DoFn't think for a moment deaGr that we'll evFer be through
I'll buFlid a bonfire of my dreams
And bGurn a brokenfis effigy of me and you

InFdoor fireworks

Can still burn your fingers
InGdoor fireworks
FWe swore we were as safe as houses

They're not so spectecular
They don'F7t burn up in the sFky
By they can dazzlGe and delight
cisOr bring a tGear
When the smGoke gets in your eFyes

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