How to Play I Want You on Ukulele?

Elvis Costello - I Want You can be played in the key of Em using the Em, G, C, B, A, F#m, E, D chords. For Em, To play Em, press fret 4 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, E open. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open. For C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open. For B, To play B, barre fret 2 across E–A with finger 1, press fret 4 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the C string with finger 2. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, leave E, A open. For F#m, To play F#m | Gbm, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the E string with finger 3, leave A open. For E, To play E, press fret 4 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 4 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave E open. For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play I Want You with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Elvis Costello - I Want You Ukulele Chords

Chord reference Em, G, C, B, A, F#m, E, D

Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[A]Oh, my [E]baby, [A]baby, I love you more than I can [E]tell, I [A]don’t think I can live with [D]out you, and I [A]know that I [E]never [A]will, [E] [A]Oh, my [E]baby, [A]baby, I want you so, it scares me [E]to death, I [A]can’t say anymore than “I [D]love you!”, everything [A]else is a [G]waste of [F#m]breath [Em]

[Em]I want [G]you! You [C]had your fun, you [B]don’t get well no [Em]more, I [G]want you! Your [C]fingernails go [B]dragging down the [D#m]wall, Be [B]careful, [C]darling, [B]you might fall

[Em]I want [G]you! [C]I woke up, and [B]one of us was [Em]crying, I [G]want you! You [C]said, ‘Young man, I [B]do believe you’re [Em]dying!’ I [G]want you! If you [C]need a second [B]opinion, as you seem to [Em]do, these days, I [G]want you! [C]You can look in my [B]eyes, and you can [D#m]count the ways [B] [C] [B]

[Em]I want [G]you! Did you [C]mean to tell me, [B]but seem to [Em]forget? I [G]want you! Since [C]when were you so [B]generous, and in[Em]articulate? I [G]want you, but [C]it’s the stupid [B]details that my [Em]heart is breaking [G]for, It’s the [C]way your shoulders [B]shake, and what they’re [Em]shaking for, I [G]want you! It’s [C]knowing that he [B]knows you now, after [Em]only guessing, [G]It’s the [C]thought of him [B]undressing you, or [D#m]you undressing [B] [C] [B]

[Em]I want [G]you! He [C]tossed some tatty [B]compliment your [Em]way, I [G]want you, and [C]you were fool [B]enough to love it. [C]When he [D#m]said, [Em] [G]”I want [C]you!” [B]

[Em]I want [G]you! The [C]truth can’t hurt you, [B]it’s just like the [Em]dark, It [G]scares you witless, [C]but, in time, you [B]see things clear and [Em]stark, I [G]want you! Go [C]on, and hurt me, [B]then we’ll let it [Em]drop, I [G]want you! [C]I’m afraid I [B]won’t know where to [Em]stop, I [G]want you! I’m [C]not ashamed to [B]say, I cried for [Em]you

I [G]want you! I [C]want to know the [B]things you did, that [Em]we did too, I [G]want you! I [C]want to hear he [B]pleases you more [Em]than I do, I [G]want you! I [C]might as well be [B]useless for all it [Em]means to you, I [G]want you! Did you [C]call his name out [B]as he held you [Em]down? I [G]want you! Oh, [C]no, my darling, [B]not with that [Em]clown, [G]I want [C]you! [B]

[Em]I want [G]you! You’ve [C]had your fun, you [B]don’t get well no [Em]more, I [G]want you! No [C]one who wants you, [B]could want you [D#m]more, [Em] [G] [C] [B]I want you! [Em] [G] [C]I [B]want you! [Em]I want [G]you! [C]Every night, when [B]I go off to [Em]bed, And when I [G]wake up, [C]I [B]want you! [Em] [G]I’m [C]gonna say it [B]once again, ’til [Em]I instill it, [G] I’m [C]going going to [B]feel this way [Em]until you kill [G]it, [C]I [B]want you! [Em] [G] [C] [B]I [Em]want you! [G] [C] [B]I [Em]want [G]you! [C] [B] [Em]

Artist Elvis Costello

Album Blood & Chocolate

Genres Rock

Year 1986

Key Em

Elvis Costello - I Want You can be played in the key of Em using the Em, G, C, B, A, F#m, E, D chords.

For Em, To play Em, press fret 4 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, E open.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open.
For C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open.
For B, To play B, barre fret 2 across E–A with finger 1, press fret 4 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the C string with finger 2.
For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, leave E, A open.
For F#m, To play F#m | Gbm, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the E string with finger 3, leave A open.
For E, To play E, press fret 4 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 4 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave E open.
For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open.

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

You can play I Want You with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.