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From his fourth LP "Get Happy!!" Beaten To The Punch - Elvis Costello

Sheet music source: Elvis Costello: A Singing Dictionary(1980); opening cut of Elvis and the Attractions fourth Columbia LP, "Get Happy!!" [Managed to program in a lot of Bruce Thomas' walking bass lines here, so naturally this page is a wee bit crowded.] Love For Tender - Elvis Costello

Sheet music source: Elvis Costello: A Singing Dictionary, (1980) Opening cut to his 3rd LP, Armed Forces: Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello

Here's another Elvis tune from his first LP, "My Aim is True". I remember playing this four chord rocker in my very first band back in 1979. Trivia note: Back in the '40s, film director Preston Sturges had another name for the "Mystery Dance," he simply referred to it as "Topic A". In the...

Sheet music source: Elvis Costello: A Singing Dictionary (1980) Pretty simple tune which sounds exceptionally close to overall sound of the original on iRP, especially if you add a guitar part for all the choppy rhythms: Less Than Zero - Elvis Costello From Elvis's debut LP, "My Aim is True".