Elvis Costello & The Imposters — Mr Crescent

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MR. CRESCENT
As recorded by Elvis Costello & The Imposters
(From the 2022 Album THE BOY NAMED IF)


[Verse 1]
E    G#m      A
 Mr. Crescent
          B               E         G#m        A
Heard the song of both the lark and the linnet
            B        E          G#m    A
Played them both upon a parlour spinet
         B    C#m          G#m   D
One with only nine strings in it
         E               A
Clinging to the sounding board
             F#m            B    E
For that was all he could afford

[Verse 2]
    C#m     A       B             E          G#m  A
Mr. Crescent made a wager on a landing stage
      B                     E               G#m                A
If my ship comes in and the starboard light is blue, not green
        A                   C#m          G#m  D
And the port light should be yellow, not red
                       E                A
You'll say the hold is full of false promises
       F#m            B       D
When I know it's gold instead

[Bridge]
            G        A
Sister Honey said to Mr. Crescent
                         F#m7
"Haven't you prayed away your doubt or isn't there
                   E             D
Anything more that I can bless?"
                                   A
As she buttonеd her blue boot in a state of bliss
                       F#m            A
Starеd at the ceiling above their bed
           C#m             B
Thought of something her mother had said

[Verse 3]
E              G#m             A
 Crescent is like a man I knew
        B             E             G#m     A
Left me standing there with nothing but you
         B                C#m   G#m     D
Don't be fooled now by his bill and coo
          E            A                         F#m   B  N.C.
You'll be abandoned too, he'll leave you with an I.O.U

[Verse 4]
E    G#m     A       B                    E
 Mr. Crescent sleeps quite late, then rises
         G#m                   A
Tries to stay out of the local assizes
    B                  C#m       G#m  D
Not one bird sings now he recognizes
              E                          A           F#m
He said, "I'm so long from the land that I came from

[Outro]
         B              E        A
I wonder where my Honey has gone
         B              E         A  B  E
I wonder where my Honey has gone"