13 steps lead down chords by
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello

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Key: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When nobody knows
she puts on secret clothes
And lies in the meadow with
her hands tied behind her back
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I won't refuse if you know how to use it
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Just stop playing that ugly drug music
Verse 2
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Thirteen steps lead down
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Thirteen steps lead down
Bm
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There's commoners and kings
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F#m
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And everyone's a prisoner of
Paper and glue
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And a decent pair of scissors
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Bm
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So tonight I'm drinking
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Bm
Bm
to your health
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Because I just can't stand myself
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Verse 3
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Thirteen steps lead down
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Thirteen steps lead down
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Thirteen steps lead down
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Em
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Thirteen steps lead down
Verse 4
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She stands and fails
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On fashion fingernails
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Her lovers have her walking 'round
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On instruments of torture
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Bm
Bm
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And one of them is poisonous
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The other is a thief they say
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Bm
Em
Em
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So what one could give to her
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The other cannot take away
Verse 5
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When nobody knows she
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puts on secret clothes
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And lies in her splendor for a
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picture opportunity
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Cover up that bruise,
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put on patent leather shoes
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Just stop playing that bad
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mood music baby
Verse 6
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Thirteen steps lead down
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Thirteen steps lead down
Bm
Bm
There's commoners and kings
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And everyone's a prisoner of
Bm
Bm
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G
Paper and glue
A
A
And a decent pair of scissors
Bm
Bm
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G
So tonight I'm drinking
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A
Bm
Bm
to your health
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G
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A
Because I just can't stand myself
Verse 7
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Thirteen steps lead down
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Thirteen steps lead down
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Thirteen steps lead down
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Thirteen steps lead down
Outro 1
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Dm
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Dm
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Dm
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