B‐Movie chords by
Elvis Costello

N/A

Key: E major

Intro 1

Verse 1
D D 
 
G G 
 
I found America hiding
A A 
 
D D 
 
in the corner of my wallet
It`s a well kept secret,
A A 
 
thought that I  had better swallow it
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Be  fore they make me spit out the truth
F F 
 
A A 
 
Before they find you`re lying

Verse 2
about your youth
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
B  movie, that`s all you are to me
Just a soft soap story
G G 
 
A A 
 
Don`t want the woman to adore me
Em Em 
 
You can`t stand it when
A A 
 
it goes from real to reel
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Too real too real
Em Em 
 
You can`t stand it when I throw
G G 
 
Bb Bb 
 
punch lines you can feel

Verse 3
Bm Bm 
 
All the time,
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
there`s a rule book in Brittania
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
That no  one ever waives
D D 
 
And everybody`s on the make
G G 
 
A A 
 
It`s not your heart I want to break

Verse 4
D D 
 
Turn out the lights
G G 
 
D D 
 
I`m thinking that I want
to go to sleep now
Just give me a promise that I`m
A A 
 
Em Em 
 
supposed to keep now
C C 
 
I don`t want some fool asking me why
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
A A 
 
When I find you`re finally mak ing me cry

Outro 1
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Bb Bb

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