Chewing gum

Chewing gum easy guitar chords by Elvis Costello

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1

    With 
    their 
    cardboard 
    hand
    by their 
    sides, 


    Here`s a naked 
    man 
    and 
    lady 

    And 
    they`re 
    yours 
    to cut 
    out 

    and keep 

    So you can 
    dress 
    them 
    up 

    maybe 

    They 
    don`t 
    know 
    just 
    who 
    they 
    are, 

    or 
    who 
    they`re sup
    posed 
    to be 

    You 
    can 
    make 
    them 
    happy 
    or 
    sad 

    Or assume 
    their 
    iden
    tity 


    Verse 2

    So 
    here 
    they 
    are 
    in the 

    departure 
    loun
    ge 

    It`s 
    the "Gateway 
    to 
    the 
    East" 

    She 
    is 
    just 
    an
    other 
    mail- 
    order 
    bride 

    She 
    doesn't 
    know 
    he`s a 

    kinky 
    beast 

    So he 
    gives 
    her 
    picture 
    of 

    Maradona and child 

    She wants 
    to 
    "roll 
    and 
    rock" 

    As 
    he 
    spills 
    his beer 
    over 
    her, 

    bumps 
    and he 

    Grinds, 
    as he repeats 

    "Bangkok" 

    [Chorus:] 
    There must 
    be something 
    that 

    Verse 3
    is better 
    than this 


    It starts 
    with 
    a slap 
    and ends 
    up with 
    a kiss 

    Begins 
    with 
    you bawling 

    and 
    it ends 
    up in tears 

    Oh 
    my 
    little one, 
    take 
    that 
    chewing gum 

    out 
    of your 
    ears 

    Verse 4

    She 
    might 
    as well 
    be 
    in 
    the 
    jungle 

    She 
    might 
    as well 
    be 
    on 

    the moon 

    He`s away 
    on 
    business 
    trip, 
    in 
    Dusseldorf, 

    but 
    she`s be
    coming 
    immune 

    To 
    the 
    lack 
    of 
    glamor 
    and 
    danger 

    in a 
    West- 
    German 
    city 
    today 

    The 
    nearest 
    she 
    comes 
    to 
    the 

    "Dynasty" 
    he 
    promised 
    her 

    Is 
    a Chinese 
    takeaway 

    Interlude 1




    Verse 5

    [Chorus] 

    Though he 
    only 
    taught 
    her three 
    little 
    words, 

    it 

    Doesn't 
    matter 
    if 
    they`re 

    dirty 
    or clean 

    He can 
    only 
    control 
    what 
    they 
    look like 

    He 
    can 
    never 
    possess 
    what 

    they 
    mean 

    Now he 
    wants 
    to 
    whis
    per 
    in her 
    ear 

    All 
    the shrinking 
    nothing
    ness 

    But 
    something 
    always 
    comes 

    between 
    them, 

    I wonder 
    if 
    you 
    can 
    guess 

    Outro 1
    [Chorus] 






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