Chewing gum chords by Elvis Costello
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Intro 1
(A minor) (D major) (G major) (A minor)
(D major) (A minor)
Verse 1
(A minor) With their cardboard (G major) hands by their sides,
(A minor)
Here`s a naked man (D major) and (A minor) lady
And they`re yours to cut out
(G major) and keep (A minor)
So you can dress them up
(D major) maybe (A minor) (D major) (G major) (A minor)
They don`t know just who they are,
or who they`re sup (D major) posed to be (A minor)
You can make them happy or sad
Or assume their iden (D major) tity (G major) (A minor)
(D major) (A minor) (D major) (A minor)
(G major) (A minor)
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Verse 2
(D major)
(A minor) So here they are in the
(G major) departure loun (A minor) ge
It`s the "Gateway to (D major) the (A minor) East"
She is just an (G major) other mail- order bride
(A minor) She doesn't know he`s a
(D major) kinky beast (A minor)
So he gives her a (G major) picture of
Maradona and child (A minor)
She wants to (D major) "roll and rock"
(A minor) 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 (A minor)
It starts with a slap (D major) and ends up with a kiss
(A minor) Begins with you bawling
and it ends up in tears
Oh my little one, take (E major) that chewing gum
out of your ears (A minor)
(G major) (A minor) (D major) (A minor)
Verse 4
She might as well (G major) be in the (A minor) jungle
She might as well (D major) be on
the moon (A minor)
He`s away on a (G major) business trip, (A minor) in Dusseldorf,
but she`s be (D major) coming immune
(A minor) To the lack of glamor and danger
in a West- German (D major) city today
The (A minor) nearest she comes to the
(G major) "Dynasty" he (A minor) promised her
Is a Chinese takeaway (D major)
Interlude 1
(A minor) (D major) (A minor) (D major) (A minor) (D major) (A minor) (D major) (E major)
(A minor)
(G major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
(G major) (A minor) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
Verse 5
(A minor) [Chorus]
Though he only (G major) taught her three little words,
(A minor) it
Doesn't matter if they`re
(D major) dirty or clean
(A minor) He can only control (G major) what they look like
(A minor) He can never possess (D major) what
they mean (A minor) (D major) (A minor)
Now he wants to (G major) whisper in her (A minor) ear
All the shrinking (D major) nothingness
(A minor) But something always (G major) comes
between (A minor) them,
I wonder if you can (G major) guess
Outro 1
[Chorus]
(A minor) (D major) (A minor) (D major) (A minor) (D major) (A minor) (D major)
(E minor) (E major)
(D major) (G major) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (D major) (A minor)
(A minor) (G sharp major) (A minor) (E major)
Chewing gum
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