Chewing gum chords by
Elvis Costello

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Key: A minor•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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With their cardboard hands by their sides,

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Here`s a naked man and lady

And they`re yours to cut out

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and keep

So you can dress them up

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maybe

They don`t know just who they are,

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or who they`re supposed to be

You can make them happy or sad

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Or assume their identity

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Verse 2

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So here they are in the

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departure lounge

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It`s the "Gateway to the East"

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She is just another mail- order bride

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She doesn't know he`s a

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kinky beast

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So he gives her a picture of

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Maradona and child

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She wants to "roll and rock"

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As he spills his beer over her,

bumps and he

Grinds, as he repeats

"Bangkok"

[Chorus:] There must be something that

Verse 3

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is better than this

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It starts with a slap and ends up with a kiss

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Begins with you bawling

and it ends up in tears

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Oh my little one, take that chewing gum

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out of your ears

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Verse 4

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She might as well be in the jungle

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She might as well be on

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the moon

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He`s away on a business trip, in Dusseldorf,

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but she`s becoming immune

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To the lack of glamor and danger

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in a West- German city today

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The nearest she comes to the

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"Dynasty" he promised her

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Is a Chinese takeaway

Interlude 1

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Verse 5

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[Chorus]

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Though he only taught her three little words,

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it

Doesn't matter if they`re

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dirty or clean

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He can only control what they look like

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He can never possess what

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they mean

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Now he wants to whisper in her ear

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All the shrinking nothingness

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But something always comes

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between them,

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I wonder if you can guess

Outro 1

[Chorus]

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