Dust 2... chords by
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello

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Key: E minor
Intro 1
Em
Em

E
E

Em
Em

A
A

D
D

A
A

Em
Em

Verse 1
Em
Em

If dust could
only talk
What would we hear it say?
Before it's brushed aside
A
A

Just as it's swept away
Em
Em

It's just the
Verse 2
evidence
It's of no consequence
It's only flesh and bone
Why don't you leave it alone?
Verse 3
G
G

If dust could only speak
D
D

Caught in a falling beam
Am
Am

If dust could only cry
Em
Em

If dust could only scream
G
G

For it's the single witness
D
D

that might testify
Am
Am

Could I spit out the truth?
Or would you rather just swallow
Interlude 1
a lie?
Em
Em

E
E

A
A

E
E

Em
Em

Verse 4
Em
Em

But dust is always caught
behind a coat of paint
Am
Am

Beneath the marble fingernails
Em
Em

of kings and saints
E
E

Em
Em

And in the theater curtain
where they hang a drape
Am
Am

A
A

And in the ticket pocket where
Em
Em

your hands escape
Verse 5
G
G

Before they start to wander
D
D

And they start to shrink
Am
Am

You rub your eye a little
Em
Em

and appear to blink
G
G

And then she caught you staring
D
D

She knows just what you're thinking
Am
Am

What got into you was not a ghost as such
Em
Em

It was just dust
Interlude 2
Em
Em

E
E

Em
Em

E
E

Em
Em

E
E

Em
Em

E
E

Em
Em

Here comes the
Verse 6
juggernaut
Here come the poisoners
A
A

Am
Am

They choke the life and land
Em
Em

And rob the joy from us
Why do they taste of sugar
Oh, when they're made of money
Am
Am

Here come the lamb of God
Em
Em

And the butcher's boy,
Interlude 3
Sonny
Em
Em

E
E

Em
Em

A
A

Em
Em

A
A

Em
Em

E
E

Em
Em

E
E

Em
Em

Verse 7
Em
Em

E
E

Well I believe we just
Become a speck of dust
Well I believe we just
Em
Em

E
E

E
E

Become a speck of dust
Well I believe we just
Become a speck of dust

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