Dust 2... chords by Elvis Costello

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
If dust could  (E minor) 
only talk
What would we hear it say?
Before it's brushed aside
A 
Just  (A major) as it's swept away
Em 
It's  (E minor) just the

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Verse 2

evidence

It's of no consequence

It's only flesh and bone

Why don't you leave it alone?

Verse 3
G 
If dust could  (G major) only speak
D 
Caught in a falling  (D major) beam
Am 
If dust could  (A minor) only cry
Em 
If dust could  (E minor) only scream
G 
For it's the single  (G major) witness
D 
that might testi (D major) fy
Am 
Could  (A minor) I   spit out the truth?
Or would you rather just swallow

Interlude 1

a lie?

Verse 4
Em 
But dust is  (E minor) always caught
behind a coat of paint
Am 
Beneath the marble  (A minor) fingernails
Em 
of  (E minor) kings and saints
E 
Em 
And in the theat (E major)  (E minor) er  curtain
where they hang a drape
Am 
A 
And in the  (A minor) ticket pocket  (A major) where
Em 
your  (E minor) hands escape

Verse 5
G 
Before they start  (G major) to wander
D 
And they start  (D major) to shrink
Am 
You rub your  (A minor) eye a little
Em 
and ap (E minor) pear to blink
G 
And then she  (G major) caught you staring
D 
She knows  (D major) just what you're thinking
Am 
 (A minor) What got into you was not a ghost as such
Em 
It was just  (E minor) dust

Interlude 2

Here comes the

Verse 6
juggernaut
Here come the poisoners
A 
Am 
They choke the  (A major) life and  (A minor) land
Em 
And rob the  (E minor) joy from us
Why do they taste of sugar
Oh, when they're made of money
Am 
Here come the  (A minor) lamb of God
Em 
And the butcher's  (E minor) boy,

Interlude 3
Sonny
Em 
E 
Em 
 (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 
A 
Em 
A 
Em 
 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
E 
Em 
E 
Em 
 (E major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E minor) 

Verse 7
Em 
E 
Well I believe  (E minor)  (E major) we just
Become a speck of dust
Well I believe we just
Em 
E 
E 
Be (E minor) come a speck of dust  (E major)  (E major) 
Well I believe we just
Become a speck of dust