Hetty o'hara confidential chords by Elvis Costello
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Intro 1
(F major)
Verse 1
(F major) Hetty said, if you ask me nicely
I'll write you up well
Don't tell me twice
Quote (G major) you directly
Or pay (F major) the price
Peel off (B flat major) your skin like a thin (F major) veneer
If something tells you something that I
(G major) didn't hear from you
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Interlude 1
(G major) (E flat major) (G major) (F major)
Verse 2
(E flat major) Who's got the dope?
Who's got the (F major) potential?
(C major) Hetty O'Har (F major) a Con
fidential (G major)
(F major) (D minor) (F major)
Verse 3
Those were (G major) differ (F major) ent days
Those were differ (G major) ent drug (F major) s
The gold- plate palace
with the half- mast flags
A (G major) chalk lined (F major) body that
was full of slugs
She was trading favors for
footnote (G major) (F major) plugs
Who's got the needle?
Who is fit to burst? (B flat major)
(F major) A morphine tattoo,
an unquenchable thirst (G major)
Verse 4
Who's got your girl (F major) friend?
And who had her first? (D minor) (G major)
(E flat major) Reading her column was essen (F major) tial
(C major) Hetty O'Hara Con (G major)
fidential
(D minor) (F major) (D minor)
Verse 5
(F major)
She could (E flat major) kill a man with a single stroke (G major)
(F major) She is (E flat major) not the one you want
to provoke (F major) (G major) (F major) (G major)
(E flat major) If you can't take the heat
Or you can't take (G major) a joke (F major) (G major) (F major)
Verse 6
(E flat major) Who's got the dope?
Who's got the potential?
(C minor) Hetty O'Har (C major) (G major) a Con (F major) fidential (G major)
(F major)
Verse 7
If there was a gentle (G major) man (D minor) caller
(F major) To a comely wench
And a snooping peeper
In a coat (E flat major) (G major) of trench
She'd place a line or (F major) two
At the foot of the page
A cue or a clue
To the latest (D minor) (G major) rage
(D minor) With (G major) your true (B flat major) dimension (F major) s
And your actual age (G major) (D minor) (G major) (F major)
Trade a life of scandal
For a career on the (G major) stage (F major)
(E flat major) These little
Verse 8
things seem
inconsequential
Except to (C minor) Hetty O'Hara
(F major) Confidential
Interlude 2
(F major) (G major) (F major)
Verse 9
On the (F major) night he came (D minor) home
From (F major) the de (D minor) butante (F major) ball
Passed out drunk on the (E flat major) bath (F major) room floor
Call- girl called after taking a peek
At the secret drawer (D minor) (F major) of
atomic (D minor) secrets
Repeating (F major) something that
I whispered about
They have (G major) to take it
(F major) But they (E flat major) can't dish it (F major) out
(E flat major) Who's cleaning
Verse 10
up his act?
And breaking (G major) the bank?
(E flat major) But unfortunately didn't
remember to thank (G major) me (D minor)
(G major) But (F major) now the (E flat major) rumor is doing the rounds
That his only (F major) friends
Are vil (D minor) lains (F major) and scoun (D minor) drels
(F major) Her reputation curled like yellow smoke
She named the wrong man
in the story (E flat major) she broke (F major)
Verse 11
She (E flat major) had an unfor (F major) tunate character trait
The irresistible impulse to assassinate (E flat major)
But the damage you did
was quite substantial
To Hetty (G major) O'Hara Confidential
(D minor) (F major) (D minor)
Verse 12
(F major)
They've got witch trials now
With witches to spare
And a (D minor) jukebox jury full of
(F major) judgement and fury (G major)
(D minor) With bright (F major) neon dresses and porn
star (G major) (D minor) (G major) (D minor) (G major) (D minor) hair
(F major) She was thrown to the wolves
And the dogs and the foxes
Once they'd had their fill
of shares and stocks
(G major) Their gaze is unfor (D minor) giving
(F major) If your morals are lax (G major)
(F major) Pointing mani (G major) cured (F major) finger
(D minor) s and making a mock (G major) ery
With voices that sound (D minor) like
broken crockery (G major) (D minor)
(E flat major) Hetty said,
"I'm powerless and I feel alone"
Now every (G major) one (D minor) has (G major) a mega (D minor) phone
(G major) (D minor) (F major)
Verse 13
(E flat major) Who's got the dope?
Who's got the potential?
(F major) Hetty (C major) O'Hara (F major) Confiden (G major) (F major) tial (E flat major)
Outro 1
(F major)
Hetty o'hara confidential
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