How to Be Dumb

How to Be Dumb easy guitar chords by Elvis Costello

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  • D

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  • Verse 1
    was 
    hell-bent 
    on 
    on 
    destroying 

    my 
    powers 
    of 
    concentration 

    While 
    you 
    were 
    living 
    like 
    a saint 

    And 
    all 
    the time 
    the 
    very 
    one 
    you 

    trusted 
    was 
    washing 
    off 

    Somebody 
    else's 
    paint 

    Verse 2
    Now 
    you've 
    got 
    yourself 

    brand 
    new 
    occupation 

    Every 
    fleeting 
    thought 
    is 
    pearl 

    And 
    beautiful 
    people 

    stampede 
    to 
    the 
    doorway 

    Of 
    the 
    funniest 
    fucker 
    in 

    the 
    world 

    Verse 3
    They're here 
    to 
    help 
    you 

    Satisfy 
    your 
    de
    sire 

    There's 
    a bright 
    future 
    for 

    Verse 4
    all you 
    professional 
    li
    ars 

    [Chorus] 

    Now you 
    know 
    how 
    to be 
    dum

    Are you 
    ready 
    to 
    take 
    your 
    place 
    in the 

    modern 
    museum 
    of 
    mistakes? 

    Don't 
    you 
    know 
    how 
    to be 
    dum
    b? 

    Like 
    building 
    thrown 
    up overnight 
    in 

    one of 
    those 
    reverse 
    earthquakes 

    Verse 5
    They 
    emptied 
    out 
    all 
    the 
    asylums, 

    they 
    emptied 
    out 
    all 
    the jails 

    The 
    "new 
    bruise" 
    was 

    the name 
    of 
    a dance 
    craze 

    By 
    "Jesus 
    cross 
    and 
    the 

    cruel 
    nails" 

    Followed 
    up 
    by 
    "torturing 
    little 
    beaver" 

    With 
    their 
    contraption 
    of barbed 
    wire 

    Between 
    the 
    fear 
    and 
    the 
    fever 
    lies 
    all 
    the 

    rejection 
    they 
    re
    quire 

    They'll be howling 
    by 
    midnight, 

    they'll be 
    drooling 
    by 
    dawn 

    Skulls 
    shrunk 
    down 
    to the 

    size 
    of their 
    brains 

    Interlude 1
    Heads 
    shaven 
    and shorn 




    Verse 6
    [Chorus] 

    Trapped 
    in 
    the 
    house 
    of 
    the 

    perpetual 
    sucker 

    Where 
    bitterness 
    always 

    ends 
    so 
    pitifully 

    You 
    always 
    had 
    to dress 
    up 
    your 
    envy 

    in 
    some 
    half-remembered 

    Philosophy 

    Philosophy 

    Verse 7
    Now 
    you're 
    masquerading 
    as 

    pale 
    powdered 
    genius 

    Whose 
    ever 
    bad 
    intention 
    has 
    been 
    purged 

    You 
    could've 
    walked 
    out 
    any 
    time 

    you 
    wanted 
    but 
    face 
    it 
    you 

    Didn't 
    have 
    the 
    courage 

    I guess 
    that 
    makes 
    you 
    full 
    time 

    hypocrite 
    or 
    some 
    kind 
    of 

    Twisted 
    dilettante 

    Funny 
    though 
    people 
    don't 
    usually 

    get 
    so 
    ugly 
    'til 
    they think 

    They 
    know 
    what 
    they 
    want 

    Scratch 
    your own 
    head 
    stupid 

    Count 
    up 
    to 
    three 

    Roll 
    over 
    on 
    your 
    back

    Repeat 
    after me 

    Don't 
    you know 
    Verse 8
    how 
    to be 
    dum
    b? 

    Are you 
    ready 
    to 
    take 
    your 
    place 
    in the 

    modern 
    museum 
    of 
    mistakes? 

    Don't 
    you 
    know 
    how 
    to be 
    dumb? 

    Like 
    building 
    thrown 
    up 
    overnight 
    in 
    one 
    of those 
    re
    verse 
    earthquakes 

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