Miss macbeth chords by
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello

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Key: E minor
Verse 1
Em
Em

All the children testified
C
C

That Miss Macbeth had a fishbone slide
G
G

In her cobweb tresses
Em
Em

Her eyes were black
like first foot coal
C
C

Clutched as white as chalk- dust
Am
Am

Her fin gers sweated india- ink
C
C

Em
Em

and poison- pen letters
A
A

Em
Em

There is a hungry hanging tree
Am
Am

D
D

Just below your bedroom window
You can hear her take a broom
Em
Em

C
C

Am
Am

D
D

To beat out a tattoo on the ceiling
Am
Am

Em
Em

Her bloodless face ran red inside
Am
Am

But was she really evil?
C
C

Em
Em

Was she only pantomime?
A
A

F#m
F#m

Em
Em

C
C

Baug
Baug

Em
Em

C
C

A
A

F#m
F#m

Verse 2
G
G

D#dim
D#dim

Em
Em

Now the chalk on the wall
C
C

Says that somebody saves
Am
Am

That somebody's face has just been
G
G

Em
Em

D
D

Washed off the pavement
Am
Am

Into a puzzle where petrol
G
G

Em
Em

D
D

Will be poisoned by rain
Am
Am

Miss Macbeth saw her reflection
G
G

Em
Em

D
D

As confetti bled its colours down
C
C

Csus4
Csus4

the drain
C
C

And every
Verse 3
F
F

C
C

Am
Am

day she lives out
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

F
F

another love song
Dm
Dm

C
C

Am
Am

It's a tearful lament of
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

F
F

somebody done wrong
C
C

Well how can you miss what
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

you've never possessed
Interlude 1
Miss Macbeth?
Gm
Gm

G
G

Em
Em

A
A

F#m
F#m

Em
Em

C
C

Am
Am

Baug
Baug

Em
Em

A
A

F#m
F#m

G
G

Baug
Baug

Em
Em

Verse 4
Em
Em

Well we all should have known
C
C

When the children paraded
Am
Am

They portrayed her in
their fairytales
G
G

Em
Em

D
D

Sprinkling deadly nightshade
Am
Am

And as they tormented her
G
G

Em
Em

D
D

She rose to the bait
Am
Am

Even a scapegoat
G
G

Em
Em

D
D

C
C

Csus4
Csus4

Must have someone to hate
C
C

And every
Verse 5
F
F

C
C

Am
Am

day she lives out
Bb
Bb

F
F

another love song
Dm
Dm

C
C

Am
Am

"You're up there enjoying yourself,
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

and I know it's wrong"
F
F

Dm
Dm

C
C

But how can you miss what
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

you've never possessed
C
C

Bb
Bb

Miss Macbeth?
Verse 6
G
G

Baug
Baug

Sometimes people are just
F
F

Dm
Dm

what they appear to be
G
G

Baug
Baug

With no redemption at all
Am
Am

Baug
Baug

Am
Am

We try to walk upright
D
D

When we can't even crawl
Em
Em

Verse 7
D
D

Am
Am

Em
Em

Miss Macbeth has a gollywog
C
C

She chucks under the chin
Am
Am

A
A

And she whispers to it tenderly
Am
Am

G
G

Em
Em

D
D

Then sticks it on a pin
Am
Am

And it might be coincidence
G
G

Em
Em

D
D

But a boy down the lane
Am
Am

That she said went white as he could do
G
G

Em
Em

D
D

C
C

Then doubled over in pain
Verse 8
F
F

Dm
Dm

C
C

Am
Am

And everyday she lives out
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

F
F

another love song
Dm
Dm

C
C

Am
Am

It's a tearful lament of
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

somebody done wrong
Bb
Bb

F
F

Dm
Dm

C
C

Am
Am

And how can you miss what
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

you've never possessed
C
C

Miss Macbeth?
Outro 1
Bb
Bb

C
C

Bb
Bb

G
G

C
C

A
A

Em
Em

C
C

B
B

C
C

A
A

G
G

B
B

Em
Em

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