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Miss macbeth chords by
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
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Verse 1
Em

All the children testified
C

That Miss Macbeth had a fishbone slide
G

In her cobweb tresses
Em

Her eyes were black

like first foot coal
C

Clutched as white as chalk- dust
Am

Her fin gers sweated india- ink
C
Em

and poison- pen letters
A
Em

There is a hungry hanging tree
Am
D

Just below your bedroom window

You can hear her take a broom
Em
C
Am
D

To beat out a tattoo on the ceiling
Am
Em

Her bloodless face ran red inside
Am

But was she really evil?
C
Em

Was she only pantomime?
A
F#m
Em
C

Baug
Em
C
A
F#m
Verse 2
G
D#dim
Em


Now the chalk on the wall
C

Says that somebody saves
Am

That somebody's face has just been
G
Em
D

Washed off the pavement
Am

Into a puzzle where petrol
G
Em
D

Will be poisoned by rain
Am

Miss Macbeth saw her reflection
G
Em
D

As confetti bled its colours down
C
Csus4

the drain
C
And every
Verse 3
F
C
Am

day she lives out
Bb
Gm
F

another love song
Dm
C
Am

It's a tearful lament of
Bb
Gm
F

somebody done wrong
C

Well how can you miss what
Bb
Gm

you've never possessed
Interlude 1

Miss Macbeth?
Gm
G
Em
A
F#m
Em
C
Am

Baug
Em
A
F#m
G
Baug
Em

Verse 4
Em

Well we all should have known
C

When the children paraded
Am

They portrayed her in

their fairytales
G
Em
D

Sprinkling deadly nightshade
Am

And as they tormented her
G
Em
D

She rose to the bait
Am

Even a scapegoat
G
Em
D
C
Csus4

Must have someone to hate
C
And every
Verse 5
F
C
Am

day she lives out
Bb
F

another love song
Dm
C
Am

"You're up there enjoying yourself,
Bb
Gm

and I know it's wrong"
F
Dm
C

But how can you miss what
Bb
Gm

you've never possessed
C
Bb

Miss Macbeth?
Verse 6
G
Baug

Sometimes people are just
F
Dm

what they appear to be
G
Baug

With no redemption at all
Am
Baug
Am

We try to walk upright
D

When we can't even crawl
Em
Verse 7
D
Am

Em

Miss Macbeth has a gollywog
C

She chucks under the chin
Am
A

And she whispers to it tenderly
Am
G
Em
D

Then sticks it on a pin
Am

And it might be coincidence
G
Em
D

But a boy down the lane
Am

That she said went white as he could do
G
Em
D
C

Then doubled over in pain
Verse 8
F
Dm
C
Am

And everyday she lives out
Bb
Gm
F

another love song
Dm
C
Am

It's a tearful lament of
Bb
Gm

somebody done wrong
Bb
F
Dm
C
Am

And how can you miss what
Bb
Gm

you've never possessed
C

Miss Macbeth?
Outro 1
Bb
C
Bb
G

C
A
Em
C
B
C
A
G
B
Em

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Chords
  • Em

  • C

  • G

  • Am

  • A

  • D

  • F#m

    2
  • Baug

  • D#dim

  • Csus4

  • F

  • Bb

  • Gm

    3
  • Dm

  • B

    2

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