Miss macbeth chords by
Elvis Costello

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Key: E minor

Verse 1
G#m G#m 
 
All the chil  dren testified
E E 
 
That Miss Macbeth had a fishbone slide
B B 
 
In her cobweb tresses
G#m G#m 
 
Her eyes were black
like first foot coal
E E 
 
Clutched as white as chalk- dust
C#m C#m 
 
Her fin   gers sweated india- ink
E E 
 
G#m G#m 
 
and poison- pen   letters
C# C# 
 
G#m G#m 
 
There is  a hungry hanging tree
C#m C#m 
 
F# F# 
 
Just below   your bedroom window
You can hear her take a broom
G#m G#m 
 
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
F# F# 
 
To beat out a tattoo on    the ceiling
C#m C#m 
 
G#m G#m 
 
Her bloodless  face ran red inside
C#m C#m 
 
But was she   really evil?
E E 
 
G#m G#m 
 
Was she only pantomime?
C# C# 
 
A#m A#m 
 
G#m G#m 
 
E E 
 
D#aug D#aug 
 
G#m G#m 
 
E E 
 
C# C# 
 
A#m A#m 
 

Verse 2
B B 
 
Gdim Gdim 
 
G#m G#m 
 
Now the chalk on the wall
E E 
 
Says that somebody saves
C#m C#m 
 
That somebody's face has just been
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
Washed off   the pavement
C#m C#m 
 
Into a puzzle where petrol
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
Will be poisoned by rain
C#m C#m 
 
Miss Macbeth saw her reflection
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
As confetti bled  its colours down
E E 
 
Esus4 Esus4 
 
the drain
E E 
 
And every

Verse 3
A A 
 
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
day she lives out
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
another love song
F#m F#m 
 
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
It's a tearful   lament of
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
somebody done wrong
E E 
 
Well how can you miss what
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
you've never possessed

Interlude 1

Miss Macbeth?

G#m

A#m

G#m

C#m

D#aug

G#m

A#m

D#aug

G#m

Verse 4
G#m G#m 
 
Well we all   should have known
E E 
 
When the children paraded
C#m C#m 
 
They portrayed her in
their fairytales
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
Sprinkling deadly nightshade
C#m C#m 
 
And as    they tormented her
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
She rose to    the bait
C#m C#m 
 
Even a scapegoat
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
E E 
 
Esus4 Esus4 
 
Must  have someone to hate
E E 
 
And every

Verse 5
A A 
 
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
day she lives out
D D 
 
A A 
 
another love song
F#m F#m 
 
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
"You're up there enjoying yourself,
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
and I  know it's wrong"
A A 
 
F#m F#m 
 
E E 
 
But how can   you miss what
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
you've never possessed
E E 
 
D D 
 
Miss Macbeth?

Verse 6
B B 
 
D#aug D#aug 
 
Sometimes people are just
A A 
 
F#m F#m 
 
what they appear to be
B B 
 
D#aug D#aug 
 
With no redemption at all
C#m C#m 
 
D#aug D#aug 
 
C#m C#m 
 
We try   to walk upright
F# F# 
 
When we can't even crawl
G#m G#m 
 

Verse 7
F# F# 
 
C#m C#m 
 
G#m G#m 
 
Miss Macbeth has a gollywog
E E 
 
She chucks under the chin
C#m C#m 
 
C# C# 
 
And she whispers to it tenderly
C#m C#m 
 
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
Then sticks it on    a pin
C#m C#m 
 
And it might be coincidence
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
But a boy down  the lane
C#m C#m 
 
That she said went white as he could do
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
E E 
 
Then doubled over in pain

Verse 8
A A 
 
F#m F#m 
 
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
And everyday she   lives out
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
another love song
F#m F#m 
 
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
It's a tearful   lament of
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
somebody done wrong
D D 
 
A A 
 
F#m F#m 
 
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
And  how can you miss what
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
you've never possessed
E E 
 
Miss Macbeth?

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G#m

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