(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (Pathway Studios demo) chords by Elvis Costello

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Capo: Fret 2

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Oh, I used to be disgusted
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I tried  (F sharp minor) to be amused
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But now the  (D major) wings are all rusted
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 (Dsus4) So       the  (G major) angels  (A major) want to
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wear my  (D major) red shoes
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But when  (G major) they told me
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about the cider  (D major) bar
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Yeah, that's  (G major) when I knew
that I could not refuse
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A 
 (D major) And I won't  (A major) get any older
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Now the  (G major) angels want to
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 (A major) wear my red  (G major) shoes  (D major) 
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An (G major) d I was thinking about
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your  (A major) dancing days  (D major) 
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 (A major) All I've got fractured  (G major) in the
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echo an (D major) d  sway
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How  (G major) come everybody
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wants to  (A major) be your friend  (D major) 
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You  (F sharp minor) know  that it still hurts
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me just to say it  (A major) 
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 (D major) And I won't get any older,
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I won't  (A minor) get  any older
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I won't  (G major) get any older,
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I won't  (E major) get any older
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I won't  (D major) get any older
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But now the  (A major) angels want
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to wear my red  (G major) shoes  (D major) 
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And  (G major) I said, I'm so happy I  (A major) could die  (D major) 
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She  (A major) said, drop dead  (G major) then laugh
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with another guy  (D major) 
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 (G major) That's what you get if you go
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chas (A major) ing after ven (D major) geance
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Ever  (F sharp minor) since you got me punctured,
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this has been my  (A major) sentence
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Oh, I  (D major) used to be disgusted
F#m 
I tried  (F sharp minor) to be amused
D 
Am 
But now their  (D major) wings are  (A minor) all  rusted
D 
G 
A 
D 
So  (D major) the  (G major) angels  (A major) wanna wear my  (D major) red shoes
G 
But when they  (G major) told me about
D 
the cider  (D major) bargain
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D 
It's  (G major) when I knew that I could not refuse  (D major) 
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And I won't  (A major) get any older
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A 
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Now the  (G major) angels wanna wear  (A major) my  (G major) red shoes
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A 
 (D major) And I won't  (A major) get any older
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Now the  (G major) angels wanna
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wear  (A major) my red  (D major) shoes  (G major) 
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A 
 (D major) And I won't  (A major) get any older,
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now the  (G major) angels want to  (A major) wear
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my red  (G major) shoes  (D major)  (G major) 
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 (D major) 