Tramp the Dirt Down chords by Elvis Costello
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Intro 1
(E minor) (G major) (E minor) (D major)
Verse 1
I saw a (G major) newspaper (D major) pic (E minor) ture
from the polit (A minor) (C major) ical campaign (G major)
A woman (D major) was (E minor) kiss (G major) ing a child, (C sharpdim)
who was (A minor) ob (C major) viously in (G major) pain
She spills (D major) with com (E minor) passion,
(G major) (C sharpdim) as that young child's (C major) face
In her hands she grips (G major)
Can (B minor) you (D major) ima (E minor) gine (G major) all that
(C sharpdim) greed and avarice
(C major) Coming down on that child's lips
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Verse 2
Well I hope I don't (G major) die (D major) too soon (E minor)
(G major) I pray the Lord (C major) my soul to save (G major)
Yes I'll (D major) be a good (E minor) (D major) boy,
(G major) (C sharpdim) I'm trying so (C major) hard to behave
(G major) Be (D major) cause there's (E minor) one (D major) thing I know, (C sharpdim)
I'd like to live
(C major) Long enough to sa (G major) vor
That's (C major) when (G major) they (A minor) finally (G major) (A minor) put
you in the (G major) ground
I'll stand (C major) (G major) on (A minor) your (G major) grave and
(A minor) tramp the dirt (G major) down (D major)
Verse 3
When (G major) England was the whore (E minor)
of the world (D major)
(E minor) Margaret was (D major) her madam
And the future looked
as bright and as clear
As the black (G major) tarmacadam
Well I hope that she sleeps (D major) well at (G major) night,
Isn't haunted by every tiny (C major) detail
When she (A minor) held that lovely
face in her hands
All she (D major) thought of was (E minor) betrayal
Interlude 1
(E minor) (D major)
Verse 4
And now the cyn (G major) ic (D major) al ones (E minor)
Say (G major) (D major) that it (C major) all ends the same
in the long (G major) run
Try telling (D major) that (G major) to the desperate
(D major) father (C sharpdim)
Who just squeezed (C major) the life
from his only (G major) son
And how (D major) it's (E minor) only voices (G major) (C sharpdim) in your head
And (C major) dreams you've never dreamt (G major)
Try (D major) telling him (E minor) the subtle (D major)
differ (C sharpdim) ence
Between justice (C major) and contempt (G major)
Verse 5
Try telling me (E minor) she (D major) isn't (A major) angry (C sharpdim)
With this (C major) pitiful discontent (G major)
When (D major) they (G major) (E minor) flaunt it (D major) in your face (C sharpdim)
As you line (A major) (C major) up for punishment (G major)
And then (D major) ex (E minor) pect you to
(D major) say thank (C sharpdim) you
Straighten (C major) up, look proud and (G major) pleased
Because (D major) you've (E minor) only got (D major) the symp (C sharpdim) toms,
You haven't got (C major) the whole disease (G major)
Just like (D major) a school
Verse 6
(E minor) boy,
Whose (D major) head's like a tin-can
(C sharpdim) Filled Filled up (C major) (E minor) with dreams (C major)
then poured down the drain (G major)
Try telling that (E minor) to the boys (D major)
on both (C sharpdim) sides,
Being blown to bits (C major) or beaten and maimed (G major)
Who (C major) takes (G major) all the (A minor) glory (G major)
and (A minor) none of the (D major) shame
Well I hope you live (G major)
Verse 7
(A major) long (E minor) now, (E minor)
(G major) I pray the Lord (C major) your soul to keep (G major)
I think I'll (D major) be go (E minor) (A major) ing (G major)
(D major) before (C sharpdim) (E minor)
We fold our (C major) arms and start (D major) to (G major) weep
(D major) I never thought (E minor) (D major) for a mo (C sharpdim) ment
That human life (C major) could be so (G major) cheap
But (C major) when (G major) they (A minor) finally (G major) (A minor) put
you in the (G major) ground
They'll (C major) stand (G major) there (A minor) laugh
ing (G major) and (A minor) tramp the dirt (G major) down
Tramp the Dirt Down
Elvis Costello
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