Tramp the Dirt Down chords by
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello

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Key: E minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I saw a newspaper picture
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from the political campaign
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A woman was kissing a child,
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who was obviously in pain
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She spills with compassion,
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as that young child's face
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In her hands she grips
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Can you imagine all that
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greed and avarice
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Coming down on that child's lips
Verse 2
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Well I hope I don't die too soon
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I pray the Lord my soul to save
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Yes I'll be a good boy,
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I'm trying so hard to behave
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Because there's one thing I know,
I'd like to live
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Long enough to savor
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That's when they finally put
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you in the ground
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I'll stand on your grave and
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tramp the dirt down
Verse 3
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When England was the whore
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of the world
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Margaret was her madam
And the future looked
as bright and as clear
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As the black tarmacadam
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Well I hope that she sleeps well at night,
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Isn't haunted by every tiny detail
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When she held that lovely
face in her hands
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All she thought of was betrayal
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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And now the cynical ones
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Say that it all ends the same
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in the long run
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Try telling that to the desperate
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father
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Who just squeezed the life
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from his only son
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And how it's only voices in your head
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And dreams you've never dreamt
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Try telling him the subtle
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difference
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Between justice and contempt
Verse 5
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Try telling me she isn't angry
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With this pitiful discontent
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When they flaunt it in your face
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As you line up for punishment
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And then expect you to
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say thank you
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Straighten up, look proud and pleased
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Because you've only got the symptoms,
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You haven't got the whole disease
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Just like a school
Verse 6
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boy,
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Whose head's like a tin-can
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Filled Filled up with dreams
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then poured down the drain
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Try telling that to the boys
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on both sides,
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Being blown to bits or beaten and maimed
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Who takes all the glory
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and none of the shame
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Well I hope you live
Verse 7
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long now,
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I pray the Lord your soul to keep
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I think I'll be going
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before
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We fold our arms and start to weep
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I never thought for a moment
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That human life could be so cheap
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But when they finally put
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you in the ground
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They'll stand there laugh
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ing and tramp the dirt down

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