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