Tramp the Dirt Down chords by
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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C#dim

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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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C#dim

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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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C#dim

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I'm trying so hard to behave

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C#dim

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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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C#dim

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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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C#dim

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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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C#dim

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Try telling me she isn't angry

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With this pitiful discontent

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C#dim

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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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C#dim

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say thank you

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Straighten up, look proud and pleased

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C#dim

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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

C#dim

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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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C#dim

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before

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We fold our arms and start to weep

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C#dim

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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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