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Vanity Press chords by
Graham Parker
Graham Parker

N/A
Verse 1
D

This one's called

Vanity
A
Bm
A
D
Bm
A

Press.
Em
Bm

A
Em

Bm
A

You've got to be a member
Em
D

Before they let you in
Bm
A

You can 't get a word in edgewise
Em
D

Unless you shout above the pen
Bm
A

Your heart's gotta be in the wrong place
Em
D

The tension's gotta be thin
Bm
A

Don't fall for the old trap
Em

Of self -publishing
G
A
D

You're not working for the vanity press
G

Can you deliver something
A
D

that'll pass the test?
G
A

Gotta have more hoes than
D

your old string fest
B

Gotta be a puff piece that
Em
E

only shows the best
B

Have the boy next door and
E
Em

it's great success
E
A

Of getting married to the

girl next door
Bm
A

You've got to own every channel
Em
D

If you wanna own every mind
Bm

You gotta wear a skirt by
A

Chanel
Em

Or a suit by
D

Primaline
Bm
A

If you want to make the next is sue,
Em
D

you better get your skates on, boy.
Bm
A

With a premise as thin as tissue,
Em

you're bound to get employed.
G
A
D

Now you're working for the vanity press,
G
A
D

need a conscience on the editor's desk.
G
A

You gotta back up your facts
D

or you shall reject.
B
E

Gotta be a piece that only shows the best
B

Not the one next door,
Em

and it's great success
E
A

Of being better than the one next door
G
A

Yeah
D

Vanity
G
A

Press
D

Vanity
G
A

Press
D

Vanity
A

Press
Bb
Bm

Don't get clever,
G

keep a real tight tether
Em
Bm

They can bump you over through
G

the spots and weather
A

Send you over to the boys next door
Bm
A

If you wanna make the deadline
Em
D

Make sure your line is dead
Bm
A

If you got any bright ideas
Em

Keep them in your head
G
A
D

Cause you're working for the very best
G
A

Leave your conscience
D

on the editor's desk
G
A
D

Now the anti -media is the vanity press
B

In a fictitious world,
E

you can't invent the rest
Em
B
Em

That's all you need to pass the test
A

An d sell it to the guy next door
G
A

Yeah, we're all working
D

for the vanity press
G
A

Leave your conscience
D

on the editor's desk
G
A
D

Now the anti -media is the vanity press
A

So sell it to the guy next door

Sell it to the guy next door

You gotta sell it to the guy next door

Yeah, sell it to the guy next door

You gotta sell it

You gotta sell it

You gotta sell it to the guy next door

Sell it, sell it

Sell it to the guy next door

Meanwhile, I'm still thinkin'

about what I just saw

Yeah, me and my jaw dropped

Sell it, you better sell it

Sell it to the guy next door

Yeah, you gotta sell it

Yeah, sell it

Sell it to the guy

One, two, three, four
G
A
D

We are out workin' for the vanity press

G
A

You know it makes sense.
D

I'm going to do something from,

oh by the way,

Songs

With

No

Consequences is not

just my new album, it's

The

Figs' as well, they play on it.
A

That's, you know, where the sort of, you know,
A

I try to write all these dumb songs, you know,

but it's turned out to be a bit
A

cleverer than I thought.
A

Clever lads, clever, clever lads.

We're going to do something from

Howling
A

Wind, my first album.

This one, the figs were just, you know,

figlets when I made this album.

And our

Fig du

Jour tonight,

Brett

Rosenberg, was just a twinkle in his

dad's eye when I made this album.

In fact, this shirt is older than

Brett is, I swear to

God.

I found it in the attic the

other day, pulled it out.

Ian

Dury.

These, yeah.

It's on the back.

Yeah.

The lates, great.

These pants I found as well, they're getting a bit thin here,

you can see my leg through

them.

They're probably older than

Brett as well, so you know,

some relics up here, well there's

a relic up here on stage,

what am I talking about?

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  • A

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    2
  • Em

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  • B

    2
  • E

  • Bb

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