COSTELLO ELVIS - "how to be dumb" Tablature

from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
lyrics and chords of: How To Be Dumb by Elvis Costello

Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15



G
I was hell-bent on ...
D
While you were living ...
G
And all the time the ...
Em Bm
Was washing off somebody ...

G
Now you've got yourself a ...
D
Every fleeting ...
G
And beautiful people stampede ...
Em Bm
The funniest fucker ...

F
They're here ...
Dm Bm
Satisfy ...
C G
There's a bright future for ...

C D
Now you ...
G C
Are you ready to take ...
G/B D
The modern museum ...
G C D
Don't you know how ...
G C
Like a building ...
G/B D
In one of those ....

G
They emptied out all ...
D
They emptied out ...
G
The "New Bruise" was the ...
Em Bm
By "Jesus Cross and the ...
G
Followed up by "...
D
With their ...
G
Between the fear ...
Em Bm
All the rejection ...

F
They'll be ...
Dm Bm
They'll be ...
C
Skulls shrunk down to ...
G
Heads shaven and sh....

C D
Now you know how ...
G C
Are you ready to ...
G/B D
The modern ...
G C D
Don't you know how ...
G C
Like a building ...
G/B D
In one of those ....

Em
Trapped in the ...
C D
Where ....
Em
You always had to ...
C D
Some half-remembered ph...

G
Now you're masquerading as ...
D
Whose every bad intention ...
G
You could've walked ...
Em Bm
But face it you didn't ...
G
I guess that makes you ...
D
Or some kind of twisted ...
G
Funny though people ...
Em Bm
'Til they think they ...

F
Scratch you ...
Dm
Count ...
Bm C
Roll over ...
G
Repeat ...

C D
Don't you know ...
G C
Are you ready to ..
G/B D
The modern museum ...
G C D
Don't you know ...
G C
Like a building ...
G/B D
In one of those ...

G C D
Don't you ...?
G C D
Don't you ...
G C D
Don't you know how ...
G C D
Don't you know ...
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