Elvis Costello - Church Underground

Dm
she stood spotlit in a plain print dress
came howling out of the wilderness
Gm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
. . . . there beat a cunning and murderous heart
beneath that calm exterior
Dm
“you know my name
you don’t know my mind
don’t doubt my eyes
they betray the past
Gm . . . . . . . . . . . . F
. . . . and i’ve already forgotten
C
. . . . much more than you will ever know”
Dm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F/C
. . . . and every word that i have spoken is true
G/B
. . . . . except for those that were broken in two
C/A# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F/A
. . . . . i’m trying to make peace after a long night of pretend
C/A# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F/A
. . . . . i need a pawnbroker or a moneylender
G
why do you do me down , mister?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . F . . . . . . . C
sing “hallelujah , ” sister
C/A# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F/A
turn up the volume , just to turn it down
Dm . . . . . . . . . Dm/C . . . . . . . . . . . G/B
the trivial secrets buried with the profound
. . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F . . . . . . . . . . . . C/E . . . Dm
it’s enough to put a church underground
. . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F . . . . . . . . . . . . C/E . . . Dm
it’s enough to put a church underground
Dm
. . . . . deflowered young and then ever since
she’s tried to wash off his fingerprints
Gm . . . . . . . F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
so every charlatan and prince
was made to feel inferior
Dm
she worked for tips in A 10 – cent dance
said moving pictures might pay perchance
Gm . . . . . . F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
10 , 000 one – way tickets to the sparkling coast
from the blank interior
Dm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F/A
everybody’s either talking in code
G/B
or getting ready to explode
C/A# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F/A
then she was singing in a five – piece band
C/A# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F/A
but seems that no – one really wants this sound

G
why do you do me down , mister?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . F . . . . . . . C
sing “hallelujah , ” sister
C/A# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F/A
turn up the volume , just to turn it down
Dm . . . . . . . . . Dm/C . . . . . . . . . . . G/B
the trivial secrets buried with the profound
. . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F . . . . . . . . . . . . C/E . . . Dm
it’s enough to put a church underground
. . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F
it’s enough to put a church underground

A# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C/E
. . . . . the shaft of fanlight streaked with rain
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D#
poured through the glass , punched through the pain
. . . . . . . . . . . D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
the holy picture hidden in the midden of that poisoned stitch
. . . . . . . . . . . . . Gm . . . . . . . . Gm/A# . . . . . Am
her lonely voice was just a ruin in these riches
Dm
she must have been dreaming this all along
could she be redeeming herself in song?
A# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Em
. . . . . i’m no – one’s martyred , plaster saint
. . . . . . . . . . . . A7
below the grease , beneath the paint
. . . . . Dm
i’m rolling like barrel
F/C
swinging like a gallows
. . . . . G/B
i’m rising up fast like all hell and all hallows
G
why do you do me down , mister?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . F . . . . . . . C
sing “hallelujah , ” sister
C/A# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F/A
. . . . i’ll be damned or purgatory bound
Dm . . . . . . . . . Dm/C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G/B
. . . . before those jokers ever understand
. . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F . . . . . . . . . . . . C/E . . . Dm
it’s enough to put a church underground
. . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F . . . . . . . . . . . . C/E . . . Dm
it’s enough to put a church underground
. . . . C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F . . . . . . . . . . . . C/E . . . Dm
it’s enough to put a church underground

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