elvis costello – hoover factory F#/D – 200232 G#/A – 4×2220
F#/A – 2×2220 E/A – 002220
D# – x65343
intro E – F#/D ( repeat a few times )

E F#/D
five miles out of london on the western avenue
E F#/D
must have been a wonder when it was brand new
E F#/D
talkin’ ’bout the splendour of the hoover factory
E D E
i know that you’d agree if you had seen it too
A G#/A F#/A E/A B7
it’s not a matter of life or death
E A
what is , what is ?
F#m B7
it doesn’t matter if i take another breath
E B7
who cares ? who cares ?

E
green for go , green for action
F#/D E A – A# – B
from park royal to north acton
E A G#/A F#m B7
past scrolls and inscriptions like those of the egyptian age
A G#/A F#/A E/A B7
and one of these days the hoover factory
C#m F# B7 ( hold )
is gonna be all the rage in those fashionable pages
E F#/D
five miles out of london on the western avenue
E F#/D
must have been a wonder when it was brand new
E F#/D
talkin’ ’bout the splendour of the hoover factory
E D E
i know that you’d agree if you had seen it too
A G#/A F#/A E/A B7
it’s not a matter of life or death
E A
what is , what is ?
F#m B7
it doesn’t matter if i take another breath
G C
who cares ? who cares ?
F E – D# – D – E
who cares ? who cares ?