Elvis Costello - Pony St

the perfect introduction to an album like brutal youth , which i describe as all of
ec&a’s previous work thrown into a blender to create a fantastic mix .

intro : D Dsus4 D [ 5x ]

G
she lives on pony street
G C
and they should scatter flowers at her feet
D C G
but when they come calling i think it’s appalling
Am D G
they’re sober and they’re polite
D C G
they’re deeply respectful when i would expect them
Am D
to keep her out all night
G
that little martinet
G C
will get her own way yet
D C G
if you need instruction in mindless destruction
Am D G
i’ll show you a thing or two
D C G Am
you used to adore me but now my life flashes before me
D
for you to view

D A D G Em
oh mother , oh mother , sometimes you are so mortifying
D A D G Em
from the hole in your leopard skin tights i can tell you’ve been spying
D A D G Em
but your generation confesses before it transgresses
D A D G Em
those super – 8 movies of Daddy in your disco dresses

G
if you’re going out tonight
C Am
i won’t wait up
reading “das kapital”
A
watching “home shopping club”
D
while you’re flogging a dead horse
C G D G
all the way down pony street
D G D
where you live after a fashion
C G D G
all the way down pony street
D G C
the life and the soul of every indiscretion
Am D
that lives on , that lives on , that lives on
C G/B
pony street

D A D G Em
daughter , oh daughter , you know i will love you forever
D A D G Em
but spare me the white ankle socks with the lace and the leather
F A D G Em
for you and your cartoon threat do no good to resist me
F A D G Em
for i Am the genuine thing but for you it’s just history

G
if you’re going out tonight
C Am
how can you be sure
where you lay your pretty head
A
mother may have been before
D
so you’re flogging a dead horse
C G D G
all the way down pony street
D G D
where you live after a fashion
C G D G
all the way down pony street
D G C
the life and the soul of every indiscretion
Am Am
that lives on , that lives on
Am A A
that lives on , that lives on , that lives on
D Dsus4 D
she lives on pony street [ 2x ]
D Dsus4 D D Dsus4 D
she lives on , she lives on [ 2x ]

D Dsus4 D until fade out