"...This Town Chords" by Elvis Costello
Tempo:
130.1 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
E
G
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[F] [G] [F#]
[C] [G#] [D] [Em]
[C]
[E] [D]
[C] [G] Let's go.
The guy that sat down, he was playing [C] the piano.
[G] Like [C] he was borrowing a [Em] dirty [F] book.
[A]
He made a hole in [Dm] his big [A] bottom lip, and [Dm] gave his very best little [G] part of it.
It was a song with a topical verse, which [C] I'm afraid it [Em] interceded [F] to sin.
[A] [Dm]
Something [A] about the moody doom love [Dm] of the fish [C]-fish [Bm] king.
[G] [E] There's [Bm] nobody [E] in this [Bm] town.
[E] There's nobody [D] in this town.
[A] Ain't [Bm]
nobody, [E] just [Bm] everybody [E] in this town.
Though [D] you're poisoned, got [C] your number,
Know it [D] must be [A] invited.
[G]
Ain't [Bm] nobody [Am] till everybody
[Cm]
This town thinks [G] you're a bastard.
[D] [C]
[Bm] [A] [G] Well, Mr.
J couldn't move,
That's a self-made man, Ro,
[C] Though he swears that he's the salt of [F] the earth.
[A] [Dm] Oh, he's [A] so proud of [Dm] the kick,
Now [A] I'm trying to [Dm] get,
All that is back [G] at my heart.
[C] [G] Oh, I appreciate [C]
beauty,
[G] [C] If I have one, then it's [F] my fault.
[A] [Dm] Beauty [A] is on my pillow,
[Dm] Beauty is there in [C] my [G] vault.
[E] [Bm] Nobody [E] in this [Bm] town,
[E] [G] Nobody [D] in this crowd,
[A] [Bm] Nobody [E] in this town,
Though [D] you're poisoned, got [C] your number,
Know it [D] must be [A] invited.
[G] Ain't [Bm] nobody [Am] till everybody
[Cm] This town thinks [G] you're a bastard.
[C]
[G]
You go to the eternity rock,
Went down [C] on a boogie to buy some [F] stock,
[A]
Now [Dm] all the signs [A] in the shopping [Dm] [A] arcades,
[Dm] Say the corporation defense,
[G] And you just a jinx,
[C] Like closing [G] their attention [C] with scams,
[G]
Her [C] eyes are everywhere,
Her eyes are [F] like a half [A]-sand,
[Dm] She's a [A] spring figure,
She's a dance on a screen,
[F] Say everything you wanna hear,
And nothing [G] they mean,
They didn't stop while she was changing [C] their dress.
[G]
She [C] wiped him out,
She wiped him out,
[F] She made him [A]
confess,
And allowed him to find [Dm] the booty in [A] her bow,
[Dm] And let's remember this,
It [C] was the [B] test of [A] your [G] love.
[E] [Bm] Nobody [Em] in this [Bm]
town,
[E] Nobody [Em] [D] in this crowd,
[E] [Bm] Nobody [E] in this town,
[Bm] Everybody [E] in this town,
Though [D] you're poisoned, got [C] your number,
Know it [D] must [A] be invited.
[G] [Bm] Nobody [Am]
in this town,
[Cm] Everybody in this town,
Think [G] you're a bastard,
[Em]
Nobody in this town,
[E]
[Bm] Nobody [Em] in this [Bm] town,
[E]
[Bm] Nobody [E] in this [Bm] town,
[E]
[Bm] Nobody [E] in this town,
[Bm] Nobody [Em] in this [Bm] town
[E] [Bm] [E] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [E] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [Em] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [Em] [Bm] [E]
[Em]
[F] [G] [F#]
[C] [G#] [D] [Em]
[C]
[E] [D]
[C] [G] Let's go.
The guy that sat down, he was playing [C] the piano.
[G] Like [C] he was borrowing a [Em] dirty [F] book.
[A]
He made a hole in [Dm] his big [A] bottom lip, and [Dm] gave his very best little [G] part of it.
It was a song with a topical verse, which [C] I'm afraid it [Em] interceded [F] to sin.
[A] [Dm]
Something [A] about the moody doom love [Dm] of the fish [C]-fish [Bm] king.
[G] [E] There's [Bm] nobody [E] in this [Bm] town.
[E] There's nobody [D] in this town.
[A] Ain't [Bm]
nobody, [E] just [Bm] everybody [E] in this town.
Though [D] you're poisoned, got [C] your number,
Know it [D] must be [A] invited.
[G]
Ain't [Bm] nobody [Am] till everybody
[Cm]
This town thinks [G] you're a bastard.
[D] [C]
[Bm] [A] [G] Well, Mr.
J couldn't move,
That's a self-made man, Ro,
[C] Though he swears that he's the salt of [F] the earth.
[A] [Dm] Oh, he's [A] so proud of [Dm] the kick,
Now [A] I'm trying to [Dm] get,
All that is back [G] at my heart.
[C] [G] Oh, I appreciate [C]
beauty,
[G] [C] If I have one, then it's [F] my fault.
[A] [Dm] Beauty [A] is on my pillow,
[Dm] Beauty is there in [C] my [G] vault.
[E] [Bm] Nobody [E] in this [Bm] town,
[E] [G] Nobody [D] in this crowd,
[A] [Bm] Nobody [E] in this town,
Though [D] you're poisoned, got [C] your number,
Know it [D] must be [A] invited.
[G] Ain't [Bm] nobody [Am] till everybody
[Cm] This town thinks [G] you're a bastard.
[C]
[G]
You go to the eternity rock,
Went down [C] on a boogie to buy some [F] stock,
[A]
Now [Dm] all the signs [A] in the shopping [Dm] [A] arcades,
[Dm] Say the corporation defense,
[G] And you just a jinx,
[C] Like closing [G] their attention [C] with scams,
[G]
Her [C] eyes are everywhere,
Her eyes are [F] like a half [A]-sand,
[Dm] She's a [A] spring figure,
She's a dance on a screen,
[F] Say everything you wanna hear,
And nothing [G] they mean,
They didn't stop while she was changing [C] their dress.
[G]
She [C] wiped him out,
She wiped him out,
[F] She made him [A]
confess,
And allowed him to find [Dm] the booty in [A] her bow,
[Dm] And let's remember this,
It [C] was the [B] test of [A] your [G] love.
[E] [Bm] Nobody [Em] in this [Bm]
town,
[E] Nobody [Em] [D] in this crowd,
[E] [Bm] Nobody [E] in this town,
[Bm] Everybody [E] in this town,
Though [D] you're poisoned, got [C] your number,
Know it [D] must [A] be invited.
[G] [Bm] Nobody [Am]
in this town,
[Cm] Everybody in this town,
Think [G] you're a bastard,
[Em]
Nobody in this town,
[E]
[Bm] Nobody [Em] in this [Bm] town,
[E]
[Bm] Nobody [E] in this [Bm] town,
[E]
[Bm] Nobody [E] in this town,
[Bm] Nobody [Em] in this [Bm] town
[E] [Bm] [E] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [E] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [Em] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [Em] [Bm] [E]
[Em]
Key:
Bm
E
G
C
A
Bm
E
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] Let's go.
The guy that sat down, he was playing [C] the piano.
[G] Like [C] he was borrowing a [Em] dirty [F] book.
[A] _ _
He made a hole in [Dm] his big [A] bottom lip, and [Dm] gave his very best little [G] part of it.
_ It was a song with a topical verse, which [C] I'm afraid it [Em] interceded [F] to sin.
[A] _ _ [Dm]
Something [A] about the moody doom love [Dm] of the fish [C]-fish [Bm] king.
[G] [E] There's [Bm] nobody [E] in this [Bm] town.
[E] There's nobody [D] in this town.
[A] Ain't _ [Bm]
nobody, [E] just [Bm] everybody [E] in this town.
Though [D] you're _ poisoned, got [C] your number,
Know it [D] must be [A] _ invited.
_ [G]
Ain't [Bm] nobody [Am] till _ everybody
[Cm]
This town thinks [G] you're a bastard. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ [A] [G] Well, Mr.
J couldn't move,
That's a self-made man, Ro,
[C] Though he swears that he's the salt of [F] the earth.
[A] _ [Dm] Oh, he's [A] so proud of [Dm] the kick,
Now [A] I'm trying to [Dm] get,
All that is back [G] at my heart.
[C] [G] Oh, I appreciate [C]
beauty,
[G] _ [C] If I have one, then it's [F] my fault.
[A] _ _ [Dm] Beauty [A] is on my pillow,
_ _ [Dm] Beauty is there in [C] my [G] vault.
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] Nobody [E] in this [Bm] town,
[E] _ _ [G] Nobody [D] in this crowd,
[A] _ _ [Bm] Nobody [E] in this _ _ _ _ town,
Though [D] you're poisoned, got [C] your number,
Know it [D] must be [A] invited.
_ _ [G] Ain't [Bm] nobody [Am] till everybody
_ [Cm] This town thinks [G] you're a bastard. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
You go to the eternity rock,
Went down [C] on a boogie to buy some [F] stock,
[A]
Now [Dm] all the signs [A] in the shopping [Dm] _ [A] arcades,
[Dm] Say the corporation defense,
[G] And you just a jinx,
[C] Like closing [G] their attention [C] with scams,
[G]
Her [C] eyes are everywhere,
Her eyes are [F] like a half [A]-sand,
_ [Dm] She's a [A] spring figure,
She's a dance on a screen,
[F] Say everything you wanna hear,
And nothing [G] they mean,
They didn't stop while she was changing [C] their dress.
[G]
She [C] wiped him out,
She wiped him out,
[F] She made him [A]
confess,
And allowed him to find [Dm] the booty in [A] her bow,
[Dm] And let's remember this,
It [C] was the [B] test of [A] your [G] love.
[E] _ [Bm] Nobody [Em] in this [Bm]
town,
[E] _ Nobody [Em] [D] in this crowd,
[E] _ _ [Bm] Nobody [E] in this town,
[Bm] Everybody [E] in this town,
Though [D] you're poisoned, got [C] your number,
Know it [D] must [A] be invited.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] Nobody [Am]
in this town,
_ _ [Cm] Everybody in this town,
Think _ [G] you're a bastard,
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Nobody in this town,
[E] _
[Bm] Nobody [Em] in this [Bm] town,
[E] _
[Bm] Nobody [E] in this [Bm] town,
[E] _
[Bm] Nobody [E] in this town, _
[Bm] Nobody [Em] in this [Bm] town
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] Let's go.
The guy that sat down, he was playing [C] the piano.
[G] Like [C] he was borrowing a [Em] dirty [F] book.
[A] _ _
He made a hole in [Dm] his big [A] bottom lip, and [Dm] gave his very best little [G] part of it.
_ It was a song with a topical verse, which [C] I'm afraid it [Em] interceded [F] to sin.
[A] _ _ [Dm]
Something [A] about the moody doom love [Dm] of the fish [C]-fish [Bm] king.
[G] [E] There's [Bm] nobody [E] in this [Bm] town.
[E] There's nobody [D] in this town.
[A] Ain't _ [Bm]
nobody, [E] just [Bm] everybody [E] in this town.
Though [D] you're _ poisoned, got [C] your number,
Know it [D] must be [A] _ invited.
_ [G]
Ain't [Bm] nobody [Am] till _ everybody
[Cm]
This town thinks [G] you're a bastard. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ [A] [G] Well, Mr.
J couldn't move,
That's a self-made man, Ro,
[C] Though he swears that he's the salt of [F] the earth.
[A] _ [Dm] Oh, he's [A] so proud of [Dm] the kick,
Now [A] I'm trying to [Dm] get,
All that is back [G] at my heart.
[C] [G] Oh, I appreciate [C]
beauty,
[G] _ [C] If I have one, then it's [F] my fault.
[A] _ _ [Dm] Beauty [A] is on my pillow,
_ _ [Dm] Beauty is there in [C] my [G] vault.
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] Nobody [E] in this [Bm] town,
[E] _ _ [G] Nobody [D] in this crowd,
[A] _ _ [Bm] Nobody [E] in this _ _ _ _ town,
Though [D] you're poisoned, got [C] your number,
Know it [D] must be [A] invited.
_ _ [G] Ain't [Bm] nobody [Am] till everybody
_ [Cm] This town thinks [G] you're a bastard. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
You go to the eternity rock,
Went down [C] on a boogie to buy some [F] stock,
[A]
Now [Dm] all the signs [A] in the shopping [Dm] _ [A] arcades,
[Dm] Say the corporation defense,
[G] And you just a jinx,
[C] Like closing [G] their attention [C] with scams,
[G]
Her [C] eyes are everywhere,
Her eyes are [F] like a half [A]-sand,
_ [Dm] She's a [A] spring figure,
She's a dance on a screen,
[F] Say everything you wanna hear,
And nothing [G] they mean,
They didn't stop while she was changing [C] their dress.
[G]
She [C] wiped him out,
She wiped him out,
[F] She made him [A]
confess,
And allowed him to find [Dm] the booty in [A] her bow,
[Dm] And let's remember this,
It [C] was the [B] test of [A] your [G] love.
[E] _ [Bm] Nobody [Em] in this [Bm]
town,
[E] _ Nobody [Em] [D] in this crowd,
[E] _ _ [Bm] Nobody [E] in this town,
[Bm] Everybody [E] in this town,
Though [D] you're poisoned, got [C] your number,
Know it [D] must [A] be invited.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] Nobody [Am]
in this town,
_ _ [Cm] Everybody in this town,
Think _ [G] you're a bastard,
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Nobody in this town,
[E] _
[Bm] Nobody [Em] in this [Bm] town,
[E] _
[Bm] Nobody [E] in this [Bm] town,
[E] _
[Bm] Nobody [E] in this town, _
[Bm] Nobody [Em] in this [Bm] town
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _