Chords for Elvis Costello-God's Comic

[E] _ _ [Em] _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[B] _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ [A#] _
[B] _ [Em] _ [B] I wish you'd known [Em] me when I [B] was [G] alive.
[Em] I was a [C] funny [G] fella _ [Am] that [B] grabbed a hoot [C] and
hollered [Em] for ma.
[B] _ [Am] _ [B] I wore a [C] drunk's red nose [B] for [G] applause.
[E] Ah [Bm] yes, I [C] was a [D] comical priest
[G] with a joke for [Em] the flock and [C] a hand [D] up your [Em] fleece.
The jewel in [B] the drink and [Em] the lipstick
[G] and grease paint.
Down [Em] the cardboard [C] front of [Bm] my dirty [C] dog hollered.
[G] _ _ _ [B]
Now I'm dead, _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] _ [B] now
I was dead, [Em] I was dead, [G] I was dead.
[Em] He [C] might have never [D] had [C] _ God's comic, [G] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ so [B] there he was
[G] on a [B] water [G] bed, [Em] drinking a [C] cola of a [F#] mystery [Am] brand, [B] reading an [C] airport _ [B] _
[Am] novelette, [B] listening
to [C] Andrew Lloyd [B] Webber's _ [Em] _ Requiem.
[F#] _ [G] _ [Em] He [D] said [C] before it had really [D] begun, [G] I [F#] preferred [Em] the
one [C] about [D] my son.
[E] I've [Em] been wading [B] through all of [Em] this [D] unbelievable junk [G] and wondering
[Em]
if [C] I should have given [Bm] the world to [C] the monkeys. _
[G] _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] Now I'm dead, [B] now I'm dead, [Em] now I'm dead,
[G] now I'm dead.
And I'm [Em] going on to meet [D] my reward.
[Em] I was scared, [B] I was scared, [Em] I was
scared.
[D] _ _ [G] _ [Em] He [G] might have [C] [G] never [C] heard God's comic.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
I'm gonna [D] take a [C] little trip down _ [Bm] _ [D] paradise's
[G] endless yard.
They say that gravel broadens your mind till you can't get [B] your head out
[E] of the mud.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D#m] _ [Dm] _ [E] _ [Em] _ _
[B] I'm sitting here [Em] on the top of [B] the world.
[G] _
[Em] I hang around [C] in the [D] longest night
[Am] _
[B] until each beast [C] has gone [B] to bed.
[Am] _
[D#] And then I say, [C] God bless, [B] and load [Em] out the light.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#]
While you [E] lie in the [G] dark, [C] afraid [G] to breathe, and you're begging your promise, and [C] fogging
[D] in your plea, [G] [F#] sometimes [Em] you confuse [C] me with [D] Santa [G] Claus.
[E] It's the big [C] white beard, [Bm] I suppose.
[Em] I'm going up [B] to the pole where you [Em] folks [G] die of cold.
_ [Em] I [C] might be gone for a [D] while [C] if you
_ need me.
_ [G] _ [B] _
Now [Em] I'm dead, now [B] I'm dead, now [Em] I'm dead, now [Bm] I'm dead.
[G] And you're all [Em] going on
[C] to meet your [D] reward.
Are [Em] you scared, are you scared, [Bm] are [Em] you scared, are [D] you scared?
[G] _ [Bm] [Em] He
[G] might [C] have [D] never heard [C] God's comic. _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ [Em] _ [B] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [A#] _
[Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _
[G] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _
_ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
[B] _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [C] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _