Chords for Elvis Costello - Tramp the Dirt Down

[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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_ I _ _ _ _ _ saw [G] in _ [D] a newspaper _ _ [Em] picture _ from [Gm] the [C] _ _
political _ _ [G] _
campaign
A [D] woman [Em] was _ [G] kissing _ [C#] a child _ who [C] was _ obviously _ [G] in pain
She [D] spills with [Em] _ _
_ [G] compassion _ [C#] _
as that young [C] child's face in her hand [G] she grips
_ [D] Can you [Em] _ _
[G] imagine all [C#] that greed and _ [C] avarice coming down on that _ child's lips? _
Well I hope I [G] don't die [Bm] _ too [E] soon _ [G] I pray [C] to Lord [Am] my [G] soul to save
Yes [D] I'll be [E] your _ [D] good _ [C#] boy _
_ [G] I'm trying [C] _
so hard [G] to behave
_ [Bm] Because [E] there's [G] _
one [C#] thing I know I'd [D] like to [C] live long [F#] enough [G] to savor
_ _ _ [C] That's when [G] _ they [C] _ [Dm] _ _
[G] find _ [Am] they've put you in [G] the _ ground
_ _ [C] _
I'll [G] stand on _ your _ grave [Am] and _ _ _ tram the _ _ _ [G] dirt _ _ _ down
[D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] When England was the whore of the world _ [Em] Margaret [D] was her madam
_ _ And _ _ _ _ the future looked as bright and as clear as the black _ [G]
tarmac at her _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well I hope that she sleeps well at night _ _ isn't haunted by every [C]
tiny detail
_ _ [B] When [Am] she held that [G#] lovely face [C] in her hands [D] all she thought [Em] of was _ [A] betrayal _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And [G] now the _ _ [D] _
cynical [Em] ones _ [G] say [C] that it all ends the same in [G] the long run
[D] Try telling [Em] that to [G] the desperate [C#] father [G] who just [C] squeezed the life from his only [G] son _
And how [Em] it's _ [G] only _ [C#] voices in your head _ [C] and dreams you've never [G] dreamt _ _
_ [Bm] Try telling [Em] him [G] the subtle _ [C#] _
difference between _ [C] _
justice _ and [G] condemn
_ Try [Em] telling me [G] she _ _ [A] isn't angry _ with [C] this pitiful _ _ _ [G] _
discontent
[D] When [Em] they _ [G] flaunted in [C#] your face as you _ [C] line up for _ [G] punishment _
And [D] then [Em] expect _ [G] to [C#] say thank you _ straight [C] and hot look _ [G] proud and pleased
[D] Because [Em] you've only [G] got [C#] the symptoms [C] you haven't got the whole [G] disease
_ [D] Just like [E] a schoolboy [G] whose head's like a tin can filled up [C] with dreams then [G] poured down the drain
_ [D] Try telling [Em] that to [G] the boys [Em] on both sides being blown [C] to bits of beaten [G] and _ lame
_ _ [C] _ _
[G] Takes _ [D] all the _
_ [G] glory _ [Am] and _ none [D] of the _ shame _ _ _
Well I hope [Em] you live _ [F#] long _ [Em] now _ _ [G] I pray [C] to lord your soul [G] to keep
I [D] think [Em] I'll be _ _ [G] going _ [Em]
before _ [G#m] we [C] fold our arms [A] and start [G] to weep
[D] I [Em] never thought [D] for [C#] a moment _ [C#m] that [C] human life could be [G] so cheap
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[C] But _ _ [G] when [Am] they _ _ [G] finally _ [A] [Am] put you on [G] the _ _ ground
[C] They'll _ _ [G] stand _ [D] there _ [G] laughing _ [Am] and tram _ _ _ _ the _ dirt [G] _ _ _
down _ _ _ _ _
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