Tramp The Dirt Chords by Elvis Costello

I can't find any words that _ portray _ _ my contempt strong enough.
And I'm not _ _ _ _ _ some little kid that they can say,
there, there, now you're just these young little _ teenagers
who are having a moment of protest.
I'm a man, I'm 35 years old, _ and I'm fucking sick of it,
you know, of what's going on in this [Em] country.
I _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] saw a _ _ [F#m] newspaper [Em] _ _ picture _ from [Bm] the [C] _ _ political _
[G] _ campaign.
_ A [Em] woman was _ _ [G] kissing _ [E] a child _ [Em] who _ [C] was _ obviously _ [G] in pain.
She spills [Em] with _ _ _ [D] compassion _
[Em] _ _ as that young [C] child's face in her hands she [G] grips. _
Can you _ _ imagine all that [Em] _ greed and _
_ [C] avarice coming down on that _ child's lips? _
[G] Well, I hope I don't die [Bm] _
[Em] too soon.
_ [G] I pray [C] to Lord my _ soul [G] to save.
Yes, I'll be [Em] a _ _ [G] good [Em] boy. _ _ _
I'm trying [C] so hard to [G] be.
_ _ _ Because [Em]
there's one [G] _ thing [Em] I know.
_ I'd like to live [C] _ long enough [G] to savor. _ _
_ [C] It's _ _ [G] worth [D] it if [G] I _ _ _ [Am] _
put you _ [G] in the _ ground.
_ [C] I'll _ _ [G] stand _ [D] on _ [G] your _ grave [Am] and _ _ tram _ _ the _ _ dirt [G] _
_ _ down.
_ _ [D] When _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] England was the horror of [G] the world, _ Margaret [D] was her _ madam. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] As bright and as [D] clear as the black [G] Tom Haddon. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, I hope [D] that she sleeps well [G] at night. _ _ _
Isn't haunted by every [C] tiny jit.
_ _ When [Am] she held that lovely face [C] in her hands, [D] all she thought [Em] of was _ betrayal.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And [G] now the _ _ _ _ cynical [Em] ones _ say that [C] it all ends the same in [G] the end.
_ Try telling [Em] that to [G] the desperate [C#] _
father who just [C] squeezed the life from his own [G] lips. _ _
And now [Em] it's only [G] _ _
[Em] voices in your _ _ head [C] and dreams you've never [G] dreamt.
_ _ Try telling [Em] him [G] the subtle _ [C#] _ _ difference [Em] _ between _ [C] _ justice _ [G] and guilt.
_ _ Try telling [Em] me [G] she _ [Em] isn't angry _ with [C] his _ pitiful _ _ [G] _ _ discontent.
When [Em] they've _ planted [G] _
in [Em] your face as you _ [C] line up the _ _ [G]
punishments.
_ And then [Em] _ _
[G] expect you to say [Em] _ thank you straight [C] and up, _ _ proud [G] and pleased.
_ Because [Em] you've _ only got the symptoms, you haven't [C] _ got the whole [G] disease.
_ Just like [Em] a schoolboy [G] who sits like [Em] a gym kid, filled up [C] with dreams, then poured down the [G] _ drain.
Try telling [Em] that to the boys on both sides of being [C] blown to bits of beaten [G] and _ made.
_ _ [C] Who _ _ [G]
takes [D] all the _ [G] glory, _
_ [Am] _ none [Em] _ of _
[D] the shame.
_ Well _ _ I hope you live [G] _
long [F#m] now, _ [Em] I _ _ pray [C] to Lord your [G] soul to keep.
_ _ I think I'll be [Em] _ _ [G] going _ _ [C#m]
before _ _ [C] we fold our arms and start [G] to leave.
_ I never _ thought _ _ _ [C#] that _ _ [Em] _
_ human [C] life _ _ _
_ [G] _ so _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ sweet.
[G] _ _ _
[D] If I [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ put you [G] in the _ ground, _ _ _ [C] stand _
[G] _ _ [D] there _ _ _ [G]
laughing, _ _ [Em] tram _ _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ dirt [G] _ _ _ _ down. _
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