Sunday Papers Chords by Joe Jackson

_ _ _ He's good, isn't he?
[C#] I thought you might like to know, since we've just come back from America,
the American [G#m] equivalent of the news of [C#] the world.
Here it is, the [E] Midnight Globe.
Kenny Rogers on the cover, [Dm] why he needs two women in his [C#] life.
_ [G] And the best bit [C#m] is on page three.
[F] I endured heart [A] surgery without any anaesthetic.
[E] Can you see that?
[A] Heart surgery with no anaesthetic.
[E] It's [D] so good to be back here in England where you [E] have
a sophisticated [D] standard of [E] journalism, you know,
with papers like the New [A] Musical Express.
[Em] I mean, it's not like papers.
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Mother doesn't go out anymore _
_ [E] Just [A] sits at home [E] and rolls her spastic eyes
_ But every weekend through the [A] door
_ [E] Come words of wisdom from the world outside
[C#m] _ If you wanna know, grab a picture and an address
_ [C#] _ _ [G#m] _ [C#m] If you wanna know how to be a star
If _ [G#m] _ [C#m] you wanna know about the stains on a mattress
Go read it in the [A] silent papers
[E] _ _ [A] Silent _ [E] _ _ [A] papers
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[C#m] _ [A] Mother's wheelchair stays out [E] in the [A] hall _
_ [E] _ Why should she go out when the TV's on?
_ _ Whatever moves beyond these walls
_ [G] [E] Shall know the facts when Sunday comes along
[C#] If you wanna know about the mad punk fuckers
_ [G#m] If [C#m] you wanna know how to play guitar
_ If [G#m] _ [C#m] you wanna know about any other suckers
_ [D] You can read [A] it in the silent papers
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Silent papers
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[E] Don't _ ask no questions
No anger lies
Don't raise objections
Ain't got [B] no eyes _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [A] _ [D] _ _ [E] Brother's heading that way now I guess
He _ [A] just wrote something, made [E] his face turn blue
_ [A] Well I got nothing [E] against the press
They _ [A] wouldn't print it [E] if it wasn't true
[Bm] _ [C#] If you wanna know about the [G#m] gay [C#m] politician
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[C#m] If you wanna know how to be a star
_ [G#m] If [C#m] you wanna know about the new sex position _
You can read it in the [A] silent papers _ [E] _ [A] Silent _ _ [E] _ [A] papers
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_ _ _ Don't ask no questions
No anger lies
Don't raise objections
_ Ain't got [C#m] no eyes
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Don't ask no questions No _ _ _ _ _ objections
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_ _ Read _ _ _ [C#m] _
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[E] all about it in the [A] silent papers
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Read all about it in the silent [A] papers
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[D] Read [E] all about it in the [A] silent papers
[E] _ [A] Read [E] all about it in the [A] silent papers
_ [E] [A] Read all [E] about it in the [D] silent [E] papers
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_ [C#m] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] Read [A] _
all [E] about it
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