Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Charm School (Guitar)

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By Elvis Costello From the Album: Punch the Clock Intro: G Dm G D

G
Men made out of monkeys

D
Men made into mice

G
Happy days are here again

    F                   D
And all the drinks half price

  C           Am          Em         C   Em    B7
A girl with a trick and a man with a calling

Em                             B7
Trying to make a living out of your downfalling

Chorus:

Em                             E7
TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING out of anything at all

Am                               F
Didn't they teach you anything except how to be cruel

        C            F  C
In that charm school

G
You and I as lovers

     D
Were nothing but a farce

G
TRYING TO MAKE A SILK PURSE

F              D
OUT OF A SOW'S ARSE

C           Am
Saying 'Why don't you watch me'

Em              C
Hardly speaking SOTTO VOCE

(Chorus)

Em
I've got a notion

I've got an angle

Asus4
Take your dreams and promises

And put them through the mangle

Dm
They say it's hell to finance too

                           Gsus4  G
And I just want to romance you

G
In this perpetual nightclub

D
I'll be yours eternal

G
Though the hours are long

F               D
And the noise infernal

C                 Am               Em
JUST ONE SHAMEFUL ACT OR SOMETIMES TWO

        C                    Em
WE MAKE BELIEVE WE'RE MAKING DO

(Chorus)