Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Mouth Almighty (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
G                    Am           D              G     Em
This town belongs to you and your tricks of confidence

        Am                             B                  Em/F#
All the pavements for miles around are littered with your footprints

          Am               D              G               Em
Now every girl I get close to seems to be wearing your perfume

        Am                                B7
And the clock strikes the letters of your name

                  Em
Both midnight and noon
[Pre-Chorus]
D     G                Em                   C             D
But I used to shoot my mouth off till you'd had enough of me

              G
Once or twice nightly

            Em                C                     D
I know I've got my faults and among them I can’t control my tongue

           Am     Bm             C               D
But if you didn't believe me why did you have to leave me

        G        C  G
With my mouth almighty
[Chorus]
Em
Mouth almighty that's what I've got

G
Mouth almighty telling you what's what

C             Cm
Mouth almighty

  C              G         D       G
I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty

  C              G         D       G
I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty

  C              G         D       G
I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty
[Verse 2]
G                   Am       D             G    Em
So I threw away the rose and held onto the thorn

         Am                    B7
Crawling round with my crooner cufflinks

                    Em
And my calling card cologne

        Am                       D
But the realization of being replaced

               G               Em
Starts to tell tales across my face

    Am            B7                       Em
Without a soul to talk to or a hair out of place
[Pre-Chorus]
D     G                Em                   C             D
But I used to shoot my mouth off till you'd had enough of me

              G
Once or twice nightly

            Em                C                     D
I know I've got my faults and among them I can’t control my tongue

           Am     Bm             C               D
But if you didn't believe me why did you have to leave me

        G        C  G
With my mouth almighty
[Chorus]
Em
Mouth almighty that's what I've got

G
Mouth almighty telling you what's what

C             Cm
Mouth almighty

  C              G         D       G
I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty

  C              G         D       G
I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty

  C              G         D       G
I wish I'd never opened my mouth almighty
Am B7 Em Repeat Till Fade