Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Peace In Our Time (Guitar)

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A beautifully haunting little ballad by EC&A. One of my faves from Goodbye Cruel World, and it was pretty easy to figure out. Song is in 3/4 time and the key of D Major. Intro: F C A Verse 1:

D
Out of the aeroplane stepped Chamberlain with a condemned man's stare

    D                        D
But we all cheered wildly, a photograph was taken,

      D7                             G
as he waved a piece of paper in the air

        Em                     Em/D#                 Em7       A
Now the Disco Machine lives in Munich and we are all friends

      A7                                              A
And I slip on my Italian dancing shoes as the evening descends

Chorus:

        D                Dmaj7     D6       D7/A
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime

    G            Bm             Em      A
And we can thank God that we've finally got

         D
peace in our time

Verse 2:

          D
There's a man going round taking names no matter who you claim to be 

    D
As innocent as babies, a mad dog with rabies,

       D7                           G
you're still a part of some conspiracy

     Em                            Em/D#
Meanwhile there's a light over the ocean

                          Em7          A
burning brighter than the sun

      A7
And a man sits alone in a bar and says "Oh God,

               A
what have we done?"

Chorus:

        D                Dmaj7     D6       D7/A
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime

    G            Bm             Em      A
And we can thank God that we've finally got

         D
peace in our time

Instrumental Bridge: D A7 F# Bm E A Bm Verse 3:

        D
They're lighting a bonfire upon every hilltop in the land

     D
Just another tiny island invaded when he's got

    D7                 G
the whole world in his hands

        Em                          Em/D#
And the Heavyweight Champion fights in the

                   Em7             A
International Propaganda Star Wars

          A7
There's already one spaceman in the White

                                   A
House, what do you want another one for?

Chorus:

        D                Dmaj7     D6       D7/A
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime

    G            Bm             Em      A
And we can thank God that we've finally got

Outro:

         D
peace in our time

A7 F# Bm E A Bm F# D A7 D