Elvis Costello & The Attractions – The Invisible Man (Guitar)

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[Intro] Gm A# D# G# D# Gm A# D# G# A# A [Verse 1]
D                  C             G               D
I was committed to life and then commuted to the outskirts

             G           A
With all the love in the world

D                 C            G
Living for thirty minutes at a time

       A
With a break in the middle for adverts

D                    C                  G      D
But it's a wonderful world within these cinema walls

                  G            A       D
Where a shower of affection becomes Niagara Falls

        C              G         A
And you wish she could step down from the screen
To your seat in the stalls [Chorus]
F#m                      G                      F#m
'Cause if stars are only painted on the ceiling above

                 A                      G
Then who can you turn to and who do you love?

              Em                A
I want to get out while I still can

                  D
I want to be like Harry Houdini

A#                    D
Now I'm the invisible man
[Bridge]
Gm                        D#               G#
My head is spinning round faster and faster

Gm                  D#              G#
Here I stand on the edge of disaster

D#  A#                                                   A
I'm shattered like a piece of crystal porcelain or alabaster
[Break] D C D C G D C A [Chorus]
F#m                      G                      F#m
'Cause if stars are only painted on the ceiling above

                 A                      G
Then who can you turn to and who do you love?

              Em                D
I want to get out while I still can
[Verse 2]
D                    C       G                D
Crowds surround loudspeakers hanging from the lampposts

          G      A      D
Listening to the murder mystery

            C       G               A
Meanwhile someone's hiding in the classroom
Forging the books of history
D                    C         G             D
Never mind there’s a good film showing tonight

                     G            A        D
Where they hang everybody who can read and write

              C     G      A
Oh that could never happen here
But then again it might [Chorus]
F#m                      G                      F#m
'Cause if stars are only painted on the ceiling above

                 A                      G
Then who can you turn to and who do you love?

              Em                A
I want to get out while I still can

                  D
I want to be like Harry Houdini

A#                    D
Now I'm the invisible man

A#
Now I'm the invisible man
Now I'm the invisible man
                      D
Now I'm the invisible man

              A       D  A  D  A
And you won't see me
[repeat D & A till fade]