Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Twenty-Five To Twelve (Guitar)
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[Intro]
E A E A
[Verse]
E You say you don't desire me A You only tire me, Now you'll hire me E A D Expensive care is meaningless. Feeling nothing and caring less G Cut off at the passion D She knows where you were headed G C She wants double time B E Or a temporary wedding
[Chorus]
A And the lucky girl leads a life of leisure G# With 45 years for seconds of pleasure G# The hands on the clock move so precisely G# And I only kiss but once or twice G# I can't help you now, G# I can't help myself G# 'Cause the time's running out A E B And it's twenty-five to twelve
[Verse]
E Crowds surround loudspeakers A On the lampposts E Listening to the murder mystery A Meanwhile someone's in the classroom D Busy forging books on history G D Wouldn't give that man my hand G He'd steal my fingers C E So the sleuth ends up in stitches B And your urges turn to itches
[Chorus]
A And the lucky girl leads a life of leisure G# With 45 years for seconds of pleasure G# The hands on the clock move so precisely G# And I only kiss but once or twice G# I can't help you now, G# I can't help myself G# 'Cause the time's running out A E B And it's twenty-five to twelve
E A E A
[Verse]
E I was committed to life A And then commuted to the outskirts E I was living with thirty minutes at a time A With a break in the middle for adverts D G See the human furniture D G But its only for show C E Now you can look all that you like B But they only let you touch and go
[Chorus]
A And the lucky girl leads a life of leisure G# With 45 years for seconds of pleasure G# The hands on the clock move so precisely G# And I only kiss but once or twice G# I can't help you now, G# I can't help myself G# 'Cause the time's running out A E B And it's twenty-five to twelve A E B twenty-five to twelve A E B twenty-five to twelve
[Outro]
E A E A E A