Elvis Costello – Big Boys (Guitar)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: William Vaughan <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 10:16:47 -0400 (EDT)

E
I am starting to function

In the usual way Everything is so provocative Very very, temporary

E
I shall walk (I shall walk)

Out of this place (out of this place) I shall walk

       A
Out on you

'Cause you go silly If she's willing

      B   A                   E
Trying so hard to be like the big boys

G
So you take her to the pictures

Em
Trying to become a fixture

G
Inch by inch trying to reach her

Em
All the way through the second feature

C                   D
Worrying about your physical fitness

C               D                  A            E
Tell me how you got this sickness, Oh ohhhh..

E
I was caught in the suction

By a face like a truncheon I was down upon one knee Stroking her vanity

E
I was stuck on a hammerhead

I came alive and left for dead As my face returned to red Choking on my pride and pity

E
We can talk (we can talk)

Until your face is blue ('til your face is blue)

                              A
We can talk but she'll get to you

After you've been loved and hated By the ones you've watched and waited Found that they were overrated

B             E                      A
She'll be the one - when the party's over

B             E                         A
She'll be the one - when the girls have gone home

B             E                               A
She'll be the one - that you'll wish you'd held onto

B             E                  A
She'll be the one - but it's too late for you to

B             E                        A
She'll be the one - who knows all your history

B             E
She'll be the one -

                              A
So you can cross her off your list

           B   A
And you try so hard

           B   A
And you try so hard

           B   A
And you try so hard

               E
To be like the big boys