Elvis Costello – Jack Of All Parades (Guitar)

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  A              Dm                  A
When we first met I didn't know what to do

                           Dm          A
My old love lines were all worn out on you

        D            D/C#        Bm
And the world walked round at my mouth

     A                  E          A
They lit me up and they snuffed me out
Chorus
    A     E           A
And I was everybody's boy

    D         D/C#        Bm
But soon that thrill just fades

   D      E       A   E    F#m
To be the love of one true heart

       D       E   A
Or the Jack of all parades
[Do opening riff here]
          A
You won't know who to thank

          Dm          A
You won't know who to blame

                        Dm        A
It's just a part of the Murdering Game
'Cos down in the fleshpots
           Dm         A
Where they pay you in pounds
They're laughing like drains
    Dm          A
And baying like bloodhounds

        D       D/C#  Bm
For the Jack of all parades

    D       E   A       A7
The Jack of all parades

D
Once I knew a girl

               Dm
That looked so much like Judy Garland

     A
That people would stop and give her money

D                            Dm
  And everybody was Frankie, Jimmy or Bobby

        A         E
Not the Jack, the Jack of all Parades,

       A         D           E
Oh the Jack, the Jack of all Parades,

       A    E         A
Oh the Jack, of all Parades.
[Intro riff again]
        A                  Dm        A
Now the way that I feel is no longer news

                     Dm     A
You know my love and how to refuse it
Cause you know where the door is
D          A
And how to use it

D      D/C#     Bm
Oh you know you do

         A
But from my chequered past

   Dm             A
To this shattered terrace
Where you can't keep your mind off
    Dm        A
the Crimes of Paris
And you can't keep your peace
    Dm     A
And try to forget it
And I can't forgive you
    Dm                 A
For things you haven't done yet

   A     E         A
Oh I was anybody's boy

    D         D/C#        Bm
But soon that thrill just fades

   D      E       A   E    F#m
To be the love of one true heart

       D       E   A
Or the Jack of all parades

     A              [tacet]
When we first met I didn't know what to do

   A                       [tacet]
My old love lines were all worn out on you

        D            D/C#      Bm
And the world walked 'round my mouth

  A
I didn't mean to say it

       E          A
I just blurted it out

       D                D/C#
As you pretended not to notice

      Bm
Or be taken aback

    E           A
And I loved you there and then

        E         A
It's as simple as that

   A     E           A
Oh I was everybody's boy

    D         D/C#        Bm
But soon that thrill just fades

   D      E       A   E    F#m
To be the love of one true heart

       D       E   A
Or the Jack of all parades

   A      E       A   E    F#m
To be the love of one true heart

       D       E   A
Or the Jack of all parades

       D       E   A
Oh the Jack of all parades