Elvis Costello – Less Than Zero (Guitar)

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Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo,

      C     F        Bb           C           F
There is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo,

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Carving "V" for vandal on the guilty boy's head.

          Bb                               Gm
When he's had enough of that, maybe you'll take him to bed

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To teach him he's alive before he wishes he was dead.

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Turn up the T.V. No one list'ning will suspect.

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Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know.

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They think that I've got no respect,

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But ev'rything means less than zero.

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Hey,  ooh hey,

C  F Bb    F  C
Hey,  ooh hey.

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Oswald and his sister are doing it again

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They've got the finest home movies that you have ever seen

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They've got a thousand variations, every service with a smile

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They're gonna take a little break and they'll be back after a while

      C           Dm/F    C               Dm/F C
Well, I hear that South America is coming into style

Bb                       F
Turn up the T.V. No one list'ning will suspect.

           Bb                              F
Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know.

Bb                      F
They think that I've got no respect,

   Ebm                F
But ev'rything means less than zero.

     Bb    F  C  F
Hey,  ooh hey,

C  F Bb    F  C
Hey,  ooh hey.

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A pistol was still smoking, a man lay on the floor

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Mr. Oswald said he had an understanding with the law

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He said he heard about a couple living in the USA

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He said they traded in their baby for a Chevrolet

      C              Dm/F        C             Dm/F C
Let's talk about the future, now we've put the past away

Bb                       F
Turn up the T.V. No one list'ning will suspect.

           Bb                              F
Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know.

Bb                      F
They think that I've got no respect,

   Ebm                F
But ev'rything means less than zero.

     Bb    F  C  F
Hey,  ooh hey,

C  F Bb    F  C
Hey,  ooh hey.