Elvis Costello – The Peoples Limousine (Guitar)

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[Intro] E A D E A D E [Verse 1]
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It's a chilly

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Florentine evening two men in evening hats

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Telling tales of the underground and fishing for rats
Policemen armed with
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Uzis they ain't got they don't speak

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 And say no

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Michelangelo he'll be here next week
[Verse 2]
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 A girl in shoes with crystal heels is chaperoned by her brother

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They raise glass of amber wine take pictures of each other

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A policeman in the fountains and the sickle and the hammer

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And they came with Uncle

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Romulus with his walking cane and camera
[Chorus]
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She looked like someone's girlfriend she looked like a dream

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She looked as unlikely as the people's limousine
[Instrumental] G A E A D E A D E [Verse 3]
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Come and sit by me girl for

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I breathe the breath out of you

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Hush your mouth and cover your eyes for

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I'm tell your father of you

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He paid  have you painted in the company of angels

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 Only to find you flirt anew with Chico Marks perverted angles
[Chorus]
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She looked like someone's girlfriend she looked like a dream

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She looked as unlikely as the people's linousine
[Instrumental] G A A E A D E A A E [Verse 4]
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Patron saint of television smiles down from the shelf

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Romulus can criticize but he can't bless himself

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He has tin of pea green paint and a big roll of black tape

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To vandalize these obscenities then make his escape

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She walked up to the nice policeman and asked him for a match
He saw
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Romulus approaching and slipped off tthe safty catch

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Then cut down her uncle he was painted red and green

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Just as she was kidnapped in the people's limousine
[Chorus]
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She looked like someone's girlfriend she looked like a dream

   D                       G            A
She looked so unlikely in the people's limousine