Chords for Elvis Costello - Everything About Spike Part 6 of 6

Does it sadden you that you're [G#m] reduced to making that kind of statement?
_ Because you don't strike me as a particularly violent person.
It's just a question of what it draws out in you.
I think everybody's capable of the most monstrous violence.
She seems like a perfectly reasonable person.
You know, in some manifestations she certainly looks fairly benign.
She's a middle-aged woman with hair like candy floss.
But she does some of the most monstrous things.
And shows not just two faces, but seems like any face that suits her at the time.
And then tells you that it's a completely honest way to be.
I just _ _ _ _ can't find any words that _ portray _ _ my contempt strong enough.
_ And I'm not _ _ some _ little kid that they can say,
there, there, now you're just these young little _ teenagers who are having a moment of protest.
I'm a man, I'm 35 years old.
And I'm sick of it, you know, of what's going on in this country.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I [G] saw in _ _
[E] newspaper _ [Em] picture _ from [C] the _ political _ [G] _ campaign.
A woman [Em] was _ [G] kissing _ [C#] a child _ who [C] was _ obviously _ [G] in pain.
She spills [Em] with _ _ [G] _
compassion.
[Em] _ _ _ As that young [C]
child's face in her hands [G] she grips. _
Can you [Bm] _ imagine all [Em] that greed?
And _ [C]
avarice coming down on that _ child's lips.
_ [D] Well I hope I [G] don't [E] die too [Em] soon.
[E] I pray [C] to Lord my [G] soul to save.
[D] Yes I'll [Em] be a _ good boy. _ _
I'm [C] trying so hard to [G] be.
_ _ Because [Em]
there's one _ [G] _ [Em] thing I know. _
I'd like to [C] live _ long enough [G] to save her.
_ _ [C] It's when [G] _ _ [D] they _ _
[G] finally _ [Am] _ put you in [G] the _ _ ground.
_ [C]
I'll _ [G] stand [D] on _ _
[G] your grave [Am] and _ _ tram the _ _ _ dirt [G] _ _ _ down.
_ [D] When _ _ _ [G] _ England was [Em] the heart of [F#] the world.
_ [G] Margaret [D] was her madam. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ She [A] looked as bright [F#m] and as clear as the black [G]
Tom _ McAdams. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well I hope [D] that she sleeps [G] well at night. _ _ _
Isn't haunted by every [C]
tiny jet.
_ [Am] Because when she held that lovely [Em] face in her hands.
[D] All she [Em] thought of was betrayal. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And [G] now the _ _ _ [Em] cynical ones.
Say that it [C] all ends the same [G] in the end.
Try telling [Em] that to the [G] _ [C#] desperate father.
Who just [C] squeezed the life from his [G] only son. _
And now [Em] it's only [D] _ voices [C#] in your head.
_ [C] And dreams you've never [G] dreamt. _ _
Try [Em] telling him [G] the subtle _
[C#] _ _ [Em] difference.
_ Between [C] _
[D] justice _ and [G] contempt. _ _
Try [Em] telling me [G] she _ [Em] isn't angry.
With [C] his pitiful _ _ [G] _ _ discontent.
When [Em] they've _ [G] planted in [Em] your face.
As you [C] line up for punishment.
[G] _ _ _
And then [Em] expect [G] you to say [Em] thank you.
_ _ [C] Straighten up, look proud [G] and pleased.
Because [Em] you've only got the _ symptoms.
You [C] haven't got the whole [G] disease. _
Just [Em] like a schoolboy [G] who sits like [Em] a tin can.
Filled [C] up with dreams then poured [G] down the drain.
Try telling [Em] that to the boys on both sides.
Being [C] blown to bits, or beaten [G] and maimed. _ _ _
[C] Who _ [G] takes [D] all the _ glory.
_ _ [A] None _ _ _ [D] of the shame. _ _
[A] _ _ Well I hope you [G] live long [F#m] now.
_ [Em] I _ _ pray [C] the Lord your [G] soul to keep.
I think I'll [Em] be _ [D] going _ [C#m] before. _ _
[Em] We fold [C] our arms in stars.
_ [G] _ _ _ I never [Em] _ thought [D] _ for [C#] a _ moment.
[Em] That human [C] _ life could be [G] so cheap. _
_ _ [C] When _ [G] _ _
[D] they _ _ [G] finally _ _ [Am] _
put you in [G] the _ ground.
_ [C] They'll _ _ [G] stand [D] there _ _ [G] laughing. _
[E] And tram [A] _ _ _ the _ _ _ dirt [G] _ _ _
_ down.
_ _ _ Nobody
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ [D] in this [E] town.
_ _ [Bm] Nobody [E] just [Bm] anybody [E] in this town.
[D] Don't you bother.
_ [C] Got your number.
_ The trick must [A] be to fight it.
_ [G] _ [Bm] Ain't nobody [A] just _ [Cm] everybody.
This is [G] the cure bastard. _ _ _ _