Elvis Costello & The Attractions - New Lace Sleeves Chords

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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Bad lovers face to face in the morning
[A] _ Shy apologies and polite regrets
[Fm] _ Slug dancers that left no [F] one in [D] awe
Outraged glances and indiscreet yawning
[Fm] _ Good manners [G] and bad breath get you [C] nowhere
_ _ _ Even presidents [Am] have newspaper lovers
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Ministers go _ [Fm] problems under _ _ covers
[C] _ _ _ [Am] She's no angel, _ [C] _ _ _ [F] leaves no say
_ [C] They're _ _ [Am] all bothered at [F] work, quite wise
[G] So you sway, you [C] say
_ The [F] teacher never told you anything [C] but white _ lies
_ _ [Bb] _ But you never [C] see the lies [F] that you believe
_ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Bb] You [Ab] know you [C] have been captured
_ [F] You feel so _ [Am] _
civilized
_ [D] And you look [F] so pretty in your new [C] lit sleeves _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Salty lips of socialite [A] sisters with _ _ continental _ _ [F] fingers
That _ _ never seem to work in [D] blisters
Oh, I know they've got their [F] problems
I [G] wish I was one [C] of them _ _ _
They say [Am] that he's coming home _ [F] soon
_ With his sergeant stripes and [Fm] his empire mug and [C] spoon
_ No [Am] more fast [C] books
_ When are [F] they gonna learn the lesson?
[C] _ _ When are they [Am] gonna stop all of [F] these _ trickery [G] possessions?
You [C] say the [F] teacher never told you anything [G] but white _ [Am] lies
_ _ [Bb] But you never [C] see the lies [F] that you _ [Ab] believe _
_ _ [Bb] _ You know [C] you have been captured
[F] You feel so _ [E] _ _
[Am] civilized
[D] _ And you look [F] so pretty in your new [C] lit sleeves
_ Look _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] so pretty in your new lit sleeves
[Bb] _ Look [C] so pretty in your [F] new lit sleeves
[Bb] _ _ [C] Look so pretty in your new lit [Bb] sleeves
_ Look [C] so pretty in your new lit [Bb] sleeves
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