Two Little Hitlers — Costello Elvis

From michael@magick.net Sun May  4 10:34:37 1997
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 20:53:34 GMT
From: michael p mccullough
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: CRD: Elvis Costello    //////   Two Little Hitlers
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab,alt.fan.elvis.costello

Two Little Hitlers (from the album Armed Forces*)


A                 E
Why are we racing to be so old?
A                    E
I'm up late pacing the floor I won't be told
A                 E             D
You have your reservations I'm bought and sold
D
I'll face the music I'll face the facts
E
Even when we walk in polka dots and chequer slacks
A           E
Bowing and squawking Running after titbits
A            E7
Bobbing and squinting Just like a nitwit

(CHORUS)
D
Two little Hitlers will fight it out until
E                    A
One little Hitler does the other one's will
  D       E            D           E
I will    return     I will    not burn


Down in the basement
A              E
I need my head examined I need my eyes excited
A                 E7
I'd like to join the party But I was not invited
A              E7
You make a member of me I'll be delighted
D
I wouldn't cry for lost souls, you might drown
E
Dirty words for dirty minds Written in a toilet town
A          E7
Dial me a Valentine She's a smooth operator
A             E7
It's all so calculated She's got a calculator
A                     E7
She's my soft touch typewriter And I'm the great dictator

(Chorus)



             A
A simple game of self-respect
E                 A
You flick a switch and the world goes off
E            A
Nobody jumps as you expect
E                          F#m           E
I would have thought you would have had enough by now
A                E7
You call selective dating For some effective mating
A                       E7
I thought I'd let you down, dear But you were just deflating
A                  E7
I knew right from the start We'd end up hating
D
Pictures of the merchandise Plastered on the wall
E
We can look so long as we don't have to talk at all
A                    E7
You say you'll never know him He's an unnatural man
A                    A
He doesn't want your pleasure He wants as no one can
A                    E7
He wants to know the names of All those he's better than

(Chorus)
  D      E
I will return
  D        E
I will not burn  . . . . .



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