WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Elvis Costello - Stations Of The Cross Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
C Dm
C Dm
C Dm
Gm F
C Dm
Gm F (x2)
[Verse 1]
Dm
The tempest blows up from a squall
C
Past the Cape of Bad Conscience
F
Into the Gulf of the Cauldron
Bb F Gm
Roars over the coastline to batter and flatten
C F
Exposing the roots like the dyed hair of slattern
[Verse 2]
Dm
Scr*pper and mauler in a rope ring this small
C F
Outside the wind is punching
Bb
There's no one left to hear it
F Gm
No one hears the bell ring
C
Except the one who comes to fear it
F
And they continue to brawl
[Chorus]
Cm D7
He's buying his way into heaven I suppose
Gm Fm
He weeps at the blows
Cm D7
But down in a location that we cannot disclose
Gm Fm
He turns the dial slowly
Bb Eb
Through the Stations of the Cross
[Bridge]
Cm F
Crowd done up dandy
Bb Eb
In diamonds and finery
Cm F
Baying and howling
Bb Eb
All bloodlusty calling
Cm F
Fists like pistons
Bb Eb
Faces like meat spoiling
Cm F Bb Eb
Haul, boys, haul, bully-boys haul
[Verse 3]
Dm
Later that evening
Molly and her gunman
C F
Go down the stairs to a dive like a dungeon
Bb F Gm
Meanwhile in the backroom there's a girl like a sponge
C F
Saying, "Bring him in long as a constable's truncheon"
Dm
The gunman wants Molly to kingdom come
C F
Then blows them all to the hereafter
Bb F Gm
Who's scuttling away now and hidden from our view?
C F
Who tightened the tourniquet, turning her blue?
[Chorus]
Cm D7
He's buying his way into heaven I suppose
Gm Fm
He weeps at the blows
Cm D7
But down in a location that we cannot disclose
Gm Fm
He turns the dial slowly
Bb Eb
Through the Stations of the Cross
[Bridge]
Cm F
The gale of hale laughter
Bb Eb
Scales up the ivory
Cm F Bb Eb
The black keys of her fine whine descend into the minor
Cm F
Die away breathless
Bb Eb
Diminishing behind her
Cm F Bb Eb
Haul boys haul, bully-boys haul
[Verse 4]
Dm
The water came up to the eaves
C F
You'd think someone had opened a valve
Bb F Gm
It's too soon to stay now and too late to leave
C F
So spare your remorse all the way up to Calvary
[Chorus]
Cm D7
He's buying his way into heaven I suppose
Gm Fm
He weeps at the blows
Cm D7
But down in a location that we cannot disclose
Gm Fm
He turns the dial slowly
Bb Eb
Through the Stations of the Cross
[Outro]
Bb Eb
Through the Stations of the Cross
Bb Eb
Through the Stations of the Cross