Elvis Costello - Suit Of Lights Chords

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While Nat King Cole sings "Welcome To My World"
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You request some song you hate you sentimental fool
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And it's the force of habit
      Em
If it moves then you f**k it
      Am
If it doesn't move you stab it

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And I thought I heard "The Working Man's Blues"
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He went out to work that night and wasted his breath
Em                  Am
Outside there was a public execution
Em                   Am
Inside he died a thousand deaths

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And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
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And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
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And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
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And they put him in a suit of lights

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In the perforated first editions
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Where they advocate the hangman's noose
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Then tell the sorry tale of the spent Princess
    Em                Am
Her uncouth escort looking down her dress

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Anyway they say that she wears the trousers
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And learnt everything that she does
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And doesn't know if she should tell him yes
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Or let him go

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And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
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And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
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And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
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And they put him in a suit of lights


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Well it's a dog's life in a rope leash or a diamond collar
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It's enough to make you think right now
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But you don't bother
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For goodness sake as you cry and shake
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Let's keep you face down in the dirt where you belong
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And think of all the pleasure that it brings
           Gsus4          G
Though you know that it's wrong

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And there's still life in your body
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But most of it's leaving
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Can't you give us all a break
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Can't you stop breathing

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And I thought I heard "The Working Man's Blues"
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I went to work last night and wasted my breath
Em                       Am
Outside they're painting tar on somebody
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It's the closest to a work of art that they will ever be

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And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
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And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
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And they pulled him out of the cold cold ground
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And they put him in a suit of lights

repeat ...

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And they put him in a suit of lights

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