WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Elvis Costello - Twenty-Five To Twelve Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
E A E A
[Verse]
E
You say you don't desire me
A
You only tire me, Now you'll hire me
E A D
Expensive care is meaningless. Feeling nothing and caring less
G
Cut off at the passion
D
She knows where you were headed
G C
She wants double time
B E
Or a temporary wedding
[Chorus]
A
And the lucky girl leads a life of leisure
G#
With 45 years for seconds of pleasure
G#
The hands on the clock move so precisely
G#
And I only kiss but once or twice
G#
I can't help you now,
G#
I can't help myself
G#
'Cause the time's running out
A E B
And it's twenty-five to twelve
[Verse]
E
Crowds surround loudspeakers
A
On the lampposts
E
Listening to the murder mystery
A
Meanwhile someone's in the classroom
D
Busy forging books on history
G D
Wouldn't give that man my hand
G
He'd steal my fingers
C E
So the sleuth ends up in stitches
B
And your urges turn to itches
[Chorus]
A
And the lucky girl leads a life of leisure
G#
With 45 years for seconds of pleasure
G#
The hands on the clock move so precisely
G#
And I only kiss but once or twice
G#
I can't help you now,
G#
I can't help myself
G#
'Cause the time's running out
A E B
And it's twenty-five to twelve
E A E A
[Verse]
E
I was committed to life
A
And then commuted to the outskirts
E
I was living with thirty minutes at a time
A
With a break in the middle for adverts
D G
See the human furniture
D G
But its only for show
C E
Now you can look all that you like
B
But they only let you touch and go
[Chorus]
A
And the lucky girl leads a life of leisure
G#
With 45 years for seconds of pleasure
G#
The hands on the clock move so precisely
G#
And I only kiss but once or twice
G#
I can't help you now,
G#
I can't help myself
G#
'Cause the time's running out
A E B
And it's twenty-five to twelve
A E B
twenty-five to twelve
A E B
twenty-five to twelve
[Outro]
E A E A E A
