Elvis Costello

Pidgin English(Chords)

Elvis Costello

Key: D

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	        Intro: D D7 G D D7 G

D                             D7            G           D
There's a young girl with her old man who's too sick to mention
          D                D7         G                 D
She'll be turning twenty seven as she draws her widow's pension
       D                D7             G                 D
But he couldn't catch a common cold he couldn't get arrested 
    D            D7
Too terrified to answer back 
    G                D7
Too tired to have resisted
G               C
Many hands make light work
     G
Shorthand makes life easy 
                 C
When he's out on night work
     G
Make sure no one sees me
   D
It all ends up in a slanging match with body talk and bruises
  A7
A change is better than a rest
Silly beggars can't be choosers
G D One of a thousand pities you can't categorize G A Bm There are ten commandments of love G D When will you realize There are ten commandments of love A G Em Em7 I believe, I trust, I promise, I wish love's just a throwaway kiss D In this Pidgin English
If you're so wise use your lips and your eyes C Take it to the bridge she sighs D D7 G D You go cheep cheep cheep between bulls-eyes and bluster D D7 Stiff as your poker face G D Keener than mustard D D7 G D From your own back yard to the land of exotica D D7 G D7 From the truth society to neurotic erotica G C Silence is golden G Money talks diamonds and ermine G C There's a word in Spanish G Italian and German D In sign language, morse code, semaphore and gibberish A7 Have you forgotten how to say it In your Pidgin English? **Chorus

Written by Elvis Costello

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