#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip C. Saunders) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:14:09 EDT Subject: CRD:Glitter Gulch, Elvis Costello SONG: Glitter Gulch phillip@princeton.edu A D Enter Madam X painted in a shocking pink spangled dress E A Her teeth are perfect but her mouth is loose A D Rubbing their hands together she persuades them that it's better to confess E A Which unpleasant fate they'd like to choose (chorus) D Every step might be your last D G Money signs are in your eyes sucker ------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------0--1--2--3------0--1--2--3-------| ---------------------------------0--2--3--4------0--2--3--4-------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| D You've been taken in this time D G You might just get out alive if you're lucky D All the vultures tuning in to Glitter Gulch E Are looking in on you A And they're hungry He stood five feet tall in his elevator shoes and stovepipe hat He was known by several different names Prompted by Madam X he answered all their questions And then after that he said I'm sick and tired of stupid games (chorus) G We've got prizes if you can afford D Some small humiliation before you get your reward G And I'd rather be an outlaw than an inlaw to you A (7 fr.) And to live my life in miserable poverty A7 Than to have to grovel to have some dream home hovel G A So watch me while I get away with prime time robbery (chorus) As he enters Madam X he things of red raged faces and the sweet greenbacks He climbed upon his honey and he covered her with money As they do their victory dance He thinks I hope they choke upon their laughter tracks They can all go straight to hell while we howl down the whole hotel