#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Transcribed by Craig Coventry (craigcov61@hotmail.com) 17 November 2001 (In memory of Kirsty) THERE'S A GUY WORKS DOWN THE CHIP SHOP SWEARS HE'S ELVIS by Kirsty MacColl G Oh darling why you talk so fast D Another evening just flew past tonight And now the daybreak's coming in G And I can't wait and it aint right G You told me all you've done and seen C And all the places you have been without me Well I don't really want to know G But I'll stay quiet and then I'll go D G And you won't have no cause to think about me CHORUS: G C G Theres a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis C G Just like you swore to me that you'd be true G C G Theres a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis D G But he's a liar and I'm not sure about you G Oh darling you're so popular D You were the best thing new in Hicksville With your mohair suits and foreign shoes G News is you changed your pick-up for a Stockville G And now I'm lying here alone C And your out there on the phone with some star in New York I can hear you laughing now G And can't help feeling that somehow D G You don't mean anything you say at all CHORUS (x2) Last line repeat three times