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from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: Christian_Korbanka@msn.com
lyrics and chords of: How To Be Dumb by Elvis Costello

Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15

GI (320003@1)was hell-bent on destroying my powers of concentration
  DWhile (xx0232@1)you were living like a saint
GAnd (320003@1)all the time the very one you trusted
      Em (022000@1)                       BmWas (x24432@1)washing off somebody else's paint

GNow (320003@1)you've got yourself a brand new occupation
  DEvery (xx0232@1)fleeting thought is a pearl
        GAnd (320003@1)beautiful people stampede through the doorway of
      Em (022000@1)                  BmThe (x24432@1)funniest fucker of the world

FThey're (133211@1)here to help you
Dm (xx0231@1)           BmSatisfy (x24432@1)your desire
                       C (x32010@1)                         GThere's (320003@1)a bright future for all you professional liars

              C (x32010@1)       DNow (xx0232@1)you know how to be dumb
          G (320003@1)                CAre (x32010@1)you ready to take your place in
     G/B (143121@7)        DThe (xx0232@1)modern museum of mistakes?
G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)       DDon't (xx0232@1)you know how to be dumb?
          G (320003@1)                CLike (x32010@1)a building thrown up overnight
   G/B (143121@7)           DIn (xx0232@1)one of those reverse earthquakes

GThey (320003@1)emptied out all the asylums,
DThey (xx0232@1)emptied out all the goals
GThe (320003@1)"New Bruise" was the name of the dance craze
     Em (022000@1)                      BmBy (x24432@1)"Jesus Cross and the Cruel Nails"
GFollowed (320003@1)up by "Tortouzring Little Beaver"
 DWith (xx0232@1)their contraption of barbed wire
GBetween (320003@1)the fear and the fever lies
Em (022000@1)                      BmAll (x24432@1)the  rejection they require

FThey'll (133211@1)be howling by midnight,
Dm (xx0231@1)                    BmThey'll (x24432@1)be drooling by dawn
                                          CSkulls (x32010@1)shrunk down to the size of their brains
                   GHeads (320003@1)shaven and shorn

              C (x32010@1)       DNow (xx0232@1)you know how to be dumb
          G (320003@1)                CAre (x32010@1)you ready to take your place in
     G/B (143121@7)        DThe (xx0232@1)modern museum of mistakes?
G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)       DDon't (xx0232@1)you know how to be dumb?
          G (320003@1)                CLike (x32010@1)a building thrown up overnight
   G/B (143121@7)           DIn (xx0232@1)one of those reverse earthquakes

  EmTrapped (022000@1)in the house of the Perpetual Sucker
          C (x32010@1)                     DWhere (xx0232@1)bitterness always ends so pityful
EmYou (022000@1)always had to dress up your envy in
 C (x32010@1)                     DSome (xx0232@1)half-remembered philosophy

 GNow (320003@1)you're masquerading as pale powdered genius
       DWhose (xx0232@1)every bad intention has been purged
GYou (320003@1)could've walked out any time you wanted
     Em (022000@1)                         BmBut (x24432@1)face it you didn't have the courage
GI (320003@1)guess that makes you a full time hypocrite
    DOr (xx0232@1)some kind of twisted dilletante
  GFunny (320003@1)though people don't usually get so ugly
           Em (022000@1)                      Bm'Til (x24432@1)they think they know what they want

FScratch (133211@1)you own head stupid
DmCount (xx0231@1)up to three
Bm (x24432@1)               CRoll (x32010@1)over on your back
             GRepeat (320003@1)after me

                C (x32010@1)       DDon't (xx0232@1)you know how to be dumb
          G (320003@1)                CAre (x32010@1)you ready to take your place in
     G/B (143121@7)        DThe (xx0232@1)modern museum of mistakes?
G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)       DDon't (xx0232@1)you know how to be dumb?
          G (320003@1)                CLike (x32010@1)a building thrown up overnight
   G/B (143121@7)           DIn (xx0232@1)one of those reverse earthquakes

G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)       DDon't (xx0232@1)you know how to be dumb?
G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)       DDon't (xx0232@1)you know how to be dumb?
G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)       DDon't (xx0232@1)you know how to be dumb?
G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)       DDon't (xx0232@1)you know how to be dumb?
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