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From: tim@groovcat.demon.co.uk (Tim Norris)@groovcat.demon.co.uk (Tim Norris)
Subject: CRD: New Amsterdam - Elvis Costello
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New Amsterdam
Elvis Costello
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GYou're (320003@1)sending me tulips, mistaken for lilies,
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) DYou (xx0232@1)give me your lip after punching me silly,
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GYou (320003@1)turned my head till it rolled down the brain drain,
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) DIf (xx0232@1)I had any sense now, I wouldn't want it back again.
G (320003@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) GNew (320003@1)Amsterdam, it's become much too much,
G (320003@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) GWill (320003@1)I have the possession of everything she touches,
G (320003@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) GTill (320003@1)I step on the brake to get out of her clutches?
G (320003@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) GCan (320003@1)I speak Double Dutch to a real double duchess?
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GDown (320003@1)on the mainspring, listen to the tick tock,
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) DClock (xx0232@1)all the faces that move in on your block,
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GTwice (320003@1)shy and dog tired because you've been bitten,
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) DEverything (xx0232@1)you say now sounds like it was ghost written.
G (320003@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) GNew (320003@1)Amsterdam, it's become much too much,
G (320003@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) GWill (320003@1)I have the possession of everything she touches,
G (320003@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) GTill (320003@1)I step on the brake to get out of her clutches?
G (320003@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) GCan (320003@1)I speak Double Dutch to a real double duchess?
E (022100@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) ELike, (022100@1)in London, they'll take you to heart after a little while,
E (022100@1) E (022100@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)DThough (xx0232@1)I look right at home, I still feel like an exile.
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GSomehow (320003@1)I found myself down at the dockside,
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) DThinking (xx0232@1)about the old days of Liverpool and Rotherhithe,
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GTransparent (320003@1)people who live on the other side,
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) DLiving (xx0232@1)a life that is almost like suicide,
G (320003@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) GNew (320003@1)Amsterdam, it's become much too much,
G (320003@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) GWill (320003@1)I have the possession of everything she touches,
G (320003@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) GTill (320003@1)I step on the brake to get out of her clutches?
G (320003@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1) GCan (320003@1)I speak Double Dutch to a real double duchess?
