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From: phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders)
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 22:33:44 EST
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To: jamesb@nevada.edu
Subject: c/costello.elvis/Waiting.For.The.End.Of.The.World.crd
WAITING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
Elvis Costello
|G CF|G CF|G CF|G CF|
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CThe (x32010@1)man from the television crawled into the train.
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CF
I wonder who he's gonna stick it in this time.
C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) BbEv'ryone (x1333x@1)was looking for a little entertainment,
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CSo (x32010@1)they'll prob'bly pull his hands off when they find out his name.
F (133211@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)then they shut down the power all along the line,
D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)we got stuck in the tunnel where no lights shine.
D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) CThey (x32010@1)got to touching all the girls who were too scared to call out.
DNobody (xx0232@1)was saying anything at all.
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CF
We were waiting for the end of the world.
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CF
Waiting for the end of the world,
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GWaiting (320003@1)for the end of the world.
Em (022000@1) GDear (320003@1)Lord, I sincerely hope you're comin',
'Cause you really started something.
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G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) FThings (133211@1)got back to normal as the train began to roll again.
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F|G CF|G CF|
We got to the station about twenty minutes later.
C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) FThe (133211@1)legendary hitchhiker says he knows where it's at.
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CNow (x32010@1)he'd like to go to Spain, or somewhere like that,
F (133211@1) D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) CWith (x32010@1)his two-tone Bible and his funny cigarettes,
DHis (xx0232@1)sun tan lotion and his castenets.
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CF
He was waiting for the end of the world,
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CF
Waiting for the end of the world,
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GWaiting (320003@1)for the end of the world.
Em (022000@1) GDear (320003@1)Lord, I sincerely hope you're comin',
'Cause you really started something.
|G CF|G CF|G CF|G
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GAnd (320003@1)then the bride, the groom, the congregation and the priest
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GAll (320003@1)got onto the train when we were three stations east, yeah.
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C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) BbHiding (x1333x@1)from a scandal in the national press,
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) FThey (133211@1)had been trying to get married since they stole the wedding dress.
D (xx0232@1) F (133211@1) CYou (x32010@1)may see them drowning as you stroll along the beach.
DBut (xx0232@1)don't throw out the lifeline till they're clean out of reach.
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CF
Waiting for the end of the world.
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CF
Waiting for the end of the world.
(repeat)
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