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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?