#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders) Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 22:33:44 EST X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.2 3/2/90) 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. |G CF|G CF|G CF|G CF| 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. |G CF|G CF|G CF|G CF| 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) -- Roy M. Randall, FG | I am not responsible for the above... Inconsequential Systems, Inc. | SOCIETY IS TO BLAME! zeroy@netcom.com |