LESS THAN ZERO
Elvis Costello
 
|F Bb C|  F C|F Bb C|  F C|
 
F              Bb              C            F
Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo,
      C     F        Bb           C           F
There is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo,
C      Bb                      Gm
Carving "V" for vandal on the guilty boy's head.
          Bb                               Gm
When he's had enough of that, maybe you'll take him to bed
    C              [ch]Dm/F[/ch]    C                    [ch]Dm/F[/ch] C
To teach him he's alive before he wishes he was dead.
 
|C   F C|  -  |
 
 
Bb                       F
Turn up the T.V. No one list'ning will suspect.
           Bb                              F
Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know.
Bb                      F
They think that I've got no respect,
   Ebm                F
But ev'rything means less than zero.
     Bb    F  C  F
Hey,  ooh hey,
C  F Bb    F  C
Hey,  ooh hey.
 
F              Bb         C        F
Oswald and his sister are doing it again
C               F           Bb              C         F
They've got the finest home movies that you have ever seen
C             Bb                   Gm
They've got a thousand variations, every service with a smile
        Bb                            Gm
They're gonna take a little break and they'll be back after a while
      C           [ch]Dm/F[/ch]    C               [ch]Dm/F[/ch] C
Well, I hear that South America is coming into style

|C   F C|  -  |
 
 
Bb                       F
Turn up the T.V. No one list'ning will suspect.
           Bb                              F
Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know.
Bb                      F
They think that I've got no respect,
   Ebm                F
But ev'rything means less than zero.
     Bb    F  C  F
Hey,  ooh hey,
C  F Bb    F  C
Hey,  ooh hey.


F              Bb              C            F
A pistol was still smoking, a man lay on the floor
C          F       Bb     C             F
Mr. Oswald said he had an understanding with the law
C          Bb                   Gm
He said he heard about a couple living in the USA
             Bb                         Gm
He said they traded in their baby for a Chevrolet
      C              [ch]Dm/F[/ch]        C             [ch]Dm/F[/ch] C
Let's talk about the future, now we've put the past away

|C   F C|  -  |
 
 
Bb                       F
Turn up the T.V. No one list'ning will suspect.
           Bb                              F
Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know.
Bb                      F
They think that I've got no respect,
   Ebm                F
But ev'rything means less than zero.
     Bb    F  C  F
Hey,  ooh hey,
C  F Bb    F  C
Hey,  ooh hey.

Hey, oo hey-ey
Hey, oo hey-ey
(REPEAT AND FADE)