Pidgin English Elvis Costello
[D] [D7] [D6] [Daug]
[D]There's a young girl with her [D7]old man who's [D6]too sick to [Daug]mention
She'll be [D]turning twenty se[D7]ven as she [D6]draws her widow's [Daug]pension
But he [D]couldn't catch a [D7]common cold he [D6]couldn't get arres[Daug]ted
Too [D]terrified to [D7]answer back
Too [D6]tired to have res[Daug]isted
[G]Many hands make [C]light work
Short[G]hand makes life easy
When he's out on [C]night work
Make [G]sure no one sees me
It [D]all ends up in a slanging match with body talk and bruises
A [A]change is better than a rest
Silly beggars can't be choosers
CHORUS:
[G]One of a thousand pities you can't [D]categorize
There are [G]ten com[A]mandments of [Bm]love
[G]When will you [D]realise
There are ten commandments of love
[A]I be[A/G]lieve, I [A/Gb]trust, I [A/E]promise, I [G]wish love's [Gmaj7/F#]just a [Em]throwaway [Em7]kiss
[D]In this Pidgin English
If you're so wise use your lips and your eyes
Take it to the [D/C]bridge she [D/B]sighs [D/A]
Solo:
[G] [D] [Fdim7] [E] [E7] [Am] [D]
[G] [D] [Fdim7] [E] [E7] [Am] [A] [...]
(sung a cappella after the sustained D, but you could use the chords from the 1st verse, if you like)
You go [D]cheep cheep cheep between bulls-eyes and bluster
Stiff as your poker face
Keener than mustard
From your own back yard to the land of exotica
From the truth society to neurotic erotica
[G]Silence is gol[C]den
Money talks [G]diamonds and ermine
There's a [G]word in [C]Spanish
Ita[G]lian and German
In [D]sign language, morse code, semaphore and gibberish
Have [A]you forgotten how to say it
In your Pidgin English?
(chorus)
[D]PS I love you
[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
(and so on . . . )
Daug = XX0332
Gmaj7/F# = 220003
Fdim7 = XX3434
(Updated by InQuin)
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