Church Underground by Elvis Costello Dm She stood spotlit in a plain print dress Came howling out of the wilderness Gm................F..........................C ....There beat a cunning and murderous heart Beneath that calm exterior Dm "You know my name You don't know my mind Don't doubt my eyes They betray the past Gm............F ....And I've already forgotten C ....Much more than you will ever know" Dm..................................F ....And every word that I have spoken is true G/B .....Except for those that were broken in two C/Bb......................................F/A .....I'm trying to make peace after a long night of pretend C/Bb...............................F/A .....I need a pawnbroker or a moneylender G Why do you do me down, Mister? ..............F.......C Sing "Hallelujah," Sister C/Bb ...........................F/A Turn up the volume, just to turn it down Dm.........Dm/C...........G/B The trivial secrets buried with the profound ....C.................................F............C/E...Dm It's enough to put a Church Underground ....C.................................F............C/E...Dm It's enough to put a Church Underground Dm .....Deflowered young and then ever since She's tried to wash off his fingerprints Gm.......F.................C So every charlatan and prince Was made to feel inferior Dm She worked for tips in a 10-cent dance Said moving pictures might pay perchance Gm......F.........................C 10,000 one-way tickets to the sparkling coast From the blank interior Dm..................F/A Everybody's either talking in code G/B Or getting ready to explode C/Bb..........................F/A Then she was singing in a five-piece band C/Bb...........................F/A But seems that no-one really wants this sound G Why do you do me down, Mister? ..............F.......C Sing "Hallelujah," Sister C/Bb ...........................F/A Turn up the volume, just to turn it down Dm.........Dm/C...........G/B The trivial secrets buried with the profound ....C.................................F............C/E...Dm It's enough to put a Church Underground ....C.................................F It's enough to put a Church Underground Bb..................F.........................C/E .....The shaft of fanlight streaked with rain .......................A...............................Eb Poured through the glass, punched through the pain ...........D........................Gm...........................C The holy picture hidden in the midden of that poisoned stitch .............Gm........Gm/Bb.....Am Her lonely voice was just a ruin in these riches Dm She must have been dreaming this all along Could she be redeeming herself in song? Bb..................F....................Em .....“I'm no-one's martyred, plaster saint ............A7 Below the grease, beneath the paint” .....Dm I'm rolling like barrel F Swinging like a gallows .....G/B I'm rising up fast like all hell and all hallows G Why do you do me down, Mister? ..............F.......C Sing "Hallelujah," Sister C/Bb ...........................F/A .... I'll be damned or purgatory bound Dm.........Dm/C..............G/B ....Before those jokers ever understand ....C.................................F............C/E...Dm It's enough to put a Church Underground ....C.................................F............C/E...Dm It's enough to put a Church Underground ....C.................................F............C/E...Dm It's enough to put a Church Underground Dm Dm7 (x3) (organ part that follows: A Dsus2 Dsus4 D Asus4 D) www.TAB6.com