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Little Palaces

Elvis Costello

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#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Little Palaces yarlas@psych.ucla.edu Introduction: Em D G (3 1 4) C D G (3 1 4) C D G (3 1 4) D G D Em (2 1 1 strum) Em D G C D G C D G In Chocolate Town all the trains are painted brown, and the silver paper of the wrapper. Em D G C D G There's a dapper little man, and he wears a wax mustache C D G C D G That he twists with nicotine fingers as he drops his cigarette ash. D G And someone comes and sweeps it up, and then he doffs his cap D G And there's a rat in someone's bedroom, and they're shutting someone's trap. Em D And they'll soon be pulling down the little palaces. Em D G C D G And the doors swing back and forward, from the past into the present C D G C D G And the bedside crucifixion turns from wood to phosphorescent. D G And they're moving problem families from the South up to the North, D G Mother's crying over some soft soap opera divorce, C F D And you say you didn't do it, but you know you did of course, Em D And they'll soon be pulling down the little palaces. Em D G C D G It's like shouting in a matchbox, filled with plasterboard and hope, C D G C D G Like a picture of Prince William in the arms of John the Pope. Em D G C D G There's a world of good intentions, and pity in their eyes, =A0 C D G C D G The sedated homes of England, are theirs to vandalize. D G So you knock the kids about a bit, because they've got your name, D G And you knock the kids about a bit, until they feel the same. Em D And they feel like knocking down the little palaces. Instrumental: Em D G (3 1 4) C D G (3 1 4) C D G (3 1 4) D G D (4 2 2) Em D G (3 1 4) C D G (3 1 4 C D G (3 1 4) D G D Em (2 1 1 strum) Em D G C D G You're the twinkle in your daddy's eye, a name you spray and scribble, C D G C D G You made the girls all turn their heads, and in turn they made you miserable. Em D G C D G To be the heir apparent, to the kingdom of the invisible. D G So you knock the kids about a bit, because they've got your name, D G And you knock the kids about a bit, until they feel the same. Em D And they feel like knocking down C G yeah they feel like knocking down, Em D Oh they feel like knocking down the little palaces. Repeat instrumental twice
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