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- 45
- A Condemned Man
- Accidents Will Happen
- After The Fall
- Alibi Factory
- Alison
- All Grown Up
- All The Rage
- All These Strangers
- All This Useless Beauty
- Almost Blue
- American Without Tears
- B Movie
- Baby Plays Around
- Back On My Feet
- Beyond Belief
- Big Boys
- Big Sisters Clothes
- Blame It On Cain
- Blue Chair
- Brilliant Mistake
- Brown To Blue
- Bullets For The New Born King
- Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter
- Busy Bodies
- Charm School
- Cheap Reward
- Cheap Rewards
- Church Underground
- Clowntime Is Over
- Clubland
- Coal
- Complicated Shadows
- Couldnt Call It Unexpected No4
- Crawling To The Usa
- Crimes Of Paris
- Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
- Deportee
- Different Finger
- Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood
- Dr Watson I Presume
- Eisenhower Blues
- Everyday I Write The Book
- Favourite Hour
- Fish N Chip Paper
- Five Small Words
- Forgive Her Anything
- From A Whisper To A Scream
- Georgie And Her Rival
- Girls Talk
- Glitter Gulch
- Gloomy Sunday
- God Give Me Strength
- Gods Comic
- Good Year For The Roses
- Goon Squad
- Green Shirt
- Hand In Hand
- Harpies Bizarre
- Heart Shaped Bruise
- Heres Red Shoes
- High Fidelity
- Home Is Anywhere
- Honey Are You Straight Or Are You Blind
- Hoover Factory
- How To Be Dumb
- Human Hands
- Human Touch
- I Cant Stand Up For Falling Down
- I Dont Want To Go Home
- I Dont Want To Go To Chelsea
- I Dreamed Of My Old Lover
- I Hope Youre Happy Now
- I Just Dont Know What To Do With Myself
- I Lost You
- I Still Have That Other Girl
- I Want To Vanish
- I Want You
- If I Could Put Them All Together
- Ill Wear It Proudly
- Im In The Mood Again
- Im Not Angry
- Im Your Toy
- Imagination
- In Another Room
- Inch By Inch
- Indoor Fireworks
- Jack Of All Parades
- Jimmie Standing In The Rain
- Joe Porterhouse
- Jump Up
- Kid About It
- Kinder Murder
- Less Than Zero
- Let Him Dangle
- Lip Service
- Lipstick Vogue
- Little Palaces
- Little Savage
- Little Triggers
- Living In Paradise
- Londons Brilliant Parade
- Love Went Mad
- Loveable
- Lovers Walk
- Luxembourg
- Man Out Of Time
- Miracle Man
- Monkey To Man
- My Babys Gone
- My Funny Valentine
- My Mood Swings
- My Youngest Son Came Home Today
- Mystery Dance
- New Amsterdam
- New Amsterdam Youve Got To Hide Your Love Away
- New Lace Sleeves
- No Action
- No Dancing
- Olivers Army
- One Bell Ringing
- Our Little Angel
- Pads Paws And Claws
- Party Girl
- Pay It Back
- Peace In Our Time
- Pidgin English
- Poison Moon
- Poisoned Rose
- Pony St
- Poor Fractured Atlas
- Poor Napoleon
- Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
- Pretty Words
- Psycho
- Pump It Up
- Put Your Big Toe In The Milk Of Human Kindness
- Radio Radio
- Radio Sweetheart
- Riot Act
- Rocking Horse Road
- Running Out Of Angels
- Satellite
- Shabby Doll
- Shamed Into Love
- She
- She Loves The Jerk
- Shipbuilding
- Sleep Of The Just
- Sleepless Nights
- Sneaky Feelings
- So Like Candy
- Song With Rose
- St Stephens Day Murders
- Starting To Come To Me
- Still
- Still Too Soon To Know
- Strict Time
- Success
- Suffering Face
- Suit Of Lights
- Sulfur To Sugarcane
- Sulky Girl
- Sweet Dreams
- Taking My Life In Your Hands
- Tear Off Your Own Head Its A Doll Revolution
- Thats Not The Part Of Him Youre Leaving
- The Angels Want To Wear My Red Shoes
- The Beat
- The Big Light
- The Element Within Her
- The Ghost Of Tom Joad Do Re Mi
- The Greatest Love
- The Imposter
- The Long Honeymoon
- The Loved Ones
- The Only Flame In Town
- The Other End
- The Other Side Of Summer
- The Scarlet Tide
- The Spell That You Cast
- The Sweetest Punch
- The World And His Wife
- This House Is Empty Now
- This Is Hell
- This Years Girl
- Toledo
- Tommys Coming Home
- Too Far Gone
- Tramp The Dirt Down
- Tripwire
- Two Little Hitlers
- Uncomplicated
- Under Lime
- Unwanted Number
- Veronica
- Voice In The Dark
- Waiting For The End Of The World
- Watch Your Step
- Watching The Detectives
- Wave A White Flag
- Whats So Funny Bout Peace Love And Understanding
- When I Was Cruel
- When It Signs
- When It Sings
- Who Do You Think You Are
- Withered And Died
- Worthless Thing
- You Belong To Me
- You Little Fool
- You Shouldnt Look At Me That Way
- You Tripped At Every Step
- Youll Never Be A Man
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from: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: [email protected]
lyrics and chords of: How To Be Dumb by Elvis Costello
Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15
G
I was hell-bent on destroying my powers of concentration
D
While you were living like a saint
G
And all the time the very one you trusted
Em Bm
Was washing off somebody else's paint
G
Now you've got yourself a brand new occupation
D
Every fleeting thought is a pearl
G
And beautiful people stampede through the doorway of
Em Bm
The funniest fucker of the world
F
They're here to help you
Dm Bm
Satisfy your desire
C G
There's a bright future for all you professional liars
C D
Now you know how to be dumb
G C
Are you ready to take your place in
G/B D
The modern museum of mistakes?
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
G C
Like a building thrown up overnight
G/B D
In one of those reverse earthquakes
G
They emptied out all the asylums,
D
They emptied out all the goals
G
The "New Bruise" was the name of the dance craze
Em Bm
By "Jesus Cross and the Cruel Nails"
G
Followed up by "Tortouzring Little Beaver"
D
With their contraption of barbed wire
G
Between the fear and the fever lies
Em Bm
All the rejection they require
F
They'll be howling by midnight,
Dm Bm
They'll be drooling by dawn
C
Skulls shrunk down to the size of their brains
G
Heads shaven and shorn
C D
Now you know how to be dumb
G C
Are you ready to take your place in
G/B D
The modern museum of mistakes?
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
G C
Like a building thrown up overnight
G/B D
In one of those reverse earthquakes
Em
Trapped in the house of the Perpetual Sucker
C D
Where bitterness always ends so pityful
Em
You always had to dress up your envy in
C D
Some half-remembered philosophy
G
Now you're masquerading as pale powdered genius
D
Whose every bad intention has been purged
G
You could've walked out any time you wanted
Em Bm
But face it you didn't have the courage
G
I guess that makes you a full time hypocrite
D
Or some kind of twisted dilletante
G
Funny though people don't usually get so ugly
Em Bm
'Til they think they know what they want
F
Scratch you own head stupid
Dm
Count up to three
Bm C
Roll over on your back
G
Repeat after me
C D
Don't you know how to be dumb
G C
Are you ready to take your place in
G/B D
The modern museum of mistakes?
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
G C
Like a building thrown up overnight
G/B D
In one of those reverse earthquakes
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
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#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: Christian Korbanka, Cologne, Germany
e-mail: [email protected]
lyrics and chords of: How To Be Dumb by Elvis Costello
Suggestions and corrections are always welcome!
date: 95/10/15
G
I was hell-bent on destroying my powers of concentration
D
While you were living like a saint
G
And all the time the very one you trusted
Em Bm
Was washing off somebody else's paint
G
Now you've got yourself a brand new occupation
D
Every fleeting thought is a pearl
G
And beautiful people stampede through the doorway of
Em Bm
The funniest fucker of the world
F
They're here to help you
Dm Bm
Satisfy your desire
C G
There's a bright future for all you professional liars
C D
Now you know how to be dumb
G C
Are you ready to take your place in
G/B D
The modern museum of mistakes?
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
G C
Like a building thrown up overnight
G/B D
In one of those reverse earthquakes
G
They emptied out all the asylums,
D
They emptied out all the goals
G
The "New Bruise" was the name of the dance craze
Em Bm
By "Jesus Cross and the Cruel Nails"
G
Followed up by "Tortouzring Little Beaver"
D
With their contraption of barbed wire
G
Between the fear and the fever lies
Em Bm
All the rejection they require
F
They'll be howling by midnight,
Dm Bm
They'll be drooling by dawn
C
Skulls shrunk down to the size of their brains
G
Heads shaven and shorn
C D
Now you know how to be dumb
G C
Are you ready to take your place in
G/B D
The modern museum of mistakes?
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
G C
Like a building thrown up overnight
G/B D
In one of those reverse earthquakes
Em
Trapped in the house of the Perpetual Sucker
C D
Where bitterness always ends so pityful
Em
You always had to dress up your envy in
C D
Some half-remembered philosophy
G
Now you're masquerading as pale powdered genius
D
Whose every bad intention has been purged
G
You could've walked out any time you wanted
Em Bm
But face it you didn't have the courage
G
I guess that makes you a full time hypocrite
D
Or some kind of twisted dilletante
G
Funny though people don't usually get so ugly
Em Bm
'Til they think they know what they want
F
Scratch you own head stupid
Dm
Count up to three
Bm C
Roll over on your back
G
Repeat after me
C D
Don't you know how to be dumb
G C
Are you ready to take your place in
G/B D
The modern museum of mistakes?
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
G C
Like a building thrown up overnight
G/B D
In one of those reverse earthquakes
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
G C D
Don't you know how to be dumb?
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