Headline Hustler
10cc
Preferred chord shapes:
Gdim: 002323 Em11: 000000
D E
[5x]
E F#m G#m7 C#m7
I got me a job on the local paper
A B7
Everybody there thinks I'm nice
G#m7 C#m7
But they'd better look twice
A
`Cos it isn't me
Gdim
I wanna be [slide Gdim chord shape up from 2 to 5 to 8th frets]
E Em11 A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A Em11 E
Scandal m.ak...er
E Em11 A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A Em11 E
Money t.ak...er
E F#m G#m7 C#m7
You keep writing me letters but I haven't got time
A B7
I'm busy looking at photographs
G#m7 C#m7 A
But they'd better not be from the BBC
Gdim
You're gonna hear from me [Gdim slide]
E Em11 A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A m11 E
Scandal m.ak...er
E Em11 A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A Em11 E
Money t.ak...er
A
Better not turn around
C#m7
I'll stab you in the back
A
And you don't know what I'm hiding
B7 A
Under my plastic mac, under my plastic mac
E F#m G#m7 C#m7
I got a very good friend in the CIA
A B7
And he says that he never takes bribes
G#m7 C#m7
But he's telling lies
A
Cos he's into me
Gdim
He knows I wanna be [Gdim slide]
E Em11 A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A Em11 E
Scandal m.ak...er
E Em11 A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A Em11 E
Money t.ak..er
A
If your brother's wearing dresses
C#m7
And your neighbour's swapped his wife
A
Well I'm gonna make the headlines
B7 A
With your private life With your other wife
E Em11 A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A Em11 E
Scandal m.ak...er
E Em11 A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A Em11 E
Money t.ak..er [rpt chorus 4x]
A E
[End piece slide gutiar riff]