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Big Boys

Elvis Costello
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 I  am starting to function
 In the usual way
 Everything is so provocative
 Very very, temporary
 I  shall walk (I shall walk)
 Out of this place (out of this place)
 I shall walk
 Out  on you
 'Cause you go silly
 If she's willing
 Trying  so hard to be like the  big boys
 So  you take her to the pictures
 Trying  to become a fixture
 Inch  by inch trying to reach her
 All  the way through the second feature
 Worrying  about your physical  fitness
 Tell  me how you got  this sickness, Oh ohhhh..
 I  was caught in the suction
 By a face like a truncheon
 I was down upon one knee
 Stroking her vanity
 I  was stuck on a hammerhead
 I came alive and left for dead
 As my face returned to red
 Choking on my pride and pity
 We  can talk (we can talk)
 Until your face is blue ('til your face is blue)
 We  can talk but she'll get to you
 After you've been loved and hated
 By the ones you've watched and waited
 Found that they were overrated
 She'll  be the one  - when the party's over
 She'll  be the one  - when the girls have gone  home
 She'll  be the one  - that you'll wish you'd held onto
 She'll  be the one  - but it's too late  for you to
 She'll  be the one  - who knows all your history
 She'll  be the one  -
 So  you can cross her off your list
 And  you  try so hard
 And  you  try so hard
 And  you  try so hard

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Readable chord sheet for Big Boys by Elvis Costello

I[E] am starting to function
In the usual way
Everything is so provocative
Very very, temporary

I[E] shall walk (I shall walk)
Out of this place (out of this place)
I shall walk

O[A]ut on you
'Cause you go silly
If she's willing

T[B]rying[A] so hard to be like t[E]he big boys

S[G]o you take her to the pictures

T[Em]rying to become a fixture

I[G]nch by inch trying to reach her

A[Em]ll the way through the second feature

W[C]orrying about your ph[D]ysical fitness

T[C]ell me how you go[D]t this sickness, Oh [A]ohhhh..       [E]

I[E] was caught in the suction
By a face like a truncheon
I was down upon one knee
Stroking her vanity

I[E] was stuck on a hammerhead
I came alive and left for dead
As my face returned to red
Choking on my pride and pity

W[E]e can talk (we can talk)
Until your face is blue ('til your face is blue)

W[A]e can talk but she'll get to you
After you've been loved and hated
By the ones you've watched and waited
Found that they were overrated

S[B]he'll be the on[E]e - when the party's ove[A]r

S[B]he'll be the on[E]e - when the girls have gon[A]e home

S[B]he'll be the on[E]e - that you'll wish you'd held o[A]nto

S[B]he'll be the on[E]e - but it's too lat[A]e for you to

S[B]he'll be the on[E]e - who knows all your his[A]tory

S[B]he'll be the on[E]e -

S[A]o you can cross her off your list

A[B]nd yo[A]u try so hard

A[B]nd yo[A]u try so hard

A[B]nd yo[A]u try so hard

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