Church Underground
Elvis CostelloVersion1
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She stood spotlit in a plain print dress
Came howling out of the wilderness
....There beat a cunning and murderous heart
Beneath that calm exterior
"You know my name
You don't know my mind
Don't doubt my eyes
They betray the past
....And I've already forgotten
....Much more than you will ever know"
....And every word that I have spoken is true
.....Except for those that were broken in two
.....I'm trying to make peace after a long night of pretend
.....I need a pawnbroker or a moneylender
Why do you do me down, Mister?
Sing "Hallelujah," Sister
Turn up the volume, just to turn it down
The trivial secrets buried with the profound
It's enough to put a Church Underground
It's enough to put a Church Underground
.....Deflowered young and then ever since
She's tried to wash off his fingerprints
So every charlatan and prince
Was made to feel inferior
She worked for tips in a 10-cent dance
Said moving pictures might pay perchance
10,000 one-way tickets to the sparkling coast
From the blank interior
Everybody's either talking in code
Or getting ready to explode
Then she was singing in a five-piece band
But seems that no-one really wants this sound
Why do you do me down, Mister?
Sing "Hallelujah," Sister
Turn up the volume, just to turn it down
The trivial secrets buried with the profound
It's enough to put a Church Underground
It's enough to put a Church Underground
.....The shaft of fanlight streaked with rain
Poured through the glass, punched through the pain
The holy picture hidden in the midden of that poisoned stitch
Her lonely voice was just a ruin in these riches
She must have been dreaming this all along
Could she be redeeming herself in song?
.....I'm no-one's martyred, plaster saint
Below the grease, beneath the paint
I'm rolling like barrel
Swinging like a gallows
I'm rising up fast like all hell and all hallows
Why do you do me down, Mister?
Sing "Hallelujah," Sister
.... I'll be damned or purgatory bound
....Before those jokers ever understand
It's enough to put a Church Underground
It's enough to put a Church Underground
It's enough to put a Church Underground
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Readable chord sheet for Church Underground by Elvis Costello
[Dm]She stood spotlit in a plain print dress Came howling out of the wilderness [Gm]....There beat a c[F]unning and murderous heart [C] 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]....And I've a[F]lready forgotten [C]....Much more than you will ever know" [Dm]....And every word that I have spoke[F]n is true [G/B].....Except for those that were broken in two [C/Bb].....I'm trying to make peace after a long[F/A] night of pretend [C/Bb].....I need a pawnbroker or a money[F/A]lender [G]Why do you do me down, Mister? Sing "Halleluj[F]ah," Sis[C]ter [C/Bb]Turn up the volume, just to turn[F/A] it down [Dm]The trivial[Dm/C] secrets buried[G/B] with the profound It's[C] enough to put a Church Undergroun[F]d [C/E] [Dm] It's[C] enough to put a Church Undergroun[F]d [C/E] [Dm] [Dm].....Deflowered young and then ever since She's tried to wash off his fingerprints [Gm]So every [F]charlatan and prin[C]ce Was made to feel inferior [Dm]She worked for tips in a 10-cent dance Said moving pictures might pay perchance [Gm]10,000 o[F]ne-way tickets to the spar[C]kling coast From the blank interior [Dm]Everybody's either t[F/A]alking in code [G/B]Or getting ready to explode [C/Bb]Then she was singing in a five[F/A]-piece band [C/Bb]But seems that no-one really wa[F/A]nts this sound [G]Why do you do me down, Mister? Sing "Halleluj[F]ah," Sis[C]ter [C/Bb]Turn up the volume, just to turn[F/A] it down [Dm]The trivial[Dm/C] secrets buried[G/B] with the profound It's[C] enough to put a Church Undergroun[F]d [C/E] [Dm] It's[C] enough to put a Church Undergroun[F]d [Bb].....The shaft of fa[F]nlight streaked with rain [C/E] Poured through the glas[A]s, punched through the pain [Eb] The holy pi[D]cture hidden in the midde[Gm]n of that poisoned stitch [C] Her lonely vo[Gm]ice was ju[Gm]st [Bb]a ruin [Am]in these riches [Dm]She must have been dreaming this all along Could she be redeeming herself in song? [Bb].....I'm no-one's m[F]artyred, plaster sain[Em]t Below the gr[A7]ease, beneath the paint I'm r[Dm]olling like barrel [F]Swinging like a gallows I'm r[G/B]ising up fast like all hell and all hallows [G]Why do you do me down, Mister? Sing "Halleluj[F]ah," Sis[C]ter [C/Bb].... I'll be damned or purgatory[F/A] bound [Dm]....Before [Dm/C]those jokers ever [G/B]understand It's[C] enough to put a Church Undergroun[F]d [C/E] [Dm] It's[C] enough to put a Church Undergroun[F]d [C/E] [Dm] It's[C] enough to put a Church Undergroun[F]d [C/E] [Dm] [Dm] [Dm7] (organ part that follows: [A] [Dsus2] [Dsus4] [D] [Asus4] [D])