Green Shirt
Elvis CostelloVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen
That comes into my room every night
And she takes all the red, yellow, orange and green
And she turns them into black and white.
*chorus*
And you tease
And you flirt
And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt
You can please yourself, but somebody's going to get it
Better cut off all identifying labels
Before they get you on the touture table
*same as first verse*
Cause somewhere in the quisling clinic
There's a short time typist taking seconds over minutes
She's listening into the Venus line
She's picking out names, I hope none of them are mine
And you tease
And you flirt
And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt
You can tease yourself, but somebody's going to get it
Never said I was a stool pigeon
Never said I was a diplomat
Everybody is under suspicion but
You don't want to hear about that
And you tease
And you flirt
And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt
You can please yourself, but somebody's going to get it
Better send the naked ledger to the big investigation
Who put these finger prints on my imagination
There are wives on poles
There are wives in your face
There are wives in holes
Coming out all over the place
And you tease
And you flirt
And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt
You can please yourself, but somebody's going to get it
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Readable chord sheet for Green Shirt by Elvis Costello
T[C]here's a smart young woman on a light blue screen T[F]hat comes into my room every night A[C]nd she takes all the red, yellow, orange and green A[F]nd she turns them into black and white. *chorus* A[C]nd you tease A[F]nd you flirt [Bb] [Bb] A[A]nd you shine a[Bb/G]ll the b[F]uttons on your green shirt Y[Bb]ou can please yourself[F], but somebody's going to[C] get it B[Bb]etter cut off[F] all identify[C]ing labels B[Bb]efore they get you[F] on the touture [G]table *same as first verse* Cause somewhere in the quisling clinic There's a short time typist taking seconds over minutes She's listening into the Venus line She's picking out names, I hope none of them are mine A[C]nd you tease A[F]nd you flirt [Bb] [Bb] A[A]nd you shi[Bb/G]ne all the [F]buttons on your green shirt Y[Bb]ou can tease yoursel[F]f, but somebody's going t[C]o get it N[Bb]ever said I was a st[F]ool pigeon N[Bb]ever said I was a di[F]plomat E[Bb]verybody is un[F]der suspicion but Y[C]ou don't want to hear about th[F]at A[C]nd you tease A[F]nd you flirt [Bb] [Bb] A[A]nd you shi[Bb/G]ne all the [F]buttons on your green shirt Y[Bb]ou can please yourself[F], but somebody's going to[C] get it B[Bb]etter send the n[F]aked ledger to [C]the big inves[F]tigation W[Bb]ho put these fi[F]nger prints on my [C]imagination[F] There are wives on poles There are wives in your face There are wives in holes Coming out all over the place A[C]nd you tease A[F]nd you flirt [Bb] [Bb] A[A]nd you sh[Bb/G]ine all the b[F]uttons on your green shirt Y[Bb]ou can please yourself[F], but somebody's going to[C] get it