How To Be Dumb
Elvis CostelloVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
I was hell-bent on destroying my powers of concentration
While you were living like a saint
And all the time the very one you trusted
Was washing off somebody else's paint
Now you've got yourself a brand new occupation
Every fleeting thought is a pearl
And beautiful people stampede through the doorway of
The funniest fucker of the world
They're here to help you
Satisfy your desire
There's a bright future for all you professional liars
Now you know how to be dumb
Are you ready to take your place in
The modern museum of mistakes?
Don't you know how to be dumb?
Like a building thrown up overnight
In one of those reverse earthquakes
They emptied out all the asylums,
They emptied out all the goals
The "New Bruise" was the name of the dance craze
By "Jesus Cross and the Cruel Nails"
Followed up by "Tortouzring Little Beaver"
With their contraption of barbed wire
Between the fear and the fever lies
All the rejection they require
They'll be howling by midnight,
They'll be drooling by dawn
Skulls shrunk down to the size of their brains
Heads shaven and shorn
Now you know how to be dumb
Are you ready to take your place in
The modern museum of mistakes?
Don't you know how to be dumb?
Like a building thrown up overnight
In one of those reverse earthquakes
Trapped in the house of the Perpetual Sucker
Where bitterness always ends so pityful
You always had to dress up your envy in
Some half-remembered philosophy
Now you're masquerading as pale powdered genius
Whose every bad intention has been purged
You could've walked out any time you wanted
But face it you didn't have the courage
I guess that makes you a full time hypocrite
Or some kind of twisted dilletante
Funny though people don't usually get so ugly
'Til they think they know what they want
Scratch you own head stupid
Count up to three
Roll over on your back
Repeat after me
Don't you know how to be dumb
Are you ready to take your place in
The modern museum of mistakes?
Don't you know how to be dumb?
Like a building thrown up overnight
In one of those reverse earthquakes
Don't you know how to be dumb?
Don't you know how to be dumb?
Don't you know how to be dumb?
Don't you know how to be dumb?
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Readable chord sheet for How To Be Dumb by Elvis Costello
[G]I was hell-bent on destroying my powers of concentration Wh[D]ile you were living like a saint [G]And all the time the very one you trusted Was wa[Em]shing off somebody else's p[Bm]aint [G]Now you've got yourself a brand new occupation Ev[D]ery fleeting thought is a pearl And beau[G]tiful people stampede through the doorway of The fu[Em]nniest fucker of the w[Bm]orld [F]They're here to help you [Dm]Satisfy your de[Bm]sire There's a bright future[C] for all you professional li[G]ars Now you know h[C]ow to be d[D]umb Are you re[G]ady to take your pl[C]ace in The m[G/B]odern museum [D]of mistakes? [G]Don't you know h[C]ow to be d[D]umb? Like a bui[G]lding thrown up ove[C]rnight In [G/B]one of those rev[D]erse 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 By "J[Em]esus Cross and the Cruel N[Bm]ails" [G]Followed up by "Tortouzring Little Beaver" W[D]ith their contraption of barbed wire [G]Between the fear and the fever lies [Em]All the rejection they re[Bm]quire [F]They'll be howling by midnight, [Dm]They'll be drooling by d[Bm]awn Skulls shrunk down to the size of their br[C]ains Heads shaven and sh[G]orn Now you know h[C]ow to be d[D]umb Are you re[G]ady to take your pl[C]ace in The m[G/B]odern museum [D]of mistakes? [G]Don't you know h[C]ow to be d[D]umb? Like a bui[G]lding thrown up ove[C]rnight In [G/B]one of those rev[D]erse earthquakes Tr[Em]apped in the house of the Perpetual Sucker Where bitt[C]erness always ends so pi[D]tyful [Em]You always had to dress up your envy in S[C]ome half-remembered phil[D]osophy N[G]ow you're masquerading as pale powdered genius Whose e[D]very bad intention has been purged [G]You could've walked out any time you wanted But f[Em]ace it you didn't have the co[Bm]urage [G]I guess that makes you a full time hypocrite Or s[D]ome kind of twisted dilletante Fu[G]nny though people don't usually get so ugly 'Til they t[Em]hink they know what they w[Bm]ant [F]Scratch you own head stupid [Dm]Count up to three [Bm]Roll over on your b[C]ack Repeat after [G]me Don't you know h[C]ow to be d[D]umb Are you re[G]ady to take your pl[C]ace in The m[G/B]odern museum [D]of mistakes? [G]Don't you know h[C]ow to be d[D]umb? Like a bui[G]lding thrown up ove[C]rnight In [G/B]one of those rev[D]erse earthquakes [G]Don't you know h[C]ow to be d[D]umb? [G]Don't you know h[C]ow to be d[D]umb? [G]Don't you know h[C]ow to be d[D]umb? [G]Don't you know h[C]ow to be d[D]umb? Seite 1 von 3