{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1012677,"song":"Church Underground","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11223592-church-underground-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1012677?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe stood spotlit in a plain print dress[/tab]\r\nCame howling out of the wilderness\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]................[ch]F[/ch]..........................[ch]C[/ch]\r\n....There beat a cunning and murderous heart[/tab]\r\nBeneath that calm exterior\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"You know my name[/tab]\r\nYou don't know my mind\r\nDon't doubt my eyes\r\nThey betray the past\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]............[ch]F[/ch]\r\n....And I've already forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n....Much more than you will ever know\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]..................................[ch]F/C[/ch]\r\n....And every word that I have spoken is true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n.....Except for those that were broken in two[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/Bb[/ch]......................................[ch]F/A[/ch]\r\n.....I'm trying to make peace after a long night of pretend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/Bb[/ch]...............................[ch]F/A[/ch]\r\n.....I need a pawnbroker or a moneylender[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy do you do me down, Mister?[/tab]\r\n[tab]..............[ch]F[/ch].......[ch]C[/ch]\r\nSing \"Hallelujah,\" Sister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/Bb[/ch] ...........................[ch]F/A[/ch]\r\nTurn up the volume, just to turn it down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch].........[ch]Dm/C[/ch]...........[ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nThe trivial secrets buried with the profound[/tab]\r\n[tab]....[ch]C[/ch].................................[ch]F[/ch]............[ch]C/E[/ch]...[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt's enough to put a Church Underground[/tab]\r\n[tab]....[ch]C[/ch].................................[ch]F[/ch]............[ch]C/E[/ch]...[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt's enough to put a Church Underground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n.....Deflowered young and then ever since[/tab]\r\nShe's tried to wash off his fingerprints\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch].......[ch]F[/ch].................[ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo every charlatan and prince[/tab]\r\nWas made to feel inferior\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe worked for tips in a 10-cent dance[/tab]\r\nSaid moving pictures might pay perchance\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]......[ch]F[/ch].........................[ch]C[/ch]\r\n10,000 one-way tickets to the sparkling coast[/tab]\r\nFrom the blank interior\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]..................[ch]F/A[/ch]\r\nEverybody's either talking in code[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nOr getting ready to explode[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/Bb[/ch]..........................[ch]F/A[/ch]\r\nThen she was singing in a five-piece band[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/Bb[/ch]...........................[ch]F/A[/ch]\r\nBut seems that no-one really wants this sound[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy do you do me down, Mister?[/tab]\r\n[tab]..............[ch]F[/ch].......[ch]C[/ch]\r\nSing \"Hallelujah,\" Sister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/Bb[/ch] ...........................[ch]F/A[/ch]\r\nTurn up the volume, just to turn it down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch].........[ch]Dm/C[/ch]...........[ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nThe trivial secrets buried with the profound[/tab]\r\n[tab]....[ch]C[/ch].................................[ch]F[/ch]............[ch]C/E[/ch]...[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt's enough to put a Church Underground[/tab]\r\n[tab]....[ch]C[/ch].................................[ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's enough to put a Church Underground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]..................[ch]F[/ch].........................[ch]C/E[/ch]\r\n.....The shaft of fanlight streaked with rain[/tab]\r\n[tab].......................[ch]A[/ch]...............................[ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nPoured through the glass, punched through the pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]...........[ch]D[/ch]........................[ch]Gm[/ch]...........................[ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe holy picture hidden in the midden of that poisoned stitch[/tab]\r\n[tab].............[ch]Gm[/ch]........[ch]Gm[/ch]/[ch]Bb[/ch].....[ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHer lonely voice was just a ruin in these riches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe must have been dreaming this all along[/tab]\r\nCould she be redeeming herself in song?\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]..................[ch]F[/ch]....................[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n.....“I'm no-one's martyred, plaster saint[/tab]\r\n[tab]............[ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBelow the grease, beneath the paint”[/tab]\r\n[tab].....[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'm rolling like barrel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nSwinging like a gallows[/tab]\r\n[tab].....[ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nI'm rising up fast like all hell and all hallows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy do you do me down, Mister?[/tab]\r\n[tab]..............[ch]F[/ch].......[ch]C[/ch]\r\nSing \"Hallelujah,\" Sister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/Bb[/ch] ...........................[ch]F/A[/ch]\r\n.... I'll be damned or purgatory bound[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch].........[ch]Dm/C[/ch]..............[ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n....Before those jokers ever understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]....[ch]C[/ch].................................[ch]F[/ch]............[ch]C/E[/ch]...[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt's enough to put a Church Underground[/tab]\r\n[tab]....[ch]C[/ch].................................[ch]F[/ch]............[ch]C/E[/ch]...[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt's enough to put a Church Underground[/tab]\r\n[tab]....[ch]C[/ch].................................[ch]F[/ch]............[ch]C/E[/ch]...[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt's enough to put a Church Underground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch] (x3)\r\n\r\n(organ part that follows: [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch])","plain_text":"Came howling out of the wilderness\n\nBeneath that calm exterior\n\nYou don't know my mind\nDon't doubt my eyes\nThey betray the past\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShe's tried to wash off his fingerprints\n\nWas made to feel inferior\n\nSaid moving pictures might pay perchance\n\nFrom the blank interior\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCould she be redeeming herself in song?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDm Dm7 (x3)\n\n(organ part that follows: A Dsus2 Dsus4 D Asus4 D)","chords":["Dm","Gm","F","C","F/C","G/B","C/Bb","F/A","G","Dm/C","C/E","Bb","A","Eb","D","Am","Em","A7","Dm7","Dsus2","Dsus4","Asus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}