{"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":63896,"song":"Little Palaces","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11542679-little-palaces-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/63896?type=chord","rating":4.72181,"votes":16,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nLittle Palaces\r\n\r\nIntroduction: Em D G (3 1 4)\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (3 1 4)\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (3 1 4)\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] (2 1 1 strum)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn Chocolate Town all the trains are painted brown, and the silver paper of the wrapper.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a dapper little man, and he wears a wax mustache[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat he twists with nicotine fingers as he drops his cigarette ash.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd someone comes and sweeps it up, and then he doffs his cap[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there's a rat in someone's bedroom, and they're shutting someone's trap.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they'll soon be pulling down the little palaces.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the doors swing back and forward, from the past into the present[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the bedside crucifixion turns from wood to phosphorescent.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they're moving problem families from the South up to the North,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMother's crying over some soft soap opera divorce,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you say you didn't do it, but you know you did of course,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they'll soon be pulling down the little palaces.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's like shouting in a matchbox, filled with plasterboard and hope,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike a picture of Prince William in the arms of John the Pope.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a world of good intentions, and pity in their eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]=A0 [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe sedated homes of England, are theirs to vandalize.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you knock the kids about a bit, because they've got your name,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you knock the kids about a bit, until they feel the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they feel like knocking down the little palaces.[/tab]\r\n\r\nInstrumental: Em D G (3 1 4)\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (3 1 4)\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (3 1 4)\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] (4 2 2)\r\n [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (3 1 4)\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (3 1 4\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (3 1 4)\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] (2 1 1 strum)\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou're the twinkle in your daddy's eye, a name you spray and scribble,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou made the girls all turn their heads, and in turn they made you miserable.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo be the heir apparent, to the kingdom of the invisible.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you knock the kids about a bit, because they've got your name,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you knock the kids about a bit, until they feel the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they feel like knocking down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyeah they feel like knocking down,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh they feel like knocking down the little palaces.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nRepeat instrumental twice","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nLittle Palaces\n\nIntroduction: Em D G (3 1 4)\n C D G (3 1 4)\n C D G (3 1 4)\n D G D Em (2 1 1 strum)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstrumental: Em D G (3 1 4)\n C D G (3 1 4)\n C D G (3 1 4)\n D G D (4 2 2)\n Em D G (3 1 4)\n C D G (3 1 4\n C D G (3 1 4)\n D G D Em (2 1 1 strum)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat instrumental twice","chords":["Em","D","G","C","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"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]}}}