Less Than Zero — Elvis Costello
Chords and lyrics for Less Than Zero by Elvis Costello (key of A#).
Verse 1
|F Bb C| F C|F Bb C| F C|
[F]Calling Mister [Bb]Oswald with the [C]swastika [F]tattoo,
There [C]is a [F]vacancy [Bb]waiting in the [C]English [F]voodoo,
[C]Carving[Bb] "V" for vandal on the [Gm]guilty boy's head.
When he's [Bb]had enough of that, maybe you'll [Gm]take him to bed
To [C]teach him he's [Dm/F]alive [C]before he wishes he was [Dm/F]dead.[C]
|C F C| - |
[Bb]Turn up the T.V. No one [F]list'ning will suspect.
Even your [Bb]mother won't detect it, so your [F]father won't know.
[Bb]They think that I've got[F] no respect,
But[Ebm] ev'rything means [F]less than zero.
Hey, [Bb] ooh [F][C]hey,[F]
[C][F]Hey, [Bb] ooh [F]hey.[C]
[F]Oswald and his [Bb]sister are [C]doing it [F]again
[C]They've got the [F]finest home [Bb]movies that you [C]have ever [F]seen
[C]They've got a [Bb]thousand variations, [Gm]every service with a smile
They're [Bb]gonna take a little break and [Gm]they'll be back after a while
Well, [C]I hear that [Dm/F]South [C]America is coming [Dm/F]into [C]style
|C F C| - |
[Bb]Turn up the T.V. No one [F]list'ning will suspect.
Even your [Bb]mother won't detect it, so your [F]father won't know.
[Bb]They think that I've got[F] no respect,
But[Ebm] ev'rything means [F]less than zero.
Hey, [Bb] ooh [F][C]hey,[F]
[C][F]Hey, [Bb] ooh [F]hey.[C]
[F]A pistol was [Bb]still smoking, a [C]man lay on the[F] floor
[C]Mr. Oswald [F]said he [Bb]had an [C]understanding [F]with the law
[C]He said he [Bb]heard about a couple [Gm]living in the USA
He said they [Bb]traded in their baby for a [Gm]Chevrolet
Let's [C]talk about the [Dm/F]future, now [C]we've put the [Dm/F]past [C]away
|C F C| - |
[Bb]Turn up the T.V. No one [F]list'ning will suspect.
Even your [Bb]mother won't detect it, so your [F]father won't know.
[Bb]They think that I've got[F] no respect,
But[Ebm] ev'rything means [F]less than zero.
Hey, [Bb] ooh [F][C]hey,[F]
[C][F]Hey, [Bb] ooh [F]hey.[C]
Hey, oo hey-ey
Hey, oo hey-ey
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