Pump It Up - 2021 Remaster — Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Chords and lyrics for Pump It Up - 2021 Remaster by Elvis Costello & The Attractions (key of A).
Verse 1
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
Intro
(Bass)
. . . . = staccato
. .
(begin guitar)
[B] [B] [B] [A#] [A]
Verse
[B7]I've been on tenterhooks, ending in dirty looks
List'ning to the Muzak, thinking 'bout this 'n' that
She said "That's that, I don't wanna chitter-chat"
Turn it down a little bit or turn it down flat
Chorus
[E7]Pump it up!
When you don't really need it
Pump it up!
Until you can feel it
Instrumental
[B] [B] [B] [A#] [A]
Verse
[B7]Down in the pleasure centre, hell-bent or heaven-sent
Listen to the propaganda, listen to the latest slander
There's nothing underhand that she wouldn't understand
Chorus
[E7]Pump it up!
Until you can feel it
Pump it up!
When you don't really need it
[B][B]then [B][A#]land [A]on E7
Hang on with the drum beat 4 measures
Interlude
[B] [B] [B] [A#] [A]
Verse
[B7]She's been a bad girl, she's like a chemical
Though you try to stop it, she's like a narcotic
You wanna torture her, you wanna talk to her
All the things you bought for her, putting up your temperature
Chorus
[E7]Pump it up!
until you can feel it
Pump it up!
when you don't really need it
Interlude
[B] [B] [B] [A#] [A]
Verse
[E7]Out in the fashion show, down in the bargain bin
You put your passion out under the pressure pin
[B7]Fall into submission, hit-and-run transmission
No use wishing now for any other sin
Chorus
[E7]Pump it up!
Until you can feel it
Pump it up!
When you don't really need it
Interlude
[B] [B] [B] [A#] [A]
Chorus
[E7]Pump it up!
Until you can feel it
Pump it up!
When you don't really need it
Interlude
[B] [B] [B] [A#] [A]
Chorus
[E7]Pump it up!
Until you can feel it
Pump it up!
When you don't really need it
Outro
[B][B]Don't [B][A#][A]really need it! Don't really need it!
[B][B]Don't [B][A#][A]really need it!
[B][B](fade [B][A#]out)[A]
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