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Fish 'n' Chip Paper
Words & Music by: Elvis Costello
>From the album: TRUST
E
When Sunday morning dandruff turns out to be confetti
D
And the cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul Getty
E
The girl in your dreams would have you up on an under age charge
D E
And the man of the moment is the lifer at large
Chorus:
A F#m
If you've got something to hide, if you've got something to sell
D E
If you've got somebody's pride she might kiss and tell
A F# G E
Or wind up with a fight fan in the Hammersmith Hotel
C A
You better speak up now if you want your piece
D
You better speak up now
G
It won't mean a thing later
F G C
Yesterday's news is tomorrow's fish and chip paper
E
Your girl says she's leaving and this time she really means it
You can just look at the pictures, you don't actually have to read it
D
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
E
There's a man in the launderette and he's looking through your
underwear
for clues D
And the milkman is working through the News of the Screws
E
He says...
(chorus)