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Less Than Zero Chords

Music by: Elvis Costello
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[Intro 1]
[D][G][A][D][A][D][G][A][D][A]

[Verse 1]
[D]Calling Mister
Oswald [A]with the swastika tat[D]too
There is a vacancy [G]waiting in
the [A]English voo[D]doo
[G]Carving "v" for vandal on
the [Em]guilty boy's head
When he's [G]had enough of that,
maybe [Em]you'll take him to bed
To [A]teach him he's [D]alive [A]be fore he wishes
he was [D]dead[A]
[D][A][Em][C]

[Verse 2]
[G]Turn up the TV,
no one [D]listening will suspect
Even your [G]mother won't detect
it so your [D]father won't know
[G]They think that I've got[D] no respect,
[C]but
Everything [G]means [D]less than zero
[G]Hey, oh [A]hey[D]
Hey, [G]oh [A]hey

[Verse 3]
[D]Oswald and his [G]sister [A]are doing it again
[D]They've got the finest home
[G]movies [A]that you have ever seen
[D]They've got[A] a tho[G]usand variations,
every ser[Em]vice with a smile
They're gonna [G]take a little break,
and they'll be [Em]back after a while
Well, I [A]hear that South [D]America
[A]is coming into sty[D]le[A]
[D][A][G][C]

[Verse 4]
[G]Turn up the TV,
no one [D]listening will suspect
Even your [G]mother won't detect
it so your [D]father won't know
[G]They think that I've got[D] no respect,
[C]but
Everything [G]means [D]less than zero
[G]Hey, oh [A]hey[D]
[G]Hey, [A]oh hey

[Verse 5]
A [D]pistol was still [G]smoking,
[A]a man lay on the[D] floor
Mister Oswald said he [G]had an
[A]understanding with the law
[D]He said he [G]heard about a couple
living [Em]in the USA
He said [G]they traded in their
baby for [Em]a Chevrolet
Let's [A]talk about the [D]fu ture [A]now we've
put the past [D]away[A]
[D][A][G]

[Verse 6]
[G]Turn up the TV,
no one [D]listening will suspect
Even your [G]mother won't detect it
so [D]your father won't [Bm]know
[G]They think that I'v[Em]e got[D] no respect,
[C]but
Everything [G]means [D]less than zero
Hey, [G]oh [A]hey[D][G][A][D]
Hey, [G]oh [A]hey[D]
Hey, [G]oh [D]hey[A][D]
Hey, [G]oh [A]hey[D]
[G]Hey, [A]oh hey[D]
[G]Hey, [A]oh hey
[D]Hey[G], hey[A][D]
Hey, oh [A]hey
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