Elvis Costello - Coal-train robberies

Yesterday's ^Amcoal train came to ^Grest in the bitter ^FCutting And as the ^Csignals ^Gtook an ^Fage to ^Gchange ^Eit was ^E7Easy pickings ^FSo you go to the movies where they smash it up ^GYou want to feel your heart pumping it makes

^CAll through the karaoke girls were ^Gsquealing The hits ^CAs another Mercedes-^GBenz gets blown to ^Ebit^E7s While all the ^Amtime in the camp town ^Gtheaters Of ^FPiccadilly They're going to ^Cthrow a ^Gblack-face ^Fminstrel ^GShow for the ^Ebarefoot children That they're ^E7always selling They^F'll say "It's quaint" as the guilty ones faint And ^Gclaim they ain't underneath this paint We inte^Crrupt these ^Gliberal saints with their ^FWhips and ^Ewatermelon

^AmReports are coming in ^Fof a ^Dmcoal-train ^Grobbery ^AmIt's like ^Fanother world, ^Dmor it had ^Gbetter be

So we r^Ameturn to whitewashed ^Gpout of his Committed li^Fps Since he was ^Cdeclared the ^Glong lost ^Ffountain Of ^Gyouth that ^Edrips and drips and ^E7drips They'll be ^Fsending him round from door to door To ^Gsell you back what's already yours ^C"So many good deeds, so ^Glittle time" Say the ^Cadvertising agency ^Gswine ^{E E7} When ^Fman has destroyed what he thinks he owns I ^Ghope no living thing cries over his bones If you ^Cdon't believe that I'm ^Ggoing for good You can ^Ccount the days I'm gone and ^Gchop up The chairs for ^Efirewoo^E7d

^AmReports are coming in ^Fof a ^Dmcoal-train ^Grobbery ^AmIt's like ^Fanother world, ^Dmor it had ^Gbetter be