Headline Hustler chords by 10cc

Headline Hustler

10cc


Preferred chord shapes:
Gdim: 002323   Em11: 000000


D  E
 [5x]

E     F#m       G#m7  C#m7
I got me a job on the local paper
A        B7
 Everybody there thinks I'm nice
G#m7          C#m7
 But they'd better look twice
       A
'Cos it isn't me
    Gdim
I wanna be [slide Gdim chord shape up from 2 to 5 to 8th frets]
E Em11 A        E
    Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A      Em11 E
    Scandal m.ak...er
E Em11 A        E
    Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A     Em11 E
    Money t.ak...er

E          F#m            G#m7 C#m7
You keep writing me letters but I haven't got time
A          B7
 I'm busy looking at photographs
G#m7          C#m7     A
 But they'd better not be from the BBC
            Gdim
You're gonna hear from me  [Gdim slide]


E Em11 A       E
    Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A      m11 E
    Scandal m.ak...er
E Em11 A        E
    Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A     Em11 E
    Money t.ak...er


A
Better not turn around
   C#m7
I'll stab you in the back
    A
And you don't know what I'm hiding
B7          A
Under my plastic mac, under my plastic mac
E         F#m       G#m7  C#m7
 I got a very good friend in the CIA
A          B7
 And he says that he never takes bribes
G#m7       C#m7
 But he's telling lies
        A
 Cos he's into me
         Gdim
He knows I wanna be [Gdim slide]

E Em11 A       E
    Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A      Em11 E
    Scandal m.ak...er
E Em11 A        E
    Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A    Em11 E
    Money t.ak..er


    A
If your brother's wearing dresses
     C#m7
And your neighbour's swapped his wife
     A
Well I'm gonna make the headlines
B7           A
With your private life With your other wife

E Em11 A       E
    Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A      Em11 E
    Scandal m.ak...er
E Em11 A       E
    Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A    Em11 E
    Money t.ak..er    [rpt chorus 4x]

 A           E
[End piece slide gutiar riff]