Green Shirt chords by Elvis Costello

Chords with lyrics

Here's Elvis Costello's "Green Shirt" from the demo version off
the Ryko reissued of "This Years Model". The original version is
on "Armed Forces" and has very little guitar. For the demo
version, there is an extra verse (the last one). Be sure to
concentrate on the bass strings of the chords and use the up and
down picking motion EC does (listen to the record for details)




*verse 1*
C majorC
There's a smart young ...

               FF
That comes into my ...

    C majorC
And she takes all the red, ...

                  FF
And she turns them ...

*chorus*
    C majorC
And you ...

    FF
And ...

    Bb majorBb      Bb/A      Bb/G  FF
And you shine all the ...

    Bb majorBb          FF            C majorC
You can please yourself, but ...

    Bb majorBb     FF      C majorC
Better cut off all ...

  Bb majorBb        FF       G+G
Before they get you on ..


*same as first verse*
Cause somewhere in the ....

    C majorC
And you t...

    FF
And you ...

     Bb majorBb      Bb/A    Bb/G   FF
And you shine all ...

     Bb majorBb         FF            C majorC
You can tease yourself, but ...

Bb majorBb         FF
Never said I ..

Bb majorBb         FF
Never said I ...

Bb majorBb      FF
Everybody is under ....

C majorC              FF
You don't ....


    C majorC
And you t...

    FF
And you flirt

     Bb majorBb      Bb/A    Bb/G   FF
And you shine all the buttons ....

    Bb majorBb          FF            C majorC
You can please yourself, but ....

    Bb majorBb       FF       C majorC      FF
Better send the naked ledger ...

Bb majorBb      FF        C majorC     FF
Who put these ....

*same as verse 1*
There are wives in ...

There are wives .....


    C majorC
And you tease

    FF
And you flirt

    Bb majorBb      Bb/A    Bb/G    FF
And you shine all the ...

    Bb majorBb          FF            C majorC
You can please yourself, but ....

*same*
You can please yourself, but ....