Peace In Our Time chords by Elvis Costello

A beautifully haunting little ballad by EC&A.  One of my faves from Goodbye Cruel
World, and it was pretty easy to figure out.  Song is in 3/4 time and the key of D Major.

Intro:
F        C   A

Verse 1:
D
Out of the aeroplane stepped Chamberlain with a condemned man's stare
    D                        D
But we all cheered wildly, a photograph was taken,
      D7                             G
as he waved a piece of paper in the air
        Em                     Em/Eb                 Em7       A
Now the Disco Machine lives in Munich and we are all friends
      A7                                              A
And I slip on my Italian dancing shoes as the evening descends

Chorus:
        D                Dmaj7     D6       D7/A
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime
    G            Bm             Em      A
And we can thank God that we've finally got
         D
peace in our time

Verse 2:
          D
There's a man going round taking names no
matter who you claim to be
    D
As innocent as babies, a mad dog with rabies,
       D7                           G
you're still a part of some conspiracy
     Em                            Em/Eb
Meanwhile there's a light over the ocean
                          Em7          A
burning brighter than the sun
      A7
And a man sits alone in a bar and says "Oh God,
               A
what have we done?"

Chorus:
        D                Dmaj7     D6       D7/A
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime
    G            Bm             Em      A
And we can thank God that we've finally got
         D
peace in our time

Instrumental Bridge:
D      A7   F#
Bm     E   A     Bm

Verse 3:
        D
They're lighting a bonfire upon every hilltop in the land
     D
Just another tiny island invaded when he's got
    D7                 G
the whole world in his hands
        Em                          Em/Eb
And the Heavyweight Champion fights in the
                   Em7             A
International Propaganda Star Wars
          A7
There's already one spaceman in the White
                                   A
House, what do you want another one for?

Chorus:
        D                Dmaj7     D6       D7/A
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime
    G            Bm             Em      A
And we can thank God that we've finally got

Outro:
         D
peace in our time.

A7    F#
Bm    E
A     Bm
F#    D
A7    D