Secondary Modern chords by Elvis Costello

Intro riff


e|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
B|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
G|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|
D|------3---|---------------|------3---|-----------3--|
A|--3-3---3-|--3-3-5-3-5-3--|--3-3---3-|-3-3-5-3-5----|
E|----------|---------------|----------|--------------|


Intro:

C  F/G C    Dm7 C Dm7 G C  F/G C

Verse:

C                F/G   C
This must be the place
                    Dm7 C Dm7 G
Second place in the human race
C           F/G C
Down in the basement
                Dm7 C Dm7 C
Now I know what he meant

Chorus:

F         Bb/C F
Secondary modern
                    Gm7 F   Gm7  F   G        C
But there must be a problem till the girls go home

Verse:

            F/G C           Dm7 C Dm7 G C
This is the hand that you never shook
          F/G    C                Dm7 C Dm7 C F
You never gave me the chance that I took
F         Bb/C  F
Secondary mod - ern
                     Gm7 F Gm7 F G             C
But there won't be a problem till the girls go home

Bridge:

Am               D
Is it out of the question
Em              C
Between you and me
Eb                F
Is it pleasure or business
Eb             G
Or a packet of three?

Verse:

C    F/G   C              Dm7 C Dm7 G
No - bod - y makes me sad like you
C      F/G              C                 Dm7 C Dm7 C
Now my whole world goes from blue to blue

Chorus:

F         Bb/C  F
Secondary mod - ern
                     Gm7 F   Gm7   F  G        C
But there won't be a problem till the girls go home
F         Bb/C  F
Secondary mod - ern
                     Gm7 F   Gm7   F  G        C
But there won't be a problem till the girls go home
        G        C
Til the girls go home
        G        C
Til the girls go home
        G        C
Til the girls go home
        G        C
Til the girls go home
        G        C
Til the girls go home
        G        C
Til the girls go home