Tear Off Your Own Head chords by Elvis Costello

Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution)
When I Was Cruel  2002
Lyrics and Music by the incomparable Elvis Costello

Chords figured out by Michael Jorgensen from Elvis Costello's
appearance on Bravo "Musicians" in May 2002

Corrections are always welcome!


Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution)

opening played 2X

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    A                          A
Who dries your eyes...When you cry...
     A
Who Knows or... what an
G              A
imitation is....  (opening riff)
A
Only you do...

        A                 A
You can paint... Make him wear...
A
Why waste time...
G                     A
altering the hemline... (opening riff)
A
Or do you?

CHORUS:
              E
Tear off your own head
              A
Tear off your own head
       D        E A
It's a doll revolution (opening riff)


A       A              A
You can bat... You can cut...
        A              G                A
You can pull...w/ your moveable fingers    (opening riff)
A
It looks so real
    A               A
But one won't... So collect..
A
Dress him up in pink...
A       G                A
Put him in a kitchenette    (opening riff)
A
How does this feel?

CHORUS


D                        A
What's that sound? It'll turn...
       E             A
It's a doll revolution
        D
They're taking...
            A
And they're tearing it down
       E             A
It's a doll revolution  (opening riff)


        A                   A
You can pull and... Till he cries...
        A
You can twist his body
        G         A
till it faces...      (opening riff)
A
Pl...

A                 A
You could make... a pr...
A
But d....
         G               A
tell you how to live...     (opening riff)
A
Broken pieces


CHORUS


D                        A
What's that sound? It'll turn...
       E             A
It's a doll revolution
        D
They're taking...
            A
And they're tearing it down
       E             A
It's a doll revolution  (opening riff)