Town Cryer chords by Elvis Costello And The Attractions

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 FF C majorC

Chorus:
Cmaj7Cmaj7
I'm the town crier
FF             C majorC
And everybody knows
Cmaj7Cmaj7
I'm a little down
FF              C majorC
With a lifetime to go
A minorAm           Am/GAm/G                D/F#D/F#
Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place
A minorAm           Am/GAm/G          D/F#D/F#
Why don't you take a good look at my face
B minorBm            Bm/ABm/A          E/G#
Other boys use the splendour of their trembling lip
B minorBm                     Bm/ABm/A     E/G#
They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip

Verse 1:
E minorEm
I'm never going to cry again
B minorBm
I'm going to be as strong as them
E minorEm
They say they'd die for love and then they live it out
B minorBm
They'll give you something to cry about
A minorAm              Am/GAm/G     D/F#D/F#
And suddenly you really fall to pieces

Chorus:
Cmaj7Cmaj7
I'm the town crier
FF             C majorC
And everybody knows
Cmaj7Cmaj7
I'm a little down
FF              C majorC
With a lifetime to go
A minorAm           Am/GAm/G                D/F#D/F#
Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place
A minorAm           Am/GAm/G          D/F#D/F#
Why don't you take a good look at my face
B minorBm          Bm/ABm/A          E/G#
Other boys use the splendour of their trembling lip
B minorBm           Bm/ABm/A     E/G#
They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip

Verse 2:
E minorEm
Love and unhappiness go arm in arm
B minorBm
Long suffering friends of your fatal charm
E minorEm
Isn't it a pity that you're going to get hurt
B minorBm
Just a little boy lost in a big man's shirt
A minorAm              Am/GAm/G     D/F#D/F#
And suddenly you really fall to pieces

Chorus:
Cmaj7Cmaj7
I'm the town crier
FF             C majorC
And everybody knows
Cmaj7Cmaj7
I'm a little down
FF              C majorC
With a lifetime to go
A minorAm           Am/GAm/G                D/F#D/F#
Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place
A minorAm           Am/GAm/G          D/F#D/F#
Why don't you take a good look at my face
B minorBm          Bm/ABm/A          E/G#
Other boys use the splendour of their trembling lip
B minorBm           Bm/ABm/A     E/G#
They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip

Outro:
C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7  FF  C majorC