Less Than Zero
Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo, |
First known performance: Alternate versions
see also: Less Than Zero (Dallas Version) |
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Covers
Template:Elvis Costello covers: Less Than Zero
Chords
tabbed by phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders)
|F Bb C| F C|F Bb C| F C| F Bb C F Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo, C F Bb C F There is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo, C Bb Gm Carving "V" for vandal on the guilty boy's head. Bb Gm When he's had enough of that, maybe you'll take him to bed C Dm/F C Dm/F C To teach him he's alive before he wishes he was dead. |C FC| - | Bb F Turn up the T.V. No one list'ning will suspect. Bb F Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know. Bb F They think that I've got no respect, Ebm F But ev'rything means less than zero. Bb F C F Hey, ooh hey, C F Bb F C Hey, ooh hey.
Translation
Internal links
- Elvis Costello Home Page: My Aim Is True • lyrics • chords • MAIT info page • Viva England • Rykodisc/Demon MAIT reissue • Rhino/Edsel MAIT reissue
- Elvis Costello Home Page: Less Than Zero single • Alison German single
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