Jack of All Parades   Elvis Costello

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 JACK OF ALL PARADES
 Elvis Costello
 From 'King Of America'
 
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 A D A
 When we first met I didn't know what to do
 D A
 My old love lines were all worn out on you
 D D/C# Bm
 And the world walked round at my mouth
 A E A
 They lit me up and they snuffed me out
 
 Chorus
 A E A
 And I was everybody's boy
 D D/C# Bm
 But soon that thrill just fades
 D E A E F#m
 To be the love of one true heart
 D E A
 Or the Jack of all parades
 
 [Do opening riff here]
 
 A
 You won't know who to thank
 D A
 You won't know who to blame
 D A
 It's just a part of the Murdering Game
 
 Cos down in the fleshpots
 D A
 Where they pay you in pounds
 
 They're laughing like drains
 D A
 And baying like bloodhounds
 D D/C# Bm
 For the Jack of all parades
 D E A A7
 The Jack of all parades
 
 D
 Once I knew a girl
 Dm
 That looked so much like Judy Garland
 A
 That people would stop and give her money
 D Dm
 And everybody was Frankie, Jimmy or Bobby
 A E
 Not the Jack, the Jack of all Parades,
 A D E
 Oh the Jack, the Jack of all Parades,
 A E A
 Oh the Jack, of all Parades.
 
 [Intro riff again]
 
 A D A
 Now the way that I feel is no longer news
 D A
 You know my love and how to refuse it
 
 Cause you know where the door is
 D A
 And how to use it
 D D/C# Bm
 Oh you know you do
 A
 But from my chequered past
 D A
 To this shattered terrace
 
 Where you can't keep your mind off
 D A
 the Crimes of Paris
 
 And you can't keep your peace
 D A
 And try to forget it
 
 And I can't forgive you
 D A
 For things you haven't done yet
 
 A E A
 Oh I was anybody's boy
 D D/C# Bm
 But soon that thrill just fades
 D E A E F#m
 To be the love of one true heart
 D E A
 Or the Jack of all parades
 
 A [tacet]
 When we first met I didn't know what to do
 A [tacet]
 My old love lines were all worn out on you
 D D/C# Bm
 And the world walked 'round my mouth
 A
 I didn't mean to say it
 E A
 I just blurted it out
 D D/C#
 As you pretended not to notice
 Bm
 Or be taken aback
 E A
 And I loved you there and then
 E A
 It's as simple as that
 
 A E A
 Oh I was everybody's boy
 D D/C# Bm
 But soon that thrill just fades
 D E A E F#m
 To be the love of one true heart
 D E A
 Or the Jack of all parades
 A E A E F#m
 To be the love of one true heart
 D E A
 Or the Jack of all parades
 D E A
 Oh the Jack of all parades