OLIVER’S ARMY Elvis Costello
| F /// | //// | Bb /// | C /// | (x2)
F Bb C F
||: / Dont start me | talk kk ing / | // I could | talk all ni gh | tt ~ ^My mind goes |
||: / There was a | check point Char lie | / he did nt | crack a sm il | ee ~ ^But its no |
Bb A7 Dm
| / sleep walk ing | / While Im / | putting the^world d to ^right.| tt Called ca reers |
| laugh ing par ty | / When youve been | on the^mur r der ^mile.| ee Only takes one |
G Dm G C
| in forma a^tion nn | / Have^you got yourself.| ff an^oc cc upa.|
| itchy trig ger rr | / One^more widow one | less white nig ger |
F
| aa tion // | Bb C F Bb C
| Oli vers^Ar r^my is | here to stay yy | Oli vers^Ar r^my are | on their way yy |
F Dm F Bb C F
| yy And I would | rather be any where | else ee But tt | here ee to o^o | day yy // |
Bb C6 C7
1. | //// | //// | // // :||
Bb C6 C Em D C B
2. | //// | //// | // // | / Hong Kong is | up for^grabs ss / | / Lon don is | full^of Ar abs / |
A D C D
| / We^could be in | ^Pal es ^tine ee / | over run by a | Chi nese line with^the |
C D
| boys from^the Mersey and^the | Thames and^the Tyne ee.| ee ee ee / |
G C D G
| / But theres no | dan nn ger / | / Its a pro | fes sional ll ca | reer ~ ^though it could |
C B7
| be arranged dd ~ ^with | just a^word d from ^Mis.| s ter Church ills ^ear.|
Em A Em
| rr If^youre out of^luck.| k or ^out t^of work.| kk We^could send you^to.|
A D G C D
| o^Jo / han nes | burg gg // | // // |
G C D G C D
| Oli vers^Ar r^my is | here to stay yy | Oli vers^Ar r^my are | on their way yy |
G Em G C D
| yy And I would | rather be any where | else ee But tt | here ee to o^o |
G Em G C D
||: day ~ ^and I would | rather be any where | else ee But tt | here ee to o^o :|| (x2)
G C D
| day yy yy yy | / ^Oh ~ Oh ~ oh ~ | oh hh hh / | ^oh ~ ^oh ~ ^oh h^h |
G C D
||: Oh hh hh hh | / ^Oh ~ Oh ~ oh ~ | oh hh hh / | ^oh ~ ^oh ~ ^oh h^h :|| repeat and fade
About this song:
Oliver's Army is performed by Elvis Costello.
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