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Clubland

Elvis Costello & the Attractions
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Chords in this song11

Chords

C#m7b5 - x4545x
BaddE - x99870
AaddE - x77650

Intro

  

Verse

With a handful of backhanders 
And a bevy of beauty Going off-limits, going off duty
Going off the rails, going off with booty
The tell-tales of fiction found on all the criminal types
Lead to a higher ranking man Or a face within red stripes
The boys next door The mums and dads
New-weds and nearly-deads Have you ever been had
   
e|-------------|----------||[x2]
B|-------------|----------||
G|-------------|--------:-||
D|-------2--1--|----------||
A|--2--2-------|-4--------||
E|-------------|----------||
In Clubland... In Clubland

Verse 2

There's a piece in someone's pocket
To do the dirty work 
You've come to shoot the pony
They've come to do the jerk
They lead 'em halfway to paradise; they leave you halfway to bliss
The ladies' invitation 
Never seemed like this 

Chorus

The boys next door The mums and dads
New-weds and nearly-deads Have you ever been had
   
e|-------------|----------||[x2]
B|-------------|----------||
G|-------------|--------:-||
D|-------2--1--|----------||
A|--2--2-------|-4--------||
E|-------------|----------||
In Clubland In Clubland

Interlude

    
e|--7-----------|----------|-----------|-9--9---9--9--|-9--9---9--9-|
B|--8-----------|----------|-----------|-7--7---7--7--|-7--7---7--7-|
G|--9------8--6-|4---------|-----------|-9--9---9--9--|-9--9---9--9-|
D|--9-----------|----------|-2-4^r4----|-8--8---8--8--|-8--8---8--8-|
A|--7------6--4-|2---------|-------4---|--------------|-------------|
E|--------------|----------|-----------|--------------|-------------|
BaddE AaddE G F# D E D E
The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town
BaddE AaddE G F# D E D E
Mean.....while in Clubland they are ready to pull them down......hey!

Break

            
e|-1-----------|----------|-2--------|----------|--2-------|-----------|--2----|--3-2----|
B|-2-----------|----------|-3--------|----------|--3-------|-----------|--3----|---------|
G|-4-----------|----------|-4--------|----------|--4-------|---------0-|--4----|---------|
D|-4---2p0-----|----------|-4--------|----------|--4-------|-------0---|--4----|---------|
A|-2--------4--|--2h0p2---|-2--------|----------|--2-------|-2-2-4-----|--2----|---------|
E|-------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|-------|---------|

Verse 3

The right to work is traded in 
For the right to refuse admission
Don't pass out now- there's no refund
Did you find out what you were missing? 
The crowd is taking forty winks, minus ten percent
You barely get required sleep 
To go lingering with contentment 
Thursday to Saturday, money's gone already
Some things come in common these days
Your hands and work aren't steady

Chorus

The boys next door The mums and dads
New-weds and nearly-deads Have you ever been had
B G#m7 F# [x4] E Em Bm
e|-------------|----------||--0-------|--0-------|-2-------|
B|-------------|----------||--1-------|--0-------|-3-------|
G|-------------|--------:-||--2-------|--2-------|-4-------|
D|-------2--1--|----------||--2-------|--2-------|-4-------|
A|--2--2-------|-4--------||--0-------|--0-------|-2-------|
E|-------------|----------||----------|----------|---------|
In Clubland?

Legend

^r - bend and rlease
p - pull off
h - hammer

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