Elvis Costello - New Amsterdam guitar tab

From: tim@groovcat.demon.co.uk (Tim Norris)@groovcat.demon.co.uk (Tim Norris)

Subject: CRD: New Amsterdam - Elvis Costello

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New Amsterdam

Elvis Costello

G Em C G

You're sending me tulips, mistaken for lilies,

G Em F D

You give me your lip after punching me silly,

G Em C G

You turned my head till it rolled down the brain drain,

G Em F D

If I had any sense now, I wouldn't want it back again.

G Bb Am G

New Amsterdam, it's become much too much,

G Bb Am G

Will I have the possession of everything she touches,

G Bb Am G

Till I step on the brake to get out of her clutches?

G Bb Am G

Can I speak Double Dutch to a real double duchess?

G Em C G

Down on the mainspring, listen to the tick tock,

G Em F D

Clock all the faces that move in on your block,

G Em C G

Twice shy and dog tired because you've been bitten,

G Em F D

Everything you say now sounds like it was ghost written.

G Bb Am G

New Amsterdam, it's become much too much,

G Bb Am G

Will I have the possession of everything she touches,

G Bb Am G

Till I step on the brake to get out of her clutches?

G Bb Am G

Can I speak Double Dutch to a real double duchess?

E E A E

Like, in London, they'll take you to heart after a little while,

E E C D C G D

Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile.

G Em C G

Somehow I found myself down at the dockside,

G Em F D

Thinking about the old days of Liverpool and Rotherhithe,

G Em C G

Transparent people who live on the other side,

G Em F D

Living a life that is almost like suicide,

G Bb Am G

New Amsterdam, it's become much too much,

G Bb Am G

Will I have the possession of everything she touches,

G Bb Am G

Till I step on the brake to get out of her clutches?

G Bb Am G

Can I speak Double Dutch to a real double duchess?