Turning The Town Red

Elvis Costello

Tom: D

Intro:          C - G/B - F9       A - G/B 
                C - G/B - F9       A - G/B 
 
 C    G/B  F9        A  G    C 
 You've been taught      that this won't do 
      F      F/E    Ebdim           Em 
 They put me in the picture but the film turned blue 
   Eb+             G 
 A glimpse of you, Turning The Town Red. 
   F                Fm                    C 
 A head full of brand new words and a mouth full of shocks 
   F            Fm              C 
 You're a big boy now, with a face to stop clocks. 
 
G 
Turning the town red. 
Fmaj7                           (Fm) 
Turning the town red. 
 
Fm                Cm/G                      Ab   Cm/G 
You made your bed, and now you'd better dream in it. 
        Fm                      Cm/G            Ab          G             F 
 The word that you once whispered, now you're screamin' it. 
 
C    G/B  F9        A  G   C 
Days drip down       the damp wallpaper. 
 F      F/E Ebdim                  Em           Eb+                     Em7/D 
 Pictures plastered on the ivy creeper between your old toy soldiers 
                C#m7/b5   
 and your mother's sleepers. 
 
G 
Turning the rown red. 
Fmaj7                           (Fm) 
Turning the town red. 
 
Fm                Cm/G            Ab            Cm/G 
You made your bed, you'd better face the consequence. 
Fm                        Cm/G     Ab     G             F 
A black pool opened at my feet into a dream sequence. 
 
G 
Turning the town red. 
Fmaj7                           D/F# 
Turning the town red. 
G 
Turning the town red. 
Fmaj7                           (Fm) 
Turning the town red. 
 
    C    G/B  F9        A  G 
You know I heard her call my     name 
                C 
At least, I think that's what she said. 
         F              F/E     Ebdim               Em    Eb+ 
Surely I'm the correlation that's gonna cause her shame 
    Em7/D            C#m7/b5 
So, what's she doing in my bed? 
 
G 
Turning the town red. 
Fmaj7                           D/F# 
Turning the town red. 
G 
Turning the town red. 
Fmaj7                           D/F# 
Turning the town red. 
G                               } 
Turning the town red.   }       Repeat until fade. 
F/G                             } 
Turning the town red.   }