Gdim: 002323      Em11: 000000


D    E
 [5x]

E          F#m              G#m7   C#m7
I got me a job on the local paper 
A                B7 
 Everybody there thinks I'm nice
G#m7                    C#m7
 But they'd better look twice
              A
`Cos it isn't me
        Gdim
I wanna be [slide Gdim chord shape up from 2 to 5 to 8th frets]
E Em11 A               E
        Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A           Em11 E
        Scandal  m.ak...er
E Em11 A               E
        Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A         Em11 E
        Money  t.ak...er   

E                   F#m                       G#m7  C#m7
You keep writing me letters but I haven't got time
A                    B7
 I'm busy looking at photographs
G#m7                   C#m7          A
 But they'd better not be from the BBC
                       Gdim
You're gonna hear from me    [Gdim slide]


E Em11 A              E
        Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A            m11 E
        Scandal  m.ak...er
E Em11 A               E
        Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A         Em11 E
        Money  t.ak...er  


A
Better not turn around
     C#m7
I'll stab you in the back
        A
And you don't know what I'm hiding
B7                    A
Under my plastic mac, under my plastic mac
E                  F#m             G#m7   C#m7
 I got a very good friend in the CIA
A                    B7
 And he says that he never takes bribes
G#m7              C#m7
 But he's telling lies
               A
 Cos he's into me
                 Gdim
He knows I wanna be  [Gdim slide]

E Em11 A              E
        Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A            Em11 E
        Scandal  m.ak...er
E Em11 A               E
        Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A        Em11 E
        Money  t.ak..er  


        A
If your brother's wearing dresses
         C#m7
And your neighbour's swapped his wife
          A
Well I'm gonna make the headlines
B7                     A
With your private life With your other wife

E Em11 A              E
        Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A           Em11 E
        Scandal  m.ak...er
E Em11 A              E
        Headline hust-ler
E Em11 A        Em11 E
        Money  t.ak..er       [rpt chorus 4x] 

 A                      E
[End piece slide gutiar riff]