From: William Vaughan

Here’s Elvis Costello’s "Green Shirt" from the demo version off

the Ryko reissued of "This Years Model". The original version is

on "Armed Forces" and has very little guitar. For the demo

version, there is an extra verse (the last one). Be sure to

concentrate on the bass strings of the chords and use the up and

down picking motion EC does (listen to the record for details)

*verse 1*

C

There’s a smart young woman on a light blue screen

	F
That comes into my room every	night

	C
And she	takes all the red, yellow, orange and green

	F
And she turns them into black and	white.

*chorus*

	C
And you	tease

	F
And you	flirt

	Bb	Bb/A	Bb/G	F
And you	shine all the	buttons on your	green	shirt

	Bb	F	C
You can	please yourself, but	somebody’s going to get	it

	Bb	F	C
Better	cut off all	identifying	labels

Bb	F	G
Before they get you	on the torture	table

*same as first verse*

Cause somewhere in the quisling clinic

There’s a short time typist taking seconds over minutes

She’s listening into the Venus line

She’s picking out names, I hope none of them are mine

	C
And you	tease

	F
And you	flirt

	Bb	Bb/A	Bb/G	F
And you	shine all the	buttons on	your green	shirt

	Bb	F	C
You can	please yourself, but	somebody’s going to get	it

Bb	F
Never said I was a	stool pigeon

Bb	F
Never said I was a	diplomat

Bb	F
Everybody is	under suspicion but

C	F
You don’t want to hear about	that

	C
And you	tease

	F
And you	flirt

	Bb	Bb/A	Bb/G	F
And you	shine all the	buttons on	your green	shirt

	Bb	F	C
You can	please yourself, but	somebody’s going to get	it

	Bb	F	C	F
Better	send a begging	letter to the	big	investigation

Bb	F	C	F
Who put these	finger prints on	my	imagination

*same as verse 1*

There are wires in the windows

There are wires in the walls

There are wires in the kitchens

And wires in the halls

There are wires on poles

There are wires in your face

There are wires in holes

Coming out all over the place

	C
And you	tease

	F
And you	flirt

	Bb	Bb/A	Bb/G	F
And you	shine all the	buttons on	your green	shirt

	Bb	F	C
You can	please yourself, but	somebody’s going to get	it

*same*

You can please yourself, but somebody’s going to get it

Source: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/e/elvis_costello/green_shirt_crd.htm