Green Shirt Uke tab by Elvis Costello

3 Chords used in the song: Bb, F, C

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3
(Beginner)
Key: F, DmChords
[verse1]
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC F chordF
There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen
C chordC F chordF
Who comes into my house every night.
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC F chordF
And she takes all the red, yellow, orange and green
C chordC F chordF
And she turns them into black and white.

[Chorus]
C chordC F chordF
But you tease, and you flirt
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC F chordF
And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC
You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it

[post chorus]
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC
Better cut off all identifying labels
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC
Before they put you on the torture table

[Verse 2]
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC F chordF
'Cause somewhere in the Quisling Clinic
C chordC
There's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes
F chordF x2
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC F chordF
She's listening in to the Venus line
C chordC
She's picking out names
F chordF
I hope none of them are mine
Fx2

[Chorus]
But you tease...

[bridge]
Bb chordBb F chordF
Never said I was a stool pigeon
Bb chordBb F chordF
I never said I was a diplomat
Bb chordBb F chordF
Everybody is under suspicion
C chordC F chordF
But you don't wanna hear about that

[Chorus]
'Cause you tease, and you flirt ...

[post chorus]
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC F chordF
Better send a begging letter to the big investigation
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC F chordF
Who put these fingerprints on my imagination?

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC F chordF
There are wires in the windows, there are wires in the wall
C chordC F chordF
There are wires in the kitchen and wires in the halls
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC F chordF
There are wires on poles and wires on your face
C chordC F chordF
There are wires in the holes coming out all over the place

[Chorus]
But you ...

[Outro]
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC
You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it
Bb chordBb F chordF C chordC
You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it
...

Uke tab by , 13 Oct 2025

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Verse 3 was not on the original track of "Armed Forces" in 1979. Also since then, the line "Hope none of them are mine.." was changed to "...hope *ALL* of them are mine.
13 Oct 2025
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