DE
[5x]
EF#mG#m7C#m7
I got me a job on the local paper
AB7
Everybody there thinks I'm nice
G#m7C#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]
EEm11AE
Headline hust-ler
EEm11AEm11E
Scandal m.ak...er
EEm11AE
Headline hust-ler
EEm11AEm11E
Money t.ak...er
EF#mG#m7C#m7
You keep writing me letters but I haven't got time
AB7
I'm busy looking at photographs
G#m7C#m7A
But they'd better not be from the BBCGdim
You're gonna hear from me [Gdim slide]
EEm11AE
Headline hust-ler
EEm11A m11 E
Scandal m.ak...er
EEm11AE
Headline hust-ler
EEm11AEm11E
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
B7A
Under my plastic mac, under my plastic mac
EF#mG#m7C#m7
I got a very good friend in the CIAAB7
And he says that he never takes bribes
G#m7C#m7
But he's telling lies
A
Cos he's into me
Gdim
He knows I wanna be [Gdim slide]
EEm11AE
Headline hust-ler
EEm11AEm11E
Scandal m.ak...er
EEm11AE
Headline hust-ler
EEm11AEm11E
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
B7A
With your private life With your other wife
EEm11AE
Headline hust-ler
EEm11AEm11E
Scandal m.ak...er
EEm11AE
Headline hust-ler
EEm11AEm11E
Money t.ak..er [rpt Chorus 4x]
AE
[End piece slide gutiar riff]
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