Goon Squad

Words & Music:

Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus (Elvis Costello)

(Transcribed by Ian Tanner)

Intro riff: [guitar melody - single notes over Em: E(low) E(high) D B E(low) C B G]

Em D Em

Mother, Father, I'm here in the zoo

D Em D Em

I can't come home 'cause I've grown up too soon

Em D Em

I got my sentence I got my command

D Em A

They said they'd make me major if I met all their demands

G D/F# A

I could be a corp'ral into corp'ral punishment

G D/F# A

Or the gen'ral manager of a large establishment

G D/F# A

They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod

But I never thought they'd put me in the

CHORUS:

Em D Em C G/B D G

Goon squad----. They've come to look you over and they're giving you the eye.

Em D Em C G/B D G

Goon squad----. They want you to come out to play You'd better say goodbye

INTRO RIFF:

Some grow up just like their dads And some grow up too tall

Some go drinking with the lads Some don't grow up at all

And you must find the proper place For everything you see

But you'll never get to make a lampshade out of me

I could join a chain of males or be the missing (a) link

Looking for a lucky girl to put me in the pink

They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod

But I never thought they'd put me in the

CHORUS:

INTRO

Mother, Father, I'm doing so well,

I'm making such progress now that you can hardly tell

I fit in a little dedication With one eye on the clock

They caught you under medication You could be in for a shock

Thinking up the alibis that ev'ryone's forgotten

Just another mummy's boy gone to rotten

They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod

But I never thought they'd put me in the

CHORUS: & OUTRO: [Intro riff repeated & out]