Senior Service

Words & Music:

Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus (Elvis Costello)

 

F    Gm  [single note riff: C D F G A C D F]  [repeat 4x]

 

CHORUS:

F      Gm       [single note riff]

Senior service, Junior dissatisfaction.

F                 Gm

It's a breath you took too late.  It's a death that's worse than fate.

Senior service, Junior dissatisfaction.

F                Gm

Though it may be second-hand, it's by no means second-rate.

 

            Dm                          G

I want your neck.  I want the seat that you sit at

I want your cheque, because they told me I would get on.

I wanna chop off your head and watch it roll into the basket.

    C

If you should drop dead tonight, then they won't have to ask me twice.

 

CHORUS:

 

BRIDGE:  F  Bb  [2x]

 

     F                                           Bb

They took me in the office and they told me very carefully

    F                                           Bb

The way that I could benefit from death and disability

 

CHORUS:

 

I want your company car.  I want your girlfriend and love.

I want your place at the bar, because there's always another man.

To chop off your head and watch it roll into the basket.

If you should drop dead tonight, then they won't have to ask me twice.

 

CHORUS:  [then, fade out on bridge chords]

 

Fade-out :