x------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kinder Murder - Elvis Costello ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Elkor Email: [email protected] Tuning: Standard A F#m A F#m A F#m Here in the bar the boys like to have fun A F#m There's a wager lost and an argument won A F#m There's a stone washed damsel on a junk food run D E It's a kinder murder A F#m There's a ladder to heaven from a battered stiletto A F#m Spitting out the words that he put into her mouth A F#m See her in silhouette going down south D E It's a kinder murder D C/Am It's a kinder murder G Em G Em She coulda kept her knees together coulda kept her mouth shut C Am It's a kinder murder C A It's a kinder murder Jimmy took her down to the perimeter fence He was back in half an hour her said he left her senseless Then he went back to his regiment It's a kinder murder The officer said it had to be denied There's a tear stained would be teenage bride All her family pride in a little ram rider It's a kinder murder It's a kinder murder She coulda kept her knees together coulda kept her mouth shut It's a kinder murder It's a kinder murder The child went missing and the photo fit his face Dishonoured Jimmy just read about the case He said that he was just taking up space It's a kinder murder Jimmy took his best friends keys from the pile On the table in a flash he was dreaming of the pig skin Seats and the walnut dash with the knickers in her Handbag and the one false eyelash It's a kinder murder It's a kinder murder She coulda kept her knees together coulda kept her mouth shut It's a kinder murder It's a kinder murder It's a kinder murder It's a kinder murder