Lirik dan Chord Lagu Less Than Zero - Elvis Costello

Lagu yang direkam di studio Pathway, London, ini dimuat dalam debut albumnya yang bertajuk My Aim is True.

Album tersebut dirilis secara resmi pada 22 Juli 1977 melalui label musik Columbia Records.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Less Than Zero” dari Elvis Costello:

|F Bb C| F C|F Bb C| F C|

F                      Bb                        C                F
Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo,
          C       F           Bb                   C               F
There is a vacancy waiting in the English voodoo,
C         Bb                                 Gm
Carving "V" for vandal on the guilty boy's head.
                 Bb                                                  Gm
When he's had enough of that, maybe you'll take him to bed
        C                     Dm/F  C                                  Dm/F C
To teach him he's alive before he wishes he was dead.

|C F C| - |

Bb                                    F
Turn up the T.V. No one list'ning will suspect.
                  Bb                                              F
Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know.
Bb                                F
They think that I've got no respect,
     Ebm                          F
But ev'rything means less than zero.
      Bb     F   C   F
Hey, ooh hey,
C   F Bb   F   C
Hey, ooh hey.

F                        Bb             C           F
Oswald and his sister are doing it again
C                        F                   Bb                      C              F
They've got the finest home movies that you have ever seen
C                     Bb                              Gm
They've got a thousand variations, every service with a smile
              Bb                                          Gm
They're gonna take a little break and they'll be back after a while
         C                 Dm/F   C                         Dm/F C
Well, I hear that South America is coming into style

|C F C| - |

Bb                                    F
Turn up the T.V. No one list'ning will suspect.
                 Bb                                               F
Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know.
Bb                                F
They think that I've got no respect,
     Ebm                         F
But ev'rything means less than zero.
    Bb   F    C    F
Hey, ooh hey,
  C  F  Bb  F   C
Hey, ooh hey.

F                   Bb                      C                   F
A pistol was still smoking, a man lay on the floor
C                 F            Bb         C                    F
Mr. Oswald said he had an understanding with the law
C                Bb                                Gm
He said he heard about a couple living in the USA
                     Bb                                      Gm
He said they traded in their baby for a Chevrolet
         C                      Dm/F          C                    Dm/F C
Let's talk about the future, now we've put the past away

|C F C| - |

Bb                                    F
Turn up the T.V. No one list'ning will suspect.
                  Bb                                               F
Even your mother won't detect it, so your father won't know.
Bb                                F
They think that I've got no respect,
    Ebm                          F
But ev'rything means less than zero.
    Bb   F   C   F
Hey, ooh hey,
 C   F   Bb  F  C
Hey, ooh hey.

Hey, oo hey-ey
Hey, oo hey-ey