Preferred chord shapes:
Gdim: 002323 Em11: 000000
[D] [5x][E]
[E]I got me a [F#m]job on the local [G#m7]paper [C#m7]
[A] Everybody there [B7]thinks I'm nice
[G#m7] But they'd better look [C#m7]twice
`Cos it isn't [A]me
I wanna [Gdim]be [slide Gdim chord shape up from 2 to 5 to 8th frets]
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-l[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Scandal m.[Em11]ak...[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-l[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Money t.[Em11]ak...[E]er
[E]You keep writing me [F#m]letters but I haven't got [G#m7]time[C#m7]
[A] I'm busy looking at [B7]photographs
[G#m7] But they'd better not [C#m7]be from the BB[A]C
You're gonna hear from [Gdim]me [Gdim slide]
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-[E]ler
[E] [Em11] [A] Scandal m.a[m11]k...[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-l[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Money t.[Em11]ak...[E]er
[A]Better not turn around
I'll [C#m7]stab you in the back
And you [A]don't know what I'm hiding
[B7]Under my plastic mac, [A]under my plastic mac
[E] I got a very good [F#m]friend in the CI[G#m7]A[C#m7]
[A] And he says that he [B7]never takes bribes
[G#m7] But he's telling [C#m7]lies
Cos he's into [A]me
He knows I wanna [Gdim]be [Gdim slide]
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-[E]ler
[E] [Em11] [A] Scandal m.a[Em11]k...e[E]r
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-l[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Money t[Em11].ak..[E]er
If your [A]brother's wearing dresses
And your [C#m7]neighbour's swapped his wife
Well I'm g[A]onna make the headlines
[B7]With your private life [A]With your other wife
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-[E]ler
[E] [Em11] [A] Scandal m.[Em11]ak...[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-[E]ler
[E] [Em11] [A] Money t[Em11].ak..[E]er [rpt chorus 4x]
[[A]End piece slide gutiar [E]riff]
Gdim: 002323 Em11: 000000
[D] [5x][E]
[E]I got me a [F#m]job on the local [G#m7]paper [C#m7]
[A] Everybody there [B7]thinks I'm nice
[G#m7] But they'd better look [C#m7]twice
`Cos it isn't [A]me
I wanna [Gdim]be [slide Gdim chord shape up from 2 to 5 to 8th frets]
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-l[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Scandal m.[Em11]ak...[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-l[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Money t.[Em11]ak...[E]er
[E]You keep writing me [F#m]letters but I haven't got [G#m7]time[C#m7]
[A] I'm busy looking at [B7]photographs
[G#m7] But they'd better not [C#m7]be from the BB[A]C
You're gonna hear from [Gdim]me [Gdim slide]
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-[E]ler
[E] [Em11] [A] Scandal m.a[m11]k...[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-l[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Money t.[Em11]ak...[E]er
[A]Better not turn around
I'll [C#m7]stab you in the back
And you [A]don't know what I'm hiding
[B7]Under my plastic mac, [A]under my plastic mac
[E] I got a very good [F#m]friend in the CI[G#m7]A[C#m7]
[A] And he says that he [B7]never takes bribes
[G#m7] But he's telling [C#m7]lies
Cos he's into [A]me
He knows I wanna [Gdim]be [Gdim slide]
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-[E]ler
[E] [Em11] [A] Scandal m.a[Em11]k...e[E]r
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-l[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Money t[Em11].ak..[E]er
If your [A]brother's wearing dresses
And your [C#m7]neighbour's swapped his wife
Well I'm g[A]onna make the headlines
[B7]With your private life [A]With your other wife
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-[E]ler
[E] [Em11] [A] Scandal m.[Em11]ak...[E]er
[E] [Em11] [A] Headline hust-[E]ler
[E] [Em11] [A] Money t[Em11].ak..[E]er [rpt chorus 4x]
[[A]End piece slide gutiar [E]riff]