Key:
Introduction:
E F#m G#m7 C#m7
I got me a job on the local paper
A B7
Everybody there thinks I'm nice
G#m7 C#m7
But they'd better look twice
A
`Cos it isn't me
E Em7(11) A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em7(11) A Em7(11) E
Scandal m.ak...er
E Em7(11) A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em7(11) A Em7(11) E
Money t.ak...er
E F#m G#m7 C#m7
You keep writing me letters but I haven't got time
A B7
I'm busy looking at photographs
G#m7 C#m7 A
But they'd better not be from the BBC
E Em7(11) A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em7(11) A E
Scandal m.ak...er
E Em7(11) A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em7(11) A Em7(11) E
Money t.ak...er
A
Better not turn around
C#m7
I'll stab you in the back
A
And you don't know what I'm hiding
B7 A
Under my plastic mac, under my plastic mac
E F#m G#m7 C#m7
I got a very good friend in the CIA
A B7
And he says that he never takes bribes
G#m7 C#m7
But he's telling lies
A
Cos he's into me
E Em7(11) A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em7(11) A Em7(11) E
Scandal m.ak...er
E Em7(11) A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em7(11) A Em7(11) E
Money t.ak..er
A
If your brother's wearing dresses
C#m7
And your neighbour's swapped his wife
A
Well I'm gonna make the headlines
B7 A
With your private life With your other wife
E Em7(11) A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em7(11) A Em7(11) E
Scandal m.ak...er
E Em7(11) A E
Headline hust-ler
E Em7(11) A Em7(11) E
Money t.ak..er [rpt chorus 4x]