Intro: 5x I got me a job on the local paper Everybody there thinks I'm nice But they'd better look twice `Cos it isn't me I wanna be slide chord shape up from 2 to 5 to 8th frets Headline hust-ler Scandal m.ak...er Headline hust-ler Money t.ak...er You keep writing me letters but I haven't got time I'm busy looking at photographs But they'd better not be from the BBC You're gonna hear from me slide Headline hust-ler Scandal m.ak...er Headline hust-ler Money t.ak...er Better not turn around I'll stab you in the back And you don't know what I'm hiding Under my plastic mac, under my plastic mac I got a very good friend in the CIA And he says that he never takes bribes But he's telling lies Cos he's into me He knows I wanna be slide Headline hust-ler Scandal m.ak...er Headline hust-ler Money t.ak..er If your brother's wearing dresses And your neighbour's swapped his wife Well I'm gonna make the headlines With your private life With your other wife Headline hust-ler Scandal m.ak...er Headline hust-ler Money t.ak..er rpt Chorus 4x End piece slide gutiar riff