ALL THIS USELESS BEAUTY


         D (xx0232@1)                          D/C#It's (x40232@1)at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit
Bm (x24432@1)              D7/A
If she wasn't so ladylike
      G (320003@1)                       D/F#She (200232@1)imagines how she might have lived
                        Em (022000@1)  Em/F# (222000@1)  Em/G (322000@1)  Aback (x02220@1)when legends and history collide
         D (xx0232@1)                D/C# (x40232@1)                  BmSo (x24432@1)she looks to her prince finding since he's so charmingly
               D7/A
slumped at her side
       G (320003@1)                       D/F# (200232@1)             
Those days are recalled on the gallery wall
             Bm (x24432@1)      Bm/A (x04440@1)      EAnd (022100@1)she's waiting for passion or humor to strike


  A (x02220@1)                    G (320003@1)What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty?
 G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)   DAll (xx0232@1)this useless beauty


       D (xx0232@1)                    D/C#Good (x40232@1)Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time
          Bm (x24432@1)             D7/A
'Til he almost began to negotiate
G (320003@1)                     D/F# (200232@1)                Em (022000@1) Em/F# (222000@1)Em/G (322000@1)      AShe (x02220@1)held his head like a baby and said "It's okay  if     you cry"
          D (xx0232@1)                   D/C#Now (x40232@1)he wants her to dress as if you couldn't guess
     Bm (x24432@1)                    D7/A
He desires to impress his associates
          G (320003@1)                 D/F#But (200232@1)he's part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased
         Bm (x24432@1)          Bm/A (x04440@1)     ESo (022100@1)she finds that the mixture is hard to deny


CHORUS

             C (x32010@1)                         D (xx0232@1)        GShe (320003@1)won't practice the looks from the great tragic books
           G (320003@1)      G/F# (320002@1)        EmThat (022000@1)were later disgraced to face celluloid
          C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)         GIt (320003@1)won't even make sense but you can bet
        C (x32010@1)                    D (xx0232@1)        GIf (320003@1)she isn't a sweetheart or plaything or pet
     C (x32010@1)                    AThe (x02220@1)film turns her into an unveiled threat


  D (xx0232@1)               D/C#Nonsense (x40232@1)prevails, modesty fails
            Bm (x24432@1)               AGrace (x02220@1)and virtue turn into stupidity
           G (320003@1)                  D/F# (200232@1)              Em (022000@1) Em/F# (222000@1) Em/G (322000@1) AWhile (x02220@1)the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise
         D (xx0232@1)                       D/C#And (x40232@1)our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts
            Bm (x24432@1)                        AThey (x02220@1)still think they're the gods of antiquity
    G (320003@1)                        D/F#If (200232@1)something you missed didn't even exist
        Bm (x24432@1)   Bm/A (x04440@1)          EIt (022100@1)was just an ideal -- is it such a surprise?


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