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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 10:08:49 -0400
From: "Denis J. O'Connell" 

Suffering Face
by Elvis Costello
>From "The King of America" Reissue
Transcribed by Denis O'Connell (denis@natural.com)

           E (022100@1)       B7 (x21202@1)    A (x02220@1)                   EThere's (022100@1)an old man's fantasy put in a young girl's mouth
     C#m (x13321@4)      G#m (133111@4)            A (x02220@1)          Elike (022100@1)cheap pink lipstick smeared on a wedding dress
     C#m (x13321@4)                G#mWill (133111@4)you look what you've done to her,
        Awill (x02220@1)you look at this disgrace.
    E (022100@1)      B7 (x21202@1)      A (x02220@1)        Ef# g#A
Oh, it's all over your suffering face.
Ef# g#A

           E (022100@1)                B7If (x21202@1)we were chrome we would be rusted,
           A (x02220@1)                Eif (022100@1)we were thirst we would be quenched.
          C#m (x13321@4)             G#mYou (133111@4)don't need the same old rivet gun,
           A (x02220@1)       Eyou (022100@1)need a brand new wrench.
    C#m (x13321@4)           G#mSomeone (133111@4)to pull you down on the ground
     Aand (x02220@1)cover you with kisses.
E (022100@1)                          AOnce (x02220@1)I was the jewel of your heart,

now I'm only semi-precious.

   C#m (x13321@4)        G#m (133111@4) ABut (x02220@1)if I seem so preoccupied,
C#m (x13321@4)         G#m (133111@4)       A (x02220@1)          Eit's (022100@1)just my alibi, I'm all broken up inside.
         C#m (x13321@4)    G#m (133111@4)      A (x02220@1)        EEven (022100@1)the words of love, seem cruel and crass,
        C#m (x13321@4)              G#m (133111@4)    A (x02220@1)      AsusA
when you're tough and transparent as armored glass.
E (022100@1)           B7 (x21202@1)         A (x02220@1)             EI (022100@1)prepared a bed for you, then I sprayed perfume
    C#m (x13321@4)      G#m (133111@4)            A (x02220@1)          Eupon (022100@1)the wilted roses that I'd scattered 'round the room.
C#m (x13321@4)                   G#mYou (133111@4)came in gentle as a lamb,
        A (x02220@1)          Eand (022100@1)turned into a terror.
E (022100@1)                  B7 (x21202@1)                       Aand (x02220@1)you left your "love another" threats in the steam
                        AsusA
fading on my bathroom mirror.

            E (022100@1)       B7 (x21202@1)             A (x02220@1)          EBut (022100@1)it's an old man's fantasy put in a young girl's mouth
C#m (x13321@4)         G#m (133111@4)       A (x02220@1)          Elike (022100@1)cheap pink lipstick smeared on a wedding dress.
C#m (x13321@4)                    G#m (133111@4)       A (x02220@1)          EWill (022100@1)you look what you've done to me,
 A (x02220@1)          Enow (022100@1)you've put me in my place.
     E (022100@1)      B7and (x21202@1)it's all over,
  C#m
it's all over,
     E (022100@1)      B7it's (x21202@1)all over
       Ayour (x02220@1)suffering face.
Finish on E

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					This is my first attempt at an Elvis transcription, so if anyone has any corrections or comments 
feel free to update my chords (I know there are more than a few mistakes in it.)  I have used the notation 
has been common for these transcriptions :  a lowercase letter means play the bass note, but keep the previous chord formation.  For example, after the first verse I play the E chrord regularly, and use my thumb to 
the bass notes quickly.
					From reading the CD liner notes, it seems that Elvis was kind of drunk when he recorded this song.  I 
that it gives his voice a sort of slurry quality that fits this song perfectly, plus I always love it 
it is just Elvis   accompanying himself on the guitar.  He also steals a line from "Crimes of Paris" (or did "Crimes of Paris" steal it from this song), when he talks about "the words of love".
					Please enjoy and keep those other transcriptions coming!
- Denis

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