#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Return-Path: Date: Mon, 29 Aug 94 01:10:35 EDT To: guitar@nevada.edu Subject: CRD:Brilliant Mistake, Elvis Costello Organization: Princeton University In article you write: > >SONG: Brilliant Mistake >Elvis Costello >Transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu > >Intro > >G F Am G > >G D >He thought he was the King of America > C G D >Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine > G D >Now I try hard not to become hysterical > C G D >But I'm not sure if I am laughing or crying > C >I wish that I could push a button > F >And talk in the past and not the present tense >C >And watch this hurtin' feeling disappear > F Em >Like it was common sense > G C G C >It was a fine idea at the time >G D G Am G/B C >Now it's a brilliant mistake > >G Am G/B C G Am G/B C C G/B Am G > >She said that she was working for the ABC News >It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use >Her perfume was unspeakable >It lingered in the air >Like her artificial laughter >Her mementos of affairs >"Oh" I said "I see you know him" >"Isn't that very fortunate for you" >And she showed me his calling card >He came third or fourth and there were more than one or two >He was a fine idea at the time >Now he's a brilliant mistake > >He thought he was the King of America >But it was just a boulevard of broken dreams >A trick they do with mirrors and with chemicals >The words of love in whispers >And the axe of love in screams >I wish that I could push a button >And talk in the past and not the present tense >And watch this lovin' feeling disappear >Like it was common sense >I was a fine idea at the time >Now I'm a brilliant mistake > > >