• Song:

    After The Fall

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

  • Album:

    Mighty Like a Rose

Tom :A5
 
A5                 E5
  In an anonymous rendez-vous
                              A5
where the forbidden lovers repair
         C5                         G5
They're burning down another damn candle
         E5                      F5
they're melting the tables and chairs
 

   A5                           E5
Beneath them applause from the balcony
                                   A5
whenever they accomplished making love
C5                                    G5
Other times they thought they heard laughter
 E5                       F5
coming from the balcony above
 

       G5                         D5
  She lies to his right and she carelessly resites
  E5                        D5
  All of her brand new appetites
             G5                          D5
  She seems brittle and small it don't sound like her at all
  E5                         E5
  Since she came back to him After the fall
 

         A5                     E5
She said You never visited the countryside
                              A5
So I've made you a country to order
     C5                           G5
She put up a little tent in the bedroom
  E5                         F5
Crickets played on a tape recorder
 

    A5                           E5
The ceiling was festooned with phosphorous stars
                             A5
She noticed his skin turning cold
 C5                              G5
Burning all his clothes on the bonfire
            E5                         F5
Relax she whispered and tightened the blindfold
 

       G5                         D5
  She lies to his right and she carelessly resites
  E5                        D5
  All of her brand new appetites
             G5                          D5
  She seems brittle and small it don't sound like her at all
  E5                         E5
  Since she came back to him After the fall
 

        A5                      E5
You've changed but not for the better, babe 
                                A5
I'd tell you why but what's the use
 C5                            G5
'Cause it's the same kind of pity
    E5                     F5
a drunkard gives as his excuse
 

A5                             E5
You were sharp and ideal as a bobby pin
                                A5
Now your eyes are deserted and quiet
         C5                              G5
We both look like those poor shattered mannequins
         E5                       F5
Thrown through the window in the riot
 

       G5                       D5
  She lies in his arms and without any qualms
  E5                   D5
  Revels in shallow delights
             G5                          D5
  She seems brittle and small it don't look like her at all
  E5                         E5
  Since she came back to him After the fall
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