• Song:

    Deep Dark Truthful Mirror

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

  • Album:

    Spike

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From: schnitzi@east.isx.com (Mark J. Schnitzius)

Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
from Spike
tabbed by ah-HA! Pronoun trouble 


Some of the chord shapes I've tried to graph out, and the basic
chord shapes and barre chord shapes I didn't, but if you need any
of them graphed out, just e-mail me.


G (320003@1)                  BmOne (x24432@1)day you're gonna have to face


  Am (x02210@1)               GA (320003@1)deep dark truthful mirror


DAnd (xx0232@1)it's gonna tell you things that I still


C (x32010@1)                  DLove (xx0232@1)you too much to say


G (320003@1)                BmThe (x24432@1)sky was just a purple bruise


Am (x02210@1)           GThe (320003@1)ground was iron


DAnd (xx0232@1)you fell all around the town


C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)  CUntil (x32010@1)you looked the same

[chorus]

G (320003@1)            BThe (x2444x@1)same eyes, the same lips


Em (022000@1)              CThe (x32010@1)same lie from your tongue trips

                                         C/B (x2555x@1)           D/F# (200232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C    Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)  C/B (x2555x@1)Am (x02210@1) D/F# (200232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G      -----------     -----------
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror  | | | | 1 |     | | | | | |
                                      | 2 2 | | |     2 | | 2 | |
                                      | | | | | |     | | | | 3 |
C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)  C/B (x2555x@1)Am (x02210@1) D/F# (200232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Deep dark, deep dark truthful mirror

        G (320003@1)                         BmNow (x24432@1)the flagstone streets where the newspaper shouts


Am (x02210@1)                 GRing (320003@1)to the boots of roustabouts


DAnd (xx0232@1)you're never in any doubt


        C (x32010@1)                     DThere's (xx0232@1)something happening somewhere


    G (320003@1)                           BmYou (x24432@1)chase down the road till your fingers bleed


Am (x02210@1)            GOn (320003@1)a fiberglass tumbleweed


DYou (xx0232@1)can blow around the town


    C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)  CBut (x32010@1)it all shuts down the same


[chorus]


       Bm (x24432@1)                   Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G(strum (320003@1)down)
So you bay for the boy in the tigerskin trunks


               C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C GThey (320003@1)set him up, set him up on a stool


Bm (x24432@1)                    Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C GHe (320003@1)falls down, he falls down like a drunk


                           C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C GAnd (320003@1)you drink till you drool


C (x32010@1)      Bm (x24432@1)             GAnd (320003@1)it's his story you'll flatter


C (x32010@1)    Bm (x24432@1)                   Em (022000@1)(I think I play this as Gagain) (320003@1)You'll stretch him out like a saint


C (x32010@1)     Bm (x24432@1)           EmBut (022000@1)the canvas that he splattered

                                                   B/D# (x2544x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C                        D (xx0232@1)       B/D# (x2544x@1)      -----------
Will be the picture that you never paint       | | | | | |
                                               | 2 | | 2 |
                                               | | | | | 3
                                               | | | | | |
[instrumental break] Em  C  G


C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)  C/B (x2555x@1)Am (x02210@1) D/F# (200232@1)GDeep (320003@1)dark, deep dark truthful mirror


C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)  C/B (x2555x@1)Am (x02210@1) D/F# (200232@1)GDeep (320003@1)dark, deep dark truthful mirror

G (320003@1)                     BmA (x24432@1)stripping puppet on a liquid stick


Am (x02210@1)          GGets (320003@1)into it pretty thick


DA (xx0232@1)butterfly drinks a turtle's tears


    C (x32010@1)                       DBut (xx0232@1)how do you know he really needs it


      G (320003@1)                  BmCos (x24432@1)a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand


Am (x02210@1)            GJesus (320003@1)wept, he felt abandoned


       DYou're (xx0232@1)spellbound, baby, there's no doubting that


C (x32010@1)                               G (320003@1)       CDid (x32010@1)you ever see her stare like a Persian cat


[chorus]

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