Suffering Face
by Elvis Costello

EE Piano Chord 
         B7B7 Piano Chord 
      AA Piano Chord 
                     EE Piano Chord 

There's an old man's fantasy put in a young girl's mouth
C#mC#m Piano Chord 
        G#mG#m Piano Chord 
              AA Piano Chord 
            EE Piano Chord 

like cheap pink lipstick smeared on a wedding dress
C#mC#m Piano Chord 
                  G#mG#m Piano Chord 

Will you look what you've done to her,
AA Piano Chord 

will you look at this disgrace.
E        B7        A          E f# g# A
Oh, it's all over your suffering face.
E	f# g# A

EE Piano Chord 
                  B7B7 Piano Chord 

If we were chrome we would be rusted,
AA Piano Chord 
                  EE Piano Chord 

if we were thirst we would be quenched.
C#mC#m Piano Chord 
               G#mG#m Piano Chord 

You don't need the same old rivet gun,
AA Piano Chord 
         EE Piano Chord 

you need a brand new wrench.
C#mC#m Piano Chord 
             G#mG#m Piano Chord 

Someone to pull you down on the ground
AA Piano Chord 

and cover you with kisses.
EE Piano Chord 
                            AA Piano Chord 

Once I was the jewel of your heart,

now I'm only semi-precious.

C#mC#m Piano Chord 
          G#mG#m Piano Chord 
   AA Piano Chord 

But if I seem so preoccupied,
C#mC#m Piano Chord 
           G#mG#m Piano Chord 
         AA Piano Chord 
            EE Piano Chord 

it's just my alibi, I'm all broken up inside.
C#mC#m Piano Chord 
      G#mG#m Piano Chord 
        AA Piano Chord 
          EE Piano Chord 

Even the words of love, seem cruel and crass,
C#mC#m Piano Chord 
                G#mG#m Piano Chord 
      AA Piano Chord 
        AsusAsus Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 

when you're tough and transparent as armored glass.
EE Piano Chord 
             B7B7 Piano Chord 
           AA Piano Chord 
               EE Piano Chord 

I prepared a bed for you, then I sprayed perfume
C#mC#m Piano Chord 
        G#mG#m Piano Chord 
              AA Piano Chord 
            EE Piano Chord 

upon the wilted roses that I'd scattered 'round the room.
C#mC#m Piano Chord 
                     G#mG#m Piano Chord 

You came in gentle as a lamb,
AA Piano Chord 
            EE Piano Chord 

and turned into a terror.
EE Piano Chord 
                    B7B7 Piano Chord 
                         AA Piano Chord 

and you left your "love another" threats in the steam
AsusAsus Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 

fading on my bathroom mirror.

EE Piano Chord 
         B7B7 Piano Chord 
               AA Piano Chord 
            EE Piano Chord 

But it's an old man's fantasy put in a young girl's mouth
C#mC#m Piano Chord 
           G#mG#m Piano Chord 
         AA Piano Chord 
            EE Piano Chord 

like cheap pink lipstick smeared on a wedding dress.
C#mC#m Piano Chord 
                      G#mG#m Piano Chord 
         AA Piano Chord 
            EE Piano Chord 

Will you look what you've done to me,
AA Piano Chord 
            EE Piano Chord 

now you've put me in my place.
EE Piano Chord 
        B7B7 Piano Chord 

and it's all over,
C#mC#m Piano Chord 

it's all over,
EE Piano Chord 
        B7B7 Piano Chord 

it's all over
AA Piano Chord 

your 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 please feel free to update my chords (I know there are more than a few mistakes in it.)  I have used the notation that 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 play the bass notes quickly.
Please enjoy and keep those other transcriptions coming!
- Denis


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