My Dark Life - Elvis Costello & The Attractions Chords
Chords: Bdim, F#m6,9, F#aug, A2, C/G, F, G#m, C#m, Am, C
More chords by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
My Dark Life
transcribed by Marika Whaley
(Thanks to Mike Hernandez for help with the F#m6,9)
These are the chords as played on the acoustic version from the EC/SN
box set.
Unusual chords:
Bdim = 78979X
F#m6,9 = XX789X (or XXX244)
F#aug = X9877X
F#7sus4 = X44200
[Verse]
A2
She says nobody wants to believe
C/G
You're the same as everyone.
F G#m C#m
What makes me unique? My Dark Life.
Am
There was a kink in the world
C/G
Sent that statue tumbling
F G#m
An invitation east
C#m
So we can watch it all crumbling
C Em F Am C
She came off like a light and so softly she spoke:
F G Am F G Am
"You don't know, no you don't know about my dark life"
C Em F Am
And you think you're a guest, you're a tourist at best
F G Am F G Am
Peering into the corners of your dark life
C Em F Am C
Now that you tear your dreams from consumptive ballerinas
F G Am F G Am
She'd stand on tiptoes for you in a grey and tattered tutu
C Em F Am
She stays where she is because of voyeurs like these
F G Am F G Am
With an accusative look that says My Dark Life.
Bb Am Bb Bdim F#m6,9
Robber men await you then in each beguiling alley
Bb Am F#
To shake you and to pierce you and remind you of
F#aug
My Dark Life.
Am C/G
Enter the pious elite, in their preening finery
F G#m
And bang the tambourine
C#m
They're dining on rice paper scenery
Am C/G
See how the villian attracts envious glances from everyone
F G#m
She's waitressing by day
C#m
It doesn't bring in much money now
More Elvis Costello & The Attractions Songs
ChordRoom - Free Guitar & Piano Chords