Suffering Face

#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Mon 30 Oct 1995 10:08:49 -0400 > Suffering Face by Elvis Costello >From "The King of America" Reissue Transcribed by Denis O’Connell () There’s an old man’s fantasy put in a young girl’s mouth like cheap pink lipstick smeared on a wedding dress Will you look what you’ve done to her will you look at this disgrace. Oh it’s all over your suffering face.     E F# G# A If we were chrome we would be rusted if we were thirst we would be quenched. You don’t need the same old rivet gun you need a brand new wrench. Someone to pull you down on the ground and cover you with kisses. Once I was the jewel of your heart now I’m only semi-precious. But if I seem so preoccupied it’s just my alibi I’m all broken up inside. Even the words of love seem cruel and crass when you’re tough and transparent as armored glass. I prepared a bed for you then I sprayed perfume upon the wilted roses that I’d scattered ’round the room. You came in gentle as a lamb and turned into a terror. and you left your "love another" threats in the steam                         Asus A fading on my bathroom mirror. But it’s an old man’s fantasy put in a young girl’s mouth like cheap pink lipstick smeared on a wedding dress. Will you look what you’ve done to me              now you’ve put me in my place. and it’s all over it’s all over it’s all over your suffering face. Finish on E _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This is my first attempt at an Elvis transcription so if anyone has any corrections or comments feel free to update my chords (I know there are more than a few mistakes in it.)  I have used the notation 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 the bass notes quickly. From reading the CD liner notes it seems that Elvis was kind of drunk when he recorded this song.  I that it gives his voice a sort of slurry quality that fits this song perfectly plus I always love it it is just Elvis   accompanying himself on the guitar.  He also steals a line from "Crimes of Paris" (or did "Crimes of Paris" steal it from this song) when he talks about "the words of love". Please enjoy and keep those other transcriptions coming! - Denis --part_ACBA54B10000B89900000003 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: Inline         Denis J. O’Connell       \_  \_  \_          Natural Intelligence Inc.     \_\_\_  \_       tel (617) 876-7680 x1257                                  \_ \__  \_       fax (617) 492-7425                                  \_  \_  \_ --part_ACBA54B10000B89900000003--