Elvis Costello - Deep dark truthful mirror

^GOne day you're gonna h^Bmave to face A d^Ameep dark truthful m^Girror ^{G/C G D} And it's gonna tell you things that I still L^Cove you too much to s^Day ^G The sky was just a p^Bmurple bruise ^Am The ground was ^Giron ^{G/C G D} And you fell all around the town Unt^Cil you looked the s^Game

^{C C G} The same eyes,^B the same lips ^Em The same lie from y^Cour tongue trips Horns: e||-------------|| B||-----------1-|| G||-------0-2---|| D||---0-2-------|| A||-3-----------|| E||-------------||

^{C C} Now the fl^Gagstone streets where the n^Bmewspaper shouts ^Am Ring to the boots of ro^Gustabouts ^{G/C G D} And you're never in any doubt There's s^Comething happening somewh^Dere You ch^Gase down the road 'til your f^Bmingers bleed ^Am On a fiberglass t^Gumbleweed ^{G/C G D} You can blow around the town But ^Cit all shuts down the s^Game

So you b^Bmay for the boy in the t^Emigerskin trunks ^{C C} Th^Gey set him up,^C s^Cet him ^Gup on a stool ^BmHe falls down, he falls d^Emown like a drunk ^{C C} And you dr^Gink till you drool ^{C C G C}And it's h^Bmis story you'll fl^Gatter ^CYou'll str^Bmetch him out like a s^Gaint ^CBut the c^Bmanvas that he spl^Emattered W^Cill be the picture that ^Dyou never p^C#dimaint

^G A stripping puppet on a l^Bmiquid stick ^Am Gets into it pr^Getty thick A b^Dutterfly drinks a turtle's tears But h^Cow do you know he really n^Deeds it 'C^Gos a butterfly feeds on a d^Bmead monkey's hand ^Am Jesus wept, he f^Gelt abandoned You're sp^Dellbound, baby, there's no doubting that (that's where it's at) Did you ^Cever see a stare like a^D Persian c^Gat