Suffering Face chords by Elvis Costello

Chords with lyrics

Suffering Face
by Elvis Costello
>From "The King of America" Reissue
Transcribed by Denis O'Connell ([email protected])

      E MajorE     B7B7   A augmentedA           E MajorE
There's an old man's fantasy put ....
   C# minorC#m    G# minorG#m       A augmentedA      E MajorE
like cheap pink lipstick ...
   C# minorC#m         G# minorG#m
Will you look what ...
    A augmentedA
will you look at ...
  E MajorE    B7B7    A augmentedA     E MajorE f# g# A augmentedA
Oh, it's all over your .....
E MajorE	f# g# A augmentedA

      E MajorE         B7B7
If we were chrome we ...
      A augmentedA         E MajorE
if we were thirst ...
     C# minorC#m        G# minorG#m
You don't need the ...
      A augmentedA     E MajorE
you need a brand ...
  C# minorC#m       G# minorG#m
Someone to pull you ....
   A augmentedA
and cover you ...
E MajorE              A augmentedA
Once I was the ...

now I'm ...

  C# minorC#m     G# minorG#m  A augmentedA
But if I seem ...,
C# minorC#m      G# minorG#m     A augmentedA      E MajorE
it's just my alibi, I'm all ...
     C# minorC#m   G# minorG#m    A augmentedA     E MajorE
Even the words of love, seem ...
    C# minorC#m        G# minorG#m   A augmentedA    AsusAsus A augmentedA
when you're tough and ...
E MajorE       B7B7      A augmentedA        E MajorE
I prepared a bed for you...
  C# minorC#m    G# minorG#m       A augmentedA      E MajorE
upon the wilted roses that I'd ...
C# minorC#m           G# minorG#m
You came in ...
    A augmentedA      E MajorE
and turned into ...
E MajorE          B7B7             A augmentedA
and you left your "love ...
            AsusAsus A augmentedA
fading on my ....

      E MajorE     B7B7        A augmentedA      E MajorE
But it's an old man's fantasy ...
C# minorC#m      G# minorG#m     A augmentedA      E MajorE
like cheap pink lipstick ...
C# minorC#m           G# minorG#m     A augmentedA      E MajorE
Will you look what you'v...
 A augmentedA      E MajorE
now you've put ...
   E MajorE    B7B7
and it's ...,
 C# minorC#m
it's ...
   E MajorE    B7B7
it's ...
    A augmentedA
your ....
Finish on E MajorE

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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 MajorE chrord regularly, and use my thumb to play the bass notes quickly.
					From reading the CD liner notes, it seems that Elvis was kind of drunk when he recorded this song. I think that it gives his voice a sort of slurry quality that fits this song perfectly, plus I always love it when 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


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