Elvis Costello - All this useless beauty

It's at t^Dimes such as this she'd be te^D/C#mpted to spit Bm D7/A If she wasn't so ladylike She im^Gagines how she might have ^D/F#lived back when legends and hi^Emstory ^Em/F#collide ^{Em/G A} So she lo^Doks to her prince f^D/C#inding since he's so cha^Bmrmingly D7/A slumped at her side Those d^Gays are recalled on the ga^D/F#llery wall And she's wai^Bmting for p^Bm/Aassion or hu^Emor to strike

Wh^Aat shall we do, what sh^Gall we do with all this useless beauty? A^Gll this use^Aless b^Deauty

Good Fr^Diday arrived, the sky d^D/C#arkened on time Bm D7/A 'Til he almost began to negotiate ^GShe held his head like a^D/F# baby and said "I^Emt's o^Em/F#kay if^Em/G you cry^A" Now he wan^Dts her to dress as if ^D/C#you couldn't guess Bm D7/A He desires to impress his associates But he's p^Gart ugly beast and H^D/F#ellenic deceased So she fi^Bmnds that the m^Bm/Aixture is h^Eard to deny

She won't pra^Cctice the looks from the gre^Dat tragic b^Gooks That were l^Gater disg^G/F#raced to face ^Emcelluloid It won't e^Cven make sense b^Dut you can b^Get If she i^Csn't a sweetheart or pl^Daything or ^Gpet The f^Cilm turns her into an u^Anveiled threat

No^Dnsense prevails, m^D/C#odesty fails Grace and vi^Bmrtue turn into stup^Aidity While the c^Galendar fades almost ^D/F#all barricades to a ^Empale ^Em/F#compromi^Em/Gse ^A And our l^Deaders have feasts on the ^D/C#backsides of beasts They still t^Bmhink they're the gods of ant^Aiquity If s^Gomething you missed didn't ^D/F#even exist It was j^Bmust an ^Bm/Aideal -- is it s^Euch a surprise?