Elvis Costello - Beyond belief

^DHistory repeats the old conceits The gl^Gib replies the same defeats ^DKeep your finger on important issues With cro^Fcodile tears and a pocketful of tissues

^DI'm just the oily slick On the wi^Gndup world of the nervous tick In a ^Dvery fashionable ^Fhovel I hang aroun^Dd dying to be tortured You'll never b^Ge alone in the bone orchard This battle with t^D/F#he bottle is nothing so no^Fvel

So in this a^Dlmost empty^G gin palace Through a two-^D/F#way looking glass You see you^Fr Alice ^DYou know she has no sense For ^Gall your jealousy

In a^D sense she still smiles very s^Fweetly Charged wit^Dh insults and flattery Her body mo^Gves with mali^Dce Do you have to be so ^Fcruel to be callous ^DAnd now you find you fit this^G identikit comple^D/F#tely You say you have no s^Fecrets ^DAnd then leave discreetly

^GI might make it California's fault ^GBe locked in Geneva's deepest vault ^GJust like the canals of Mars and the Great Barrier Reef I come to you beyond be^Dmlief

^DMy hands were clammy and cunning ^GShe's been suitably stunning ^DBut I know there's not a hope ^Fin Hades ^DAll the laddies cat call and wolf whistle ^GSo called gentlemen and la^Fdies ^DDog fight like rose and thistle

^DI got a feeling ^GI'm going to get a lot of grief ^D/F#Once this seemed so appealing ^DNow I am beyond belief ^DI got a feeling ^GI'm going to get a lot of grief ^D/F#Once this seemed so appealing ^DNow I am beyond belief ^DI got a feeling ^GI'm going to get a lot of grief ^D/F#Once this seemed so appealing ^DNow I am beyond belief