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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 10:08:49 -0400 From: "Denis J. O'Connell" <denis@natural.com> Suffering Face by Elvis Costello >From "The King of America" Reissue Transcribed by Denis O'Connell (denis@natural.com)
There's an Eold man's B7fantasy Aput in a young girl's Emouth like C#mcheap pink G#mlipstick smeared Aon a wedding Edress Will C#myou look what you've G#mdone to her, will youA look at this disgrace. Oh, Eit's all B7over your Asuffering fEacF#e. G# A E F# G# A
If we were Echrome we would be B7rusted, if we were Athirst we would be Equenched. You don't C#mneed the same old G#mrivet gun, you need a Abrand new Ewrench. SomeC#mone to pull you G#mdown on the ground and cAover you with kisses. EOnce I was the jewel of your Aheart,
now I'm only semi-precious.
ButC#m if I seem soG#m preocAcupied, C#mit's just my aG#mlibi, I'm alAl broken up iEnside. Even the C#mwords of G#mlove, seem Acruel and cErass, when youC#m're tough and transG#mparent asA armored AsusglassA. EI prepared a bB7ed for you, tAhen I sprayed peErfume uponC#m the wiltedG#m roses that I'd sAcattered 'rouEnd the room. C#mYou came in gentle as a G#mlamb, and turnAed into a terEror. Eand you left your &quB7ot;love another" threaAts in the steam fading on my bathroom miAsusrror.A
But it's an Eold man's B7fantasy put in a Ayoung girl's Emouth C#mlike cheap pinG#mk lipstick sAmeared on a wEedding dress. C#mWill you look what you'veG#m done to me,A E nAow you've putE me in my place. and iEt's all oB7ver, itC#m's all over, it's Eall over B7 your suAffering 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 \_ \_ \_ denis@natural.com Natural Intelligence, Inc. \_\_\_ \_ tel (617) 876-7680 x1257 \_ \__ \_ fax (617) 492-7425 \_ \_ \_ --part_ACBA54B10000B89900000003--