Suit of Lights
Elvis Costello • Key:
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Suit of Lights
Elvis Costello
#From: phillip@flagstaff.princeton.edu (Phillip Charles Saunders)
While
C
Nat King
G/B
Cole sings "
F/A
Welcome To My
C/G
World"
F
You request some
C/E
song you hate you
Dm
sentimental
E
fool
And
Em
it's the force of
Am
habit
If it
Em
moves then you fuck it
If it
Am
doesn't move you stab it
And I
C
thought I
G/B
heard "The
F/A
Working Man's
C/G
Blues"
F
He went out to
C/E
work that night and
Dm
wasted his
E7
breath
Em
Outside there was a
Am
public execution
Em
Inside he died a thou
Am
sand deaths
And they
C
pulled him
G/B
out of the
F/A
cold cold
C/G
ground
And they
C
pulled him
G/B
out of the
F/A
cold cold
C/G
ground
And they
C
pulled him
G/B
out of the
C/Bb
cold cold
F/A
ground
C/G
And they put him in a
G
suit of
C
lights
G/B
F/A
C/G
F
C/E
Dm
C
In the
C
perfo
G/B
rated
F/A
first
C/G
editions
Where they
F
advo
C/E
cate the
Dm
hangman's
E
noose
Then
Em
tell the sorry tale of the
Am
spent Princess
Her
Em
uncouth escort loo
Am
king down her dress
C
Anyway they
G/B
say that
F/A
she wears the
C/G
trousers
And
F
learnt every
C/E
thing that she
Dm
does
And
E7
doesn't know if
C
she
G/B
should
C/Bb
tell him
F
yes
C/E
Or
F/Eb
let him
Gsus
go
Gsus
G
And they
C
pulled him
G/B
out of the
F/A
cold cold
C/G
ground
And they
C
pulled him
G/B
out of the
F/A
cold cold
C/G
ground
And they
C
pulled him
G/B
out of the
C/Bb
cold cold
F/A
ground
C/G
And they put him in a
G
suit of li
C
ghts
Well it's a
G
dog's life in a
F
ro
C/E
pe l
G/D
eash
C
or a
G
diamond collar
G
It's
G
enough to make you
F
think
C/E
right
G/D
now
C
But
F
you don't bother
F
For
C
goodness
G/B
sake as you
F/A
cry and
C/G
shake
Let's
F
keep you
C/E
face down
Dm
in the dirt where
E7
you belong
And
C
think
G/B
of
C/Bb
all the
F
plea
C/E
sure
F/Eb
that it
Gsus4
brings
Though you
Gsus4
know that it's
G
wrong
And
G
there's still life in your
F
bo
C/E
dy
G/D
But
C
most
G
of it's leaving
G
G
Can't you give us
F
all
C/E
a b
G/D
reak
C
Can't
F
you stop breathing
F
And I
C
thought I
G/B
heard "The
F/A
Working Man's
C/G
Blues"
F
I went to
C/E
work last night and
Dm
wasted my
E
breath
Em
Outside they're painting
Am
tar on somebody
Em
It's the closest
Am
to a work of art that they will
Gsus4
ever b
G
e
And they
C
pulled
G/B
him out of the
F/A
cold cold
C/G
ground
And they
C
pulled
G/B
him out of the
F/A
cold cold
C/G
ground
And they
C
pulled
G/B
him out of the
C/Bb
cold cold
F/A
ground
C/G
And they put him in a
G
suit of
C
lights
repeat ...
C/G
And they put him in a
G
suit of
C
lights
G/B
F/A
C/G
F
C/E
Dm
C
C
G/B
F/A
C/G
F
C/E
Dm
C
repeat ...
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