Elvis Costello & The Attractions – King Horse (Guitar)

E                                      G#m
Cheap cut satin and bad perfume; showtime is almost here.

Am                        B            E                          A             B
Teased up by a strip cartoon, laughing up your sleeve, sniggering in your beer.

E                                                 G#m
He'd seen the bottom of a lot of glasses but he'd never seen love so near.

Am                        B              E                   A
He'd seen love get so expensive but he'd never seen love so dear.

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Now I know that you're all king horse, between tenderness and brute force.

A                      B        E     A                    B       N.C.      E
Now I know that you're all king horse, between tenderness (tacet)  and brute force.

        E
She can turn upon a sixpence in the mouth and trousers set,

G#m
hit the till, ring the bill, never spill a sip.

    E
And still she knows the kind of tip that she is going to get,

  G#m
a lot of loose exchanges, precious little respect.

          Am                                          B      E    A
When it's someone else's weekend, that's the best you can expect.

A                      B        E     A                   B          E
Now I know that you're all king horse, between tenderness and brute force.

A                      B        E     A                    B  N.C.       E
Now I know that you're all king horse, between tenderness     and brute force.

G#m            G#m/F      G#m/F#        G#m/E#      A              A/G#
So fond of the fabric, so fond of fabrication, from comic books to tragic

            A/F#      B    E  Asus4/E Am/E E       Asus4/E Am/E
through the heart of complica ------------ tions.

E                                     G#m                                       N.C.
Meanwhile back in some secluded spot, he says, "Will you please?" and she says, "Stop".

     E                                          G#m                         Am       B       E      A
If I ever lose this good thing that I've got, I never want to hear the song you dedicated tonight.

           E                            A                      Am                      N.C. B
'cause you see, I knew that song so long before we met that it means much more than it      might.

A                      B        E     A                   B          E
Now I know that you're all king horse, between tenderness and brute force.

A                      B        E     A                    B        E
Now I know that you're all king horse, between tenderness and brute force.

A                      B        E     A/C#                B/D#      E
Now I know that you're all king horse, between tenderness and brute force.

A                      B        E     A                    B        E
Now I know that you're all king horse, between tenderness and brute force.