Elvis Costello – Basement Kiss (Guitar)

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[Intro] Asus4 A Asus4 A [Verse]
D
Lucy Grace can't show her face

     A
Down in the North End Road

          Bm
or in Belgravia

  C
Rumors have been whispered

                           A
And suggestions have been made

 D
Did you sell your friends out

          A
When the heat got too intense?

    Bm
You say you like the danger

          F#m
But it's only a pretense

    C
You say you need the money

        Em
When everybody knows you can always

                   Asus  A
Fall back on your inheritance
[Chorus]
          G         A              D     G
Did you bruise your arms on those false alarms

          G          A            D       G
Did you bruise your pride on his smile so wide?

     G       A         D       Bm
Only fingertips from forbidden bliss

          G                        Asus4      D
Did you bruise your lips in this basement kiss?
[Verse]
 D
Who's that sneaking 'round the door?

      A
You can't come here no more

              Bm
Can't you go home again?

     C
She used to sit alone for hours

                                    Asus4  A
Spend her evening watering dried flowers

 D
When her mother came to stay

       A
And finally went to bed

 Bm
Lucy Grace was in the frontroom

  F#m
Shooting through your

     C
She tried to take your breath away

Em                             Asus4  A
And give you something else instead
[Chorus]
          G         A              D     G
Did you bruise your arms on those false alarms

          G          A            D       G
Did you bruise your pride on his smile so wide?

     G       A         D       Bm
Only fingertips from forbidden bliss

          G                        A      D
Did you bruise your lips in this basement kiss?
[Bridge]
      G
Next year she'll serve her function

          A
In that Audrey Hepburn hat

    G
It still won't suit her much

                D
But she'll get over that

           G
She'll be pale and feign indifference

             A
As they're handing out the prizes

           G
Spilling Daddy's words of wisdom

                           Asus4    A
And her ugly sister's tranquilisers
[Chorus]
          G      A           D        G
Why were you so tardy putting up your guard?

          G       A             D      G
When you hurt so easily and you try so hard

          G         A              D     G
Did you bruise your arms on these false alarms

          G          A            D       G
Did you bruise your pride on his face so snide?

     G       A         D       Bm
Only fingertips from forbidden bliss

          G                        A      D
Did you bruise your lips in this basement kiss?