Elvis Costello – Suffering Face (Ukulele)

           E         B7      A                     E
There's an old man's fantasy put in a young girl's mouth

     C#m        G#m              A            E
like cheap pink lipstick smeared on a wedding dress

     C#m                  G#m
Will you look what you've done to her,

        A
will you look at this disgrace.

    E        B7        A          E F# G# A
Oh, it's all over your suffering face.

           E                  B7
If we were chrome we would be rusted,

           A                  E
if we were thirst we would be quenched.

          C#m               G#m
You don't need the same old rivet gun,

           A         E
you need a brand new wrench.

    C#m             G#m
Someone to pull you down on the ground

     A
and cover you with kisses.

E                            A
Once I was the jewel of your heart,

   C#m          G#m   A
But if I seem so preoccupied,

C#m           G#m         A            E
it's just my alibi, I'm all broken up inside.

         C#m      G#m        A          E
Even the words of love, seem cruel and crass,

        C#m                G#m      A        Asus A
when you're tough and transparent as armored glass.

E             B7           A               E
I prepared a bed for you, then I sprayed perfume

    C#m        G#m              A            E
upon the wilted roses that I'd scattered 'round the room.

C#m                     G#m
You came in gentle as a lamb,

        A            E
and turned into a terror.

E                    B7                         A
and you left your "love another" threats in the steam

                        Asus A
fading on my bathroom mirror.

            E         B7               A            E
But it's an old man's fantasy put in a young girl's mouth

C#m           G#m         A            E
like cheap pink lipstick smeared on a wedding dress.

C#m                      G#m         A            E
Will you look what you've done to me,

 A            E
now you've put me in my place.

     E        B7
and it's all over,

  C#m
it's all over,

     E        B7
it's all over

       A
your suffering face.