Elvis Costello – The Other Side Of Summer (Guitar)

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By Paul Tibbetts ([email protected]) and Mike Hernandez ([email protected]) G (320003) Em (022000) Am (x02210) C (x32010) Cm (x35543) D (xx0232) G/F (1x0003) G/E (020003) G/Eb (x21003) G/F# (2x0003) Dm (xx0231) Bb (x13331) A7 (x02020) Bass Intro:
4/4                3/4
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4/4 [Verse 1]
    G
The sun struggles up another beautiful day

    G      Em         Am     D
And I felt glad in my own suspicious way

G           C           G           Cm
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)

G                 Em             Am
Despite the contradiction and confusion

     D              C
Felt tragic without reason

                           D
There's malice and there's magic in every season
[Chorus]
G                G/F             G/E       G/Eb
From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf

    G     Em      Am D
The other side of Summer

G               G/F            G/E      G/Eb
 To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf

    G     D       C G
The other side of Summer
[Interlude] G G/F# Em G [Bridge]
              Dm                         Bb               A7
The automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace

    Dm                        Bb     A7
The blowtorch amusements, the voodoo chalice

    Dm                          Bb        A7
The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows

  D               A7              D                 C       G/B    D
A teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars

   C        G/B    D
So help her if you can

     C         G/B     D
'Cos she don't seem to have the attention span
[Chorus]
G                G/F             G/E       G/Eb
From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf

    G     Em      Am D
The other side of Summer

G               G/F            G/E      G/Eb
 To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf

    G     D       C G
The other side of Summer
[Interlude] G G/F# Em G [Bridge]
                Dm             Bb         A7
Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions"?

  Dm                              Bb               A7
A poor little schoolboy who said "we don't need no lessons"?

    Dm                  Bb               A7
The rabid rebel dogs ransack the shampoo shop

    D               A7       D
The pop princess is downtown shooting up

    C       G/B     D
And if that goddess

    C      G/B     D
is fit for burning

    C        G/B      D
The sun will struggle up the world will still keep turning
[Verse 2]
G
Madman standing by the side of the road saying

 G                Em               Am               D
"Look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes"

G           C           G           Cm
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)

G               Em           Am                 D               C
Now you can't afford to fake all the drugs your parents used to take

                    D
Because of their mistakes you'd better be wide awake
[Chorus]
G                G/F             G/E       G/Eb
From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf

    G     Em      Am D
The other side of Summer

G               G/F            G/E      G/Eb
 To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf

    G     D       C G
The other side of Summer
[Outro]
    G         G/F
The mightiest rose

    G/E        G/Eb
The absence of perfume

    G      Em
The casual killers

    Am       D
The military curfew

    G         G/F
The cardboard city

       G/E      G/Eb
And an unwanted birthday

    G     D       C G
The other side of summer

    G           G/F               G/E       G/Eb
The dancing was desperate and the music was worse

     G         Em         Am         D
They bury your dreams and dig up the worthless

    G          G/F
Goodnight, God bless

          G/E             G/Eb
And kiss "goodbye" to the earth

    G     D       C G
The other side of summer
repeat last line until the spirit moves you ta not ta