The Long Honeymoon
Elvis CostelloVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
= XX0333
= XX2323
= XX1343
= XX3121
= XX2120
All the bedroom lights go out
As the neighbourhood gets quiet
Everything in heaven and earth is almost right
But there's a wife whos wondering where her husband could be tonight
And when the phone rang only once she took a dreadful fright
Little things just seem to undermine her confidence in him
He was late this time last week
Who can she turn to when the chance of coincidence is slim
'Cause the baby isn't old enought to speak
There's been a long honeymoon
She thought too late and spoke too soon
There's no money back guarantee on future happiness
There's been a long honeymoon
If he's out on a date then her life's in ruins
She never thought her love could ever be as strong as this
All the movies and the papers
Feature the murders of lonely women
If he isn't in by ten she'll call up her best friend
Why doesn't he come home
Why does her friends phone keep on ringing
. . . . Maybe she should just pretend
(chorus)
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Readable chord sheet for The Long Honeymoon by Elvis Costello
[Gm] = XX0333 [Edim] = XX2323 [Eb] = XX1343 [C#] = XX3121 [C#m] = XX2120 [Cm] [Bb] [Cm] [Bb] A[Bb]ll the bedro[Cm]om lights go out A[Bb]s the neighbourhood gets quiet E[Fm]verything in heaven and earth is almost ri[Cm]ght B[Cm]ut there's a wife whos wonderin[Bb]g where her husband could be tonight A[Fm]nd when the phone rang only once [Cm]she took a dreadful fright L[Cm]ittle things just seem to undermine[Bb] her confidence in him H[Fm]e was late this time last we[Cm]ek W[Cm]ho can she turn to when the ch[Bb]ance of coincidence is slim [Fm] [G] '[G9]Cause[G] the baby isn't old enought to speak T[G]here's been a lo[Edim]ng hon[Eb]eymoon S[Bb]he thought too late a[Edim]nd spo[Eb]ke too soon[Gm] T[Ab]here's no money back guarantee o[Gm]n future happiness T[Edim]here's[Eb] been a long honeymoon I[C#]f he's out on a date th[C#m]en her life's in rui[B]ns S[Bm]he never thought he[F#]r love could[Bm] ever [A]be as s[Abm]trong as th[Gm]is A[Bb]ll the mo[Cm]vies and the papers F[Bb]eature the murders of lonely women I[Fm]f he isn't in by ten she'll call[Cm] up her best friend W[Cm]hy doesn't he come home W[Bb]hy does her friends phone keep on ringing [Fm] [G]. . . . Maybe she should just pretend (chorus)