The Other Side Of Summer
Elvis CostelloVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
(anything listed in parentheses is played as single notes)
Bass Intro:
4/4 3/4
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4/4
The sun struggles up another beautiful day
And I felt glad in my own suspicious way
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
Despite the contradiction and confusion
Felt tragic without reason
There's malice and there's magic in every season
>From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf
The other side of Summer
To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf
The other side of Summer
The automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace
The blowtorch amusements, the voodoo chalice
The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows
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A teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars
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So help her if you can
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'Cos she don't seem to have the attention span
Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions"?
A poor little schoolboy who said "we don't need no lessons"?
The rabid rebel dogs ransack the shampoo shop
The pop princess is downtown shooting up
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And if that goddess
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is fit for burning
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The sun will struggle up the world will still keep turning
Madman standing by the side of the road saying
"Look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes"
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
Now you can't afford to fake all the drugs your parents used to take
Because of their mistakes you'd better be wide awake
The mightiest rose
The absence of perfume
The casual killers
The military curfew
The cardboard city
And an unwanted birthday
The other side of summer
The dancing was desperate and the music was worse
They bury your dreams and dig up the worthless
Goodnight, God bless
And kiss "goodbye" to the earth
The other side of summer
(repeat last line)
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Readable chord sheet for The Other Side Of Summer by Elvis Costello
[G] [Em] [Am] [C] [Cm] [D] [F] [Cm] [Eb] [Dm] [Bb] [A7] (anything listed in parentheses is played as single notes) Bass Intro: 4/4 3/4 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . |-----------------|-------------| |-0-----0---0-----|-------------| |---------------2-|---0---------| |-----------------|-------3-----| 4/4 The [G]sun struggles up another beautiful day And I felt [Em]glad in my [Am]own suspicious way [G]Yeah (yeah) [C]yeah (yeah) [G]yeah (yeah) [Cm]yeah (yeah) [G]Despite the contra[Em]diction and con[Am]fusion Felt [D]tragic without [C]reason There's malice and there's [D]magic in every season [G]>From the foaming[F] breakers of the[Em] poisonous[Cm] su[Eb]rf The [G]other [Em]side of [Am]Sum[D]mer [G]To the burning [F]forests in the [Em]hills of [Cm]Ast[Eb]roturf The [G]other [D]side of [Am]Sum[G]mer [G] [D] [Am] [G] The automatic [Dm]gates close up between the [Bb]shanties and the [A7]palace The [Dm]blowtorch amusements, the [Bb]voodoo [A7]chalice The [Dm]pale pathetic promises that [Bb]everybody [A7]swallows [Dm] [A7] [Dm] ([B] [C] [B] [A] [D]) [D] A teenage girl is crying 'cos she don't look like a million dollars ([B] [C] [B] [A] [D]) [D] So help her if you can ([B] [C] [B] [A] [D]) [D] 'Cos she don't seem to have the attention span Was it a million[Dm]aire who said "[Bb]imagine no [A7]possessions"? A [Dm]poor little schoolboy who said "[Bb]we don't need no [A7]lessons"? The [Dm]rabid rebel dogs ran[Bb]sack the shampoo [A7]shop The [Dm]pop princess is [A7]downtown [Dm]shooting up ([B] [C] [B] [A] [D]) [D] And if that goddess ([B] [C] [B] [A] [D]) [D] is fit for burning ([B] [C] [B] [A] [D]) [D] The sun will struggle up the world will still keep turning [G]Madman standing by the side of the road saying "Look at my eyes, [Em]look at my eyes, [Am]look at my eyes, look at my eyes" [G]Yeah (yeah) [C]yeah (yeah) [G]yeah (yeah) [Cm]yeah (yeah) [G]Now you can't af[Em]ford to fake [Am]all the drugs your [D]parents used to [C]take Because of their mis[D]takes you'd better be wide awake The [G]mightiest [F]rose The [Em]absence of [Cm]per[Eb]fume The [G]casual [Em]killers The [Am]military [D]curfew The [G]cardboard [F]city And an [Em]unwanted [Cm]bir[Eb]thday The [G]other [Em]side of [Am]sum[G]mer The [G]dancing was [F]desperate and the [Em]music was [Cm]wor[Eb]se They [G]bury your [Em]dreams and [Am]dig up the [D]worthless Good[G]night, God [F]bless And kiss "[Em]goodbye" to the [Cm]ear[Eb]th The [G]other [Em]side of [Am]sum[G]mer (repeat last line)