The Other Side Of Summer
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LyricsThe sun struggles up another beautiful day
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Bass Intro: 4/4 3/4 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . |-----------------|-------------| |-0-----0---0-----|-------------| |---------------2-|---0---------| |-----------------|-------3-----| G The sun struggles up another beautiful day Em Am D And I felt glad in my own suspicious way G C/G G Cm/G 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 Am7/E Cm/Eb From the foaming breakers of the poisonous surf G Em Am D The other side of Summer G G/F Am7/E Cm/Eb To the burning forests in the hills of Astroturf G D Am/G G The other side of Summer G Bm Am G Dm Bb A7 The automatic gates close up between the shanties and the palace Dm Gm A7 The blowtorch amusements, the voodoo chalice Dm Dm/C Bb A7 The pale pathetic promises that everybody swallows D A7 D (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 Chorus Dm Bb A7 Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions"? Dm Gm A7 A poor little schoolboy who said "we don't need no lessons"? Dm Dm/c Bb A7 The rabid rebel dogs ransack the shampoo shop D A7 D The pop princess is downtown shooting up (B C B A D) And if that goddess D (B C B A D) is fit for burning D (B C B A D) The sun will struggle up the world will still keep turning G Madman standing by the side of the road saying Em Am D "Look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes, look at my eyes" G C/G G Cm/G 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 The mightiest rose Am7/E Cm/Eb The absence of perfume G Em The casual killers Am D The military curfew G G/F The cardboard city Am7/E Cm/Eb And an unwanted birthday G D/G Am/G G The other side of summer G G/F Am7/E Cm/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 Am7/E Cm/Eb And kiss "goodbye" to the earth G D/G Am/G G The other side of summer (repeat last line)
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- Elvis Costello Home Page: Mighty Like A Rose | lyrics | chords | MLAR info page 1
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