Verse
A#2
She says nobody wants to believe
C#/G#
You're the same as everyone.
F# Am Dm
What makes me unique? My Dark Life.
A#m
There was a kink in the world
C#/G#
Sent that statue tumbling
F# Am
An invitation east
Dm
So we can watch it all crumbling
C# Fm F# A#m C#
She came off like a light and so softly she spoke:
F# G# A#m F# G# A#m
"You don't know, no you don't know about my dark life"
C# Fm F# A#m
And you think you're a guest, you're a tourist at best
F# G# A#m F# G# A#m
Peering into the corners of your dark life
C# Fm F# A#m C#
Now that you tear your dreams from consumptive ballerinas
F# G# A#m F# G# A#m
She'd stand on tiptoes for you in a grey and tattered tutu
C# Fm F# A#m
She stays where she is because of voyeurs like these
F# G# A#m F# G# A#m
With an accusative look that says My Dark Life.
Cb A#m Cb Bdim F#m6,9
Robber men await you then in each beguiling alley
Cb A#m G
To shake you and to pierce you and remind you of
Gaug
My Dark Life.
A#m C#/G#
Enter the pious elite, in their preening finery
F# Am
And bang the tambourine
Dm
They're dining on rice paper scenery
A#m C#/G#
See how the villian attracts envious glances from everyone
F# Am
She's waitressing by day
Dm
It doesn't bring in much money now
C# Fm F# A#m
And his strong concealed arms set off bells and alarms
F# G# A#m F# G# A#m
In the strangest locations of My Dark Life
C# Fm F# A#m
But the fantasy slipped as he tipped her in cigarettes
F# G# A#m F# G# A#m
She tries to smile very graciously when she wants to kill him
C# Fm F# A#m
Now the victory is sweet, you'll get down on your knees
F# G# A#m F# G# A#m
F#m6,9
It's the perfect position for kissing western leather
Cb A#m Cb A#m
So they came from Ugly Texas and from Nameless Tennessee
Cb A#m Cb Bdim
From Peculiar Missouri and from places closer to me.
Cb A#m Cb Bdim
All the cream of heartless England, cheered the carnival is over
Cb A#m D#m/A#
There are remnants of Red Army bandsmen
F# G G# A#m/C# Cm
Played "America The Beautiful"
F# G G# (probably played on only the bottom three strings)
C#7 D7 D#7
G# Fm
F#7sus4
- 1. Chord Gitar Elvis Costello & The Attractions - My Dark Life Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar B)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Elvis Costello & The Attractions - My Dark Life Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar B)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan