Verse
A2
She says nobody wants to believe
C/G
You're the same as everyone.
F G#m C#m
What makes me unique? My Dark Life.
Am
There was a kink in the world
C/G
Sent that statue tumbling
F G#m
An invitation east
C#m
So we can watch it all crumbling
C Em F Am C
She came off like a light and so softly she spoke:
F G Am F G Am
"You don't know, no you don't know about my dark life"
C Em F Am
And you think you're a guest, you're a tourist at best
F G Am F G Am
Peering into the corners of your dark life
C Em F Am C
Now that you tear your dreams from consumptive ballerinas
F G Am F G Am
She'd stand on tiptoes for you in a grey and tattered tutu
C Em F Am
She stays where she is because of voyeurs like these
F G Am F G Am
With an accusative look that says My Dark Life.
A# Am A# Bdim F#m6,9
Robber men await you then in each beguiling alley
A# Am F#
To shake you and to pierce you and remind you of
F#aug
My Dark Life.
Am C/G
Enter the pious elite, in their preening finery
F G#m
And bang the tambourine
C#m
They're dining on rice paper scenery
Am C/G
See how the villian attracts envious glances from everyone
F G#m
She's waitressing by day
C#m
It doesn't bring in much money now
C Em F Am
And his strong concealed arms set off bells and alarms
F G Am F G Am
In the strangest locations of My Dark Life
C Em F Am
But the fantasy slipped as he tipped her in cigarettes
F G Am F G Am
She tries to smile very graciously when she wants to kill him
C Em F Am
Now the victory is sweet, you'll get down on your knees
F G Am F G Am
F#m6,9
It's the perfect position for kissing western leather
A# Am A# Am
So they came from Ugly Texas and from Nameless Tennessee
A# Am A# Bdim
From Peculiar Missouri and from places closer to me.
A# Am A# Bdim
All the cream of heartless England, cheered the carnival is over
A# Am Dm/A
There are remnants of Red Army bandsmen
F F# G Am/C Bm
Played "America The Beautiful"
F F# G (probably played on only the bottom three strings)
C7 C#7 D7
G Em
F#7sus4
- 1. Chord Gitar Elvis Costello & The Attractions - My Dark Life Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar C)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Elvis Costello & The Attractions - My Dark Life Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar C)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan