Verse
D#2
She says nobody wants to believe
F#/C#
You're the same as everyone.
B Dm Gm
What makes me unique? My Dark Life.
D#m
There was a kink in the world
F#/C#
Sent that statue tumbling
B Dm
An invitation east
Gm
So we can watch it all crumbling
F# A#m B D#m F#
She came off like a light and so softly she spoke:
B C# D#m B C# D#m
"You don't know, no you don't know about my dark life"
F# A#m B D#m
And you think you're a guest, you're a tourist at best
B C# D#m B C# D#m
Peering into the corners of your dark life
F# A#m B D#m F#
Now that you tear your dreams from consumptive ballerinas
B C# D#m B C# D#m
She'd stand on tiptoes for you in a grey and tattered tutu
F# A#m B D#m
She stays where she is because of voyeurs like these
B C# D#m B C# D#m
With an accusative look that says My Dark Life.
Fb D#m Fb Bdim F#m6,9
Robber men await you then in each beguiling alley
Fb D#m C
To shake you and to pierce you and remind you of
Caug
My Dark Life.
D#m F#/C#
Enter the pious elite, in their preening finery
B Dm
And bang the tambourine
Gm
They're dining on rice paper scenery
D#m F#/C#
See how the villian attracts envious glances from everyone
B Dm
She's waitressing by day
Gm
It doesn't bring in much money now
F# A#m B D#m
And his strong concealed arms set off bells and alarms
B C# D#m B C# D#m
In the strangest locations of My Dark Life
F# A#m B D#m
But the fantasy slipped as he tipped her in cigarettes
B C# D#m B C# D#m
She tries to smile very graciously when she wants to kill him
F# A#m B D#m
Now the victory is sweet, you'll get down on your knees
B C# D#m B C# D#m
F#m6,9
It's the perfect position for kissing western leather
Fb D#m Fb D#m
So they came from Ugly Texas and from Nameless Tennessee
Fb D#m Fb Bdim
From Peculiar Missouri and from places closer to me.
Fb D#m Fb Bdim
All the cream of heartless England, cheered the carnival is over
Fb D#m G#m/D#
There are remnants of Red Army bandsmen
B C C# D#m/F# Fm
Played "America The Beautiful"
B C C# (probably played on only the bottom three strings)
F#7 G7 G#7
C# A#m
F#7sus4
- 1. Chord Gitar Elvis Costello & The Attractions - My Dark Life Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Elvis Costello & The Attractions - My Dark Life Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan