All This Useless Beauty chords by
Elvis Costello

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Key: D major•

Verse 1

D

D

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G

G

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A

A

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D

D

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G

G

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A

A

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D

D

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It's at times such as this,

F#m

F#m

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she'd be tempted to spit

Bm

Bm

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D

D

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If she wasn't so ladylike

G

G

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She imagines how she

D

D

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might have lived

Em

Em

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Back when legends and history

F#m

F#m

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G

G

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A

A

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collide

Verse 2

D

D

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So she looks to her prince,

F#m

F#m

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finding he's so charmingly

Bm

Bm

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D

D

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Slumped at her side

G

G

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Those days are recalled on

D

D

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the gallery wall

Bm

Bm

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And she's waiting for pas

D

D

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E

E

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sion or humor to strike

Verse 3

A

A

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What shall we do,

G

G

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Em

Em

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what shall we do with all this useless beauty?

G

G

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A

A

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D

D

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All this useless beauty

Verse 4

D

D

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Good Friday arrived,

F#m

F#m

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the sky darkened on time

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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D

D

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Till he almost began to negotiate

G

G

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D

D

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She held his head like a baby and said

Em

Em

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F#m

F#m

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G

G

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A

A

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"it's okay if you cry"

D

D

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Now he wants her to dress as if

F#m

F#m

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D

D

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you couldn't guess

Bm

Bm

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D

D

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He desires to impress his associates

G

G

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But he's part ugly beast and

D

D

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Hellenic deceased

Bm

Bm

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So she finds that the mixture

D

D

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E

E

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is hard to deny

Verse 5

A

A

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What shall we do,

G

G

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what shall we do with all this useless beauty?

Bm

Bm

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G

G

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A

A

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D

D

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All this useless beauty

Verse 6

C

C

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She won't practice the looks from

D

D

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G

G

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the great tragic books

D

D

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That were later disgraced

Em

Em

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to face celluloid

C

C

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It won't even make sense,

D

D

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G

G

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but you can bet

C

C

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If she isn't a sweetheart

D

D

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G

G

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or plaything or pet

C

C

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Em

Em

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Bm

Bm

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The film turns her into an

D

D

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A

A

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unveiled threat

Verse 7

D

D

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F#m

F#m

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Nonsense prevails, modesty fails

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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D

D

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Grace and virtue turn into stupidity

G

G

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D

D

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While the calendar fades almost all

Em

Em

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F#m

F#m

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G

G

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A

A

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barricades to a pale compromise

D

D

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And our leaders have feasts on the

F#m

F#m

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D

D

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backsides of beasts

Bm

Bm

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They still think they're

D

D

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the gods of antiquity

G

G

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If something you missed

D

D

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didn't even exist

Bm

Bm

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It was just an ideal,

D

D

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E

E

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is it such a surprise?

Verse 8

A

A

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What shall we do,

G

G

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Em

Em

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what shall we do with all this useless beauty?

G

G

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A

A

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D

D

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All this useless beauty

Verse 9

D

D

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A

A

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What shall we do,

G

G

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Em

Em

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what shall we do with all this useless beauty?

D

D

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G

G

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A

A

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All this useless beauty

Outro 1

D

D

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